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at the Bank were compelled to pay, and tho sums realised were utilised for
the most part to pay tho Gendarmes and carry on tho administration(?),
though possibly some of the money found its way into the pockets of tho
Germans and Gondarmo officers. Wassmuss paid a flying visit to Shirk*
at the beginning of the year.
On the 8th April tho Fatk-ul-Mulk took over Shiraz on behalf of (he
Qawam, and all tho Germans in Shiraz wore arrested. Later on the German
party which had been expelled from Kerman arrived near Shiraz and wero also
captured. When the new Qawain and tho Soulct arrived in Shiraz, on the
24th April, there were 18 Germans, 30 Austrians, 8 Turks, 12 Afghans, and
about 12 Indian prisoners there.
Soon after tho removal of (he Aluklibir-us-Sultaneh, in September 1915,
HiB ltoyal Highness the Nasrat-us-Sultanck, the youngest son of Ilis Majesty
Muzaffar-ed-i)in Shall, was nominated Governor-General of Bars, hut he never
joined tho appointment. He left Tehran and readied Ispahan en route
to Shiraz, in April. From there he sent the Sardar Munazzam to be
Deputy Govcrnor-(3cncral and the latter arrived at Shiraz at the end of April.
It was, however, dually decided in May that ATasrat-us-Sultaneh was too
young and iuexperionccd to take charge of such a turbulent province a3
Bars, and it was arranged by the Persian Government, in consultation with
His Majesty's Minister, that His Royal Highness Barman Barma (who had
been appointed Governor-General of Kerman) and X asrat-us-S ultaneh should
change appointments. Nasrat-us Sultanch accordingly proceeded to Kerman,
while Farm an Parma remained in Tehran preparing to start for Shiraz. His
Boyal Highness appointed Sardar Muatazad to be his Deputy, and this gentle­
man arrived in Shiraz in June. He was apparently an official of the old
school and soon showed his mettle by taking every opportunity of feathering
his own nest. He soon made himself very unpopular.
nis Itoyal Highness Farman Farm a left Tehran for Shiraz in July and was
joined at Ispahan, where he arrived in August, by Lieutenant-Colonel
K. A. Gough who had been appointed His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz. The
Governor-General and His Majesty’s Cu/isal left Ispahan together for Shiraz on
24th August and arrived at Dekbid on the 8th September. Meanwhile the
situation at Shiraz had changed for the w'orsc owing to the advance of the
Turks from Kermauskah to Hamadan and in the direction of Ispahan and
Tehran. This no doubt assisted plotters at Shiraz to make another attempt
to prevent the re-establishment of law and order. On arrival at Dekbid the
Farman Farina and Colonel Gough received an ultimatum from the
Qawam, Soulet and the Ck*jf of the Gendarmerie saying that, owing to the
rapacity of the Farman Forma’s Deputy Governor and his own well-known
proclivities in this direction, they could not allow the Forman Farma to come
to Shiraz; they added they had no objection to the British Consul coming.
This plot was skilfully engineered to look as if the people of Shiraz generally
did not want the Barman Farma, and the Consul received telegrams represent­
ing all shades of opinion to this effect, but it seems probable that the Soulet
and the Gendarmerie officers, and possibly the Qawam, foresaw a loss of their
power and prestige by the arrival of a British force and the establishment of a
Police force officered by British officers, which was expected to follow closely
on tho arrival of the Governor-General and Consul, and took this opportunity
of delaying matters.
The efforts of the Persian Government to make Sliiraz accept its Governor-
General failed for sometime and the Governor-General and Colonel Gough had
to return to Abadeh where they remained till tho 4th October. By tho 30th
September the coalition was breaking up, no doubt owing to the expense of
maintaining the Gendarmerie, and tbcFatk-ul-Mulk, Head of the Gendarmerie,
was detached and left for Abadch to seo Colonel Gough. After this matters
were easy; Soulet and Qawam wero assured that no punishment would he
meted out to them, Sardar Muatazad was replaced as Deputy Govornor-Goneral
by tho Sardar Munazzam, and the Governor*General was accepted.
Barman Parma and Colonel Gough accordingly loft Abadoh on 4tb
October and reached Shiraz, whore they had an onthusiastio reception, on lfftb

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