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CHAPTER VJL

administration report for the ahwaz consulate for
THE YEAR 1911.

Lieutenant J. G. L. Ranking held charge of the Consulate from the
beginuing of the year until the middle
Hu Britannic Majeitj'i Consulate.
of May when he was transferred to
India making over charge to Captain A. J. H. Grey.
Mr. P. P. ter Meulen held charge of the Consulate for the Netherlands
•from the beginning of the year until
Foreign ConsulsUn.
Mr. H. S. Gratama’s return from
Europe, in September, when the latter resumed charge. Mr. ter Meulen
acted as Russian Consular Agent throughout the year under report.
Shaikh Chasib (Nusretrul-Mulk) discharged the duties of Deputy Gover-
. . A . .. nor at Ahwaz throughout the year. He
was absent from his headquarters from
June till November during which period Mulla Abd-us-Saiyid officiated for
him.
Pusht-i-Kuh.—Ghulam Riza Khan, Amir-i-Jang, retained his position
as semi-independent ruler of the district throughout the year.
Luristan.—The commencement of the year found the Amir Afghan
appointed to the Governor-Generalship of this province and he reached
Burujird in March. In April, another appointment was made in the person
of Lutf Ali Khan, Amir Mufakhara. This official governed the district with
great ability until his departure in August to suppress the Salar-ed-Dowleh.
After his defeat on that occasion the district remained without a Governor
on the part of the Persian Government until the close of the year.
Bakhtiari.—The posts of Ilbegi and Ilkhani of the Bakhtiaris were held
respectively by Ghulam Hussain Khan, Sardar Muhteshara and Jaffer Kuli
Khan, Sardar-i-Bahadur. These Chiefs on being summoned to Tehran, in
July, to lead their forces against the ex-Shah, left the charge of the tribes to
Salar-i-Ashraf and Muntazim-ed-Dowleh who continued to act as Ilbegi and
Ilkhani until the close of the year.
Kuhqilu.—At the commencement of the year Bahadur-i-Diwan was
Deputy Governor of Behbehan. On the arrival of Nizam-es-Sultaneh at
Shiraz he nominated Yamines-Sultanch for the post, the latter taking up his
duties in February. His arrival was the signal for disturbances in the
town due to the intrigues of Bahadur-i-Diwan who desired by this means to
disgust the Yamin with his charge, and hoped that he would ask for per­
mission to resign and that he himself would be re-appointed to the Deputy
Governorship of the town. The Nizam-es-Sultaneh, seeing that the Yamin
was incapable of restoring order, recalled him and appointed the Commander
of the troops, which had accompanied him from Shi raz, to take over the
Governorship in his place.
In October, when the Nizam-es-Sultaneh was dismissed, the Bahadur-i-
Diwan resumed the Governorship.
In October, Amir Mujahid (Yusuf Khan), Bakhtiari, was nominated for
the Deputy Governorship and he deputed Khuda Karam Khan and Mahmud
Khan to proceed to Behbehan and officiate for him until his arrival. These
two minor Khans got as far as Ram Hormuz but lack of funds prevented
them from proceeding further. After waiting there for some' week* and
communicating with .Amir Mujahid by telegraph they returned to their
homes. Amir Mujahid had not taken over his appointment by the dose of.
the year, Bahadur-i-Diwan continuing as nominal Deputy Governor.