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CHAPTER VII.

Annual Administration Report of the Dizful Vice-Consulate, 1920.

Personnel.
Major W. L. Meade, I.A., held the post of Assistant Political Officer until
Octoher 13 th.
Captain E. G. B. Peel, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Ahwaz,
assumed charge of the district in addition to his own duties, vice Major
W. L. Meade, transferred Octoher 13th.
Captain W. J. Warren was posted temporary in-charge, vice Captain
E. G. B. Peel, relieved November 3rd.
Captain E. H. O. Elkington, M.C., 36th Sikhs, assumed duties of His
Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Dizful, vice Captain W. J. Warren transferred
January 1st 1921.
Khan Saheb Mirza Mahmood Khan held the post of Head Munshi, Dizful,
and Shere Zaman Khan held the post, of Head Clerk, Dizful, throughout the
year.
Mirza Mohamed, Assistant Clerk, Dizful, was*transferred to Shushtar on
the 10th July 1920.
Khan Saheh Mirza Ali Khan held the post of Head Munshi and afterwards
Consular Agent at Shushtar throughout the year.

Political.
His Royal Highness Muyaid-ud-Dowleh, who was appointed Governor-
General at the close of last year in succession t.o Viqar-ul-Mulk continued in
office till his death on the 3rd September. He was considerably dissatisfied on
arrival at the extent to which the control of (he Administration of the Province
had passed into the hands of British Political Officer. It was, however,
pointed out to him, that it was a burden which had been unwillingly shouldered
in the interests of law and order, interests which the war had compelled us to
seriously attend to, and that unless he desired a repetition of the former chaotio
state of affairs he would be "wise to allow conditions to resume a normal state
gradually.
Being a man of intelligence he quickly perceived that the state of
tranquility and prosperity in which he found the province was entirely due to
British effort, and although the idea of foreign interference was somewhat
repugnant he reconciled himself to a status quo which he felt incapable of
changing without endangering his own existence.
He was socially a pleasant and interesting man and his letters to Tehran
were a flattering tribute to our assistance in this part of Persia.
He was succeeded a month after his death by Vicar-ul-Mulk, this being
the latter’s seventh visit in this capacity to Arabistan. Wassiq-us-Sultaneh,
the Deputy Governor of Shushtar, acted as Governor-General until the arrival
of Vicar-ul-Mulk.
Samsam-ul-Mamalek, the Doputy Governor of Dizful, was succeeded by
Muyaid-us-Sultan, the uncle of His Royal Highness Muyaid-ud-Dowleh, in
May and in turn was replaced by Mirza Ali Akbar Khan, the brother of Vicar-
ul-Mulk, in November.
Saraj-ul-Mulk, the Head of the Revenue, was relieved by Muaziz-ul-Mulk
in October. The latter was a capable and honest man, qualities which soon
brought him into disfavour with His Royal Highness Muyaid-ud-Dowleh, who