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YOB TEB YBAB 1917.

CHAPTER VI.
administration report for the arabistan consulate
^ FOR THE YEAR 1917.
Assistant Surgeon 0. H. L ncoln held charge of the Consulate at
Penonool. Mohammerah hroughout the year.
Captain E. Noel, C.I.E., held charge of the Vice-Consulate at Ahwaz
throughout the year. He proceeded on a month’s leave in November. During
the year he visited the Bakhtiari country on several occasions. The current
duties of his office, during his absence, being carried on by the Assistant poli­
tical Officer with the troops at Ahwaz. Mr. E. B. Soane was Assistant Political
Officer at Dizful until March when he was transferred to Baghdad, and
Captain C. J. Edmonds was appointed Assistant Political Officer, which
appointment he held until the end,of the year.
Captain F. S. Greenhouse was appointed Assistant Political Officer at
Shushtar in March, and on transfer in December, was relieved by Major F. M.
Bailey, C.I.E.
His Excellency Sir Khazal Khan, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., has remained ruler
of South Arabistan and the various Arab
Local ofEciala.
tribes inhabiting North Arabistan. His
Excellency the Shaikh visited Kuwait about eight times during the year.
Sardar Zaffur Ilkhani, Bakhtiari, who arrived at Mohammerah from Ahwaz
on the 10th March, accompanied the Shaikh to Kuwait on the 6tb April and
returned to Moharamerah on the 18th, where he spent about 10 days. He
iccompanied the Shaikh and Haji Rais to Ahwaz, and the Shaikh and Haji
Rais returned to Uohammerah on the 19th May.
Prince Ain-ul-Mulk, Governor-General of Arabistan, visited His Excel­
lency the Sheikh at Mohammerah on the 29th January and returned to Shush­
tar about the 28th February. During his stay at Mohammerah he visited
the Hon’ble Sir Percy Cox at Basrah. He left Shushtar for Tehran about
the middle of May. Before his departure he appointed Mirza Khalil Khan
Nasir-i-Hozoor (his farrash bashi), Deputy Governor of Shushtar (temporary)
vho held the appointment until his death in October, when Mirza Abdallah
Khan llustoufi, the British Agent at Shushtar, was appointed Deputy Governor,
vith the approval of the British Authorities.
Hakim-ul-Mamalik, the Rris-i-Maliyeh of Arabistan, left for Tehran in
October and Mutamed-ul-Mamalik, the present Rais-i-Maliyeh, arrived at
Shushtar from Tehran in September.
Mirza Jewad Khan, Matin-ul-Mulk, held the appointment of Karguzar
it Mohammerah throughout the year.
In June the Shaikh appointed his eldest son Shaikh Ghasib Khan, Nusrat-
ul-Mulk, Deputy Governor of the town,
Principal event*.
vice, Agha Abdi/who had held theappoint­
ment for about 30 years and had discharged the duties entrusted to him by
Hia Britannic Majesty’s Consulate and British firms, satisfactorily. Then Shaikh
Chaaib was appointed, the following notice was published by the Shaikh, copy of
*hich (in English), was forwarded to this Consulate officially:—
u It is hereby notified to the public, Persian and Foreign subjects in
Mohammerah and district, that whoever may have a complaint
or claim against Government officials, citizens or Arab tribesman,
will have to apply to my son Shaikh Chasib Khan, Nusrat-ul-Mulk,
the British subjects as a rule will have to present their cases
through th6 medium of His Britannio Majesty s Consulate.
“ Strict instructions have been given that suoh cases should be tried in the
presence ox taree delegates to be appointed by the publio and
decisions vo oe given with due justice.