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In 1862, on the appointment of His Rojal Highness Parhad Mirza
to the Government of ^Arabistan, Shaik Jabir was at once liberated and
sent back to Muhammareh as "Deputy Governor, with the support of
Persian soldiery and guns. On his arrival at his own town two Ka'ab
Shaikhs, Sultan-bin-Thamir and Hashim-bin-Ghaith, the latter a brother
of Shaik Faris, were killed; but the circumstances of the affair are
obscure. In the same year Shaikh Jabir received the title of NuSrat-
ul-Mulk from the Persian Government.
Prom his restoration in 1862 until his death at a very advanced age,
probably over 90, in 1881, Shaikh Jabir governed his ancestral posses
sions with conspicuous ability and success. Between 1873 and 1875 he
urged the improvement of the Karun river, with a view to the extension
of steam navigation to Shushtar; but he was unable to interest the
Persian Government in his schemes, and by himself he could do no
thing to carry it into effect. In 1875 there were difficulties between
him and the Persian Government on the subject of the revenue payable
for Muhammareh, and he was accused of having resisted the Persian
Governor's troops and of aiming at independence; but apparently the
charges were without foundation and blew over.
In February 1879, his physical powers beginning to fail, though his
mental ability and political influence remained unaffected, Shaikh Jabir
visited Bombay for medical advice. In his absence his son Muhammad
Khan waited on the Persian Governor of the province. His Boyal
Highness Hamzeh Mirza, at Shushtar, as bearer of the Muhammareh
revenue, by which means it was hoped that a personal visit by the
Hashmat-ud-Pauleh to Muhammareh might be averted; and meanwhile
Miz'al Khan, a younger son of Shaikh Jabir, remained in charge at
Muhammareh itself. A proposal that the Ka'ab districts should be
farmed to the Shaikh of Muhammareh, of which Muhammad Khan
was the mouth-piece, was at least favourably entertained by the Prince
Governor ; but it was intimated that Shaikh Jabir^s sojourn at Bombay
was regarded with disfavour by the Persian Government, for political
reasons, and that he ought to return to Muhammareh. This he did;
and the Prince Governor's apprehended visit to Muhammareh then took
place ? " with the usual financial result."
By 1880 the health of Shaikh Jabir had become very precarious;
and, after a final rally, he died in October of the following year, having
governed Muhammareh for more than 60 years.
. Jabir was ff a shrewd, calculating Arab, far beyond his race
m intelligence and civilisation." He owned several vessels and carried
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Later
administra
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Shaikh
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1862-p1;
his death and
character.