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Major General Sir G. F. MacMunn, K.C.B., K.C.S.T., D.S.O., General
Officer Commanding-in-Cliief in Mesopotamia.
Lieut.-General Sir Aylmer Haldane, K.C.B., Commanding-in Chief in
Mesopotamia.
Licut.-Colonel Sir A. T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I, C.M.G., D.S.O., Acting
Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia.
Brigadier General Napcau, C.S.I., C.M.G., Commanding River Area,
Basrah.
Mr. H. Norman, C.S.I., C.B.E., His Britannic Majesty’s Minister,
Teheran.
Lieut.-Colonel A. P. Trevor, C.S.I., C.I.E., Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf.
Principal events.—The most interesting historical event and one that. will
long be remembered in Mohammerah was the visit in May of His Imperial
Majesty the Shah to Mohammerah where he was the guest of His Excellency
Sheikh Sir Khazal Khan, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I. Preparations for his coming
were carried on apace, and all the buildings of the town as well as those of the
European quarters were gaily decorated by day and illuminated by night.
The Sheikh’s palace presented a spectacle well worth seeing with its display of
flags and brilliant electric illuminations.
On arrival in the R. I. M. S. “ Lawrence ” His Majesty received a tre­
mendous ovation from loyal subjects who thronged*the river banks. There
were great demonstrations on disembarkation and again when His Majesty
left Mohammerah. During His Majesty’s stay at Mohammerah audiences
were granted to His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, the Heads of the British Firms,
tribal Sheikhs and Local Notables and merchants.
Numerous presents were given by the Sheikh to His Majesty and the un­
dermentioned titles were conferred on the Sheikh and his sons :—

H. E. the Sheikh Sardar Aqdae.
Sheikh Chassib Khan Sardar Arfaa.
Sheikh Abdul Hamid Khan Sardar Ajal.
Sheikh Abdul Majid Sardar Kiahwar.
Sheikh Abdul Karim Sardar Laehkar.
Sheikh Abdulla Sardar Sharaf.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Nusvat-ul-Mulk.
On the 16th April His Excellency the Sheikh of Mohammerah was quietly
married to Batool Khanum, Fakhrus Sultanah, daughter of the late Hussein
Ali JKhan, Nezam-us-Sultanah; She had arrived at Mohammerah after visit­
ing ELerballa and Najaf presumably to settle certain affairs with the Sheikh.
A few days later an interesting document relative to the sale of certain
land property belonging to Fakhr-us-Sultanah was presented at the Consulate
for attestation and registration.
A summary of the document was that Batool Khanum appeared before a
religious court and sold to His Excellency the Sheikh on her own account and
on behalf of her mother the whole of their shares, which consisted of half the
undermentioned properties belonging to them in Arabistan, which had been
transferred to them by the late Nezam-us-Sultanah.
Lands situated on the west side of the Karun
Ghanafcheh lands
Nahr-i-Hashim land
Aal-i-Kishir lands and a quarter of the two lines of bazaar and
the shares in the Caravanserai at Ahwaz.
The above sold wholly to the Sheikh for Tomans 25,000 and the amount
paid to the seller.
Fakhr-us-Sultanah is a cousin of the present Nizam-us-Sultanah