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FOE THE TEA.B. 1910.

CHAPTER III*

ADMINJSTEATION^REPORT OF THE BANDAR ^AMAS YIOE-OON’-

Mr. G. A. G. MunGavin, with the personal rank of Consul, wao in charge
during the year.
Vloc-ConauUto.
Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan, the Sadid-us-Sultaneh, continued nominally
as Russian Consular Agent throughout
Foreign representatives.
19 9. In September he received a letter
from his Minister in Tehran that his arrears of salary, viz , Krans 22,668 would
be paid in monthly instalments of Krans 1,000, but for the future, he wao
requested to work voluntarily till Russian affairs were settled.
Attitude towards British continued to be most cordial, and His Majesty*o
representative and Military authorities received most valuable assistance at
all times in many political and other matters.
Sartip Mirza Ali Karam Khan, Shuja* Nizam, C.I.E., remained Deputy
Governor. Insignia of the C.I.E. was con­
Local Government.
ferred on him on March the 13th by the
late Mr. J. H. Bill, I.C.S., then Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Attitude throughout most cordial.
Mushir-Uloom, who arrived in December 1918, was in office during 1919.
He is a very quiet individual, and ap­
Kargoxar.
peared to be quite friendly : he is, how­
ever, credited with a propensity for writing lengthy reports to Tehran.
Haji Khan, Mashaq, a rather weak individual, was replaced in April by
Qaid Muhammad Ali Khan. Latter
Depnty Governor, Alroab.
shaped well from the start, as was exr
pected of him by His Majesty’s < representative, on whose suggestion he was
appointed, and relations between Minab and Mir Barkat considerably improved^
Monsieur Guillaume, last year’s Director, was relieved by Monsieur Bour­
geois on 4th April 1919. A great change
Cutosi.
was immediately noticeable the new
Director causing a great deal of dissatisfaction generally; especially among the
British merchants. His attitude, however, took a sudden turn after the publi­
cation of the terms of the Anglo-Persian Agreement in August, when he rapidly
became a professed pro-Britisher, and frequently expressed deep chagrin at not
being in Tehran where he could have been of great service to the British in
arranging the new Tariff.
At the beginning of-the.year,; matters in Miuab appeared, to* be rather
serious, as- Faqih Qasim, ex-Rais of the
Condition of country. Mlrsb nod District.
Minab t nfangchis,, with. Mir Barkat,:;
threatened to attack and loot the town and district. Owing, however* to .timely
precautions having been taken by His Majesty’s representative, with thekind
co-operation of the Base Commandant, the trouble wa3 averted. His Majesty**
representative also threatened Mir Barkat, with punishment by aeroplanes -
should any attack occur and finally more or less friendly relations were estab­
lished.
There were two osses of wilful damage to the Telegraph line reported to
bAttavKttwaa TeUffrmph Lin«. Majesty’s Consul, who . immediately
sent out mamurs to try and find out if
any trace of the culprits could be discovered, but without success. The
prote^°theeSr«ued ^ they W0Uld h*-*-*"4