'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎30r] (64/488)

CHAPTER IT.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR THE VICE-CONSULATE,
LING AH, FOR THE YEAR 1911.
De'puty Governors. —Mansur-i-Diwan continued to hold the appoint-
T ment up to the 18th April when he was
Local officials. relieved by Shaikh Nasir Khan, who
proved to be a strong and fairly capable Deputy Governor. He in his turn
was relieved by Mirza Mahmud Khan, on the 3rd October, an enlightened man
who has travelled in Europe; who was employed in the Imperial Bank of
Persia for 17 years, but who is lamentably weak and unable to exercise pro
per authority. Mirza Mahmud Khan retained the appointment up to the
end of the year.
Karguzars. —In January, the Acting Karguzar, Muhammad Hassan, was
relieved by Saiyid Husain, Hassam-e-Saadat, who has carried out the duties
of Deputy Karguzar for both Bandar Abbas and Lingah throughout the year.
Bandar Abbas is his permanent residence, and he has only paid four short
visits to Lingah during the year, in January, March, August and October.
^ ^ , Turkish. —Mr. New was in charge of
oreign epresen a ives. Turkish interests throughout the year.
Monsieur Nabil Zia Bey, Turkish Consul at Bushire, visited Lingah in
the summer, staying from the 3rd to the 15th August. Before calling on
Mr. New he erected a flagstaff and hoisted the Turkish flag at the house where
he was staying. His attitude throughout his stay was most discourteous, and
without any reference to Mr. New he enrolled some 400 persons of Persian,
Oman, and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. origin, as Turkish subjects, 40 of whom were given
papers of Turkish nationality, which were forwarded from Bushire by
Monsieur Nabil Zia through the post to a Persian friend of his at Lingah,
for distribution.
Nearly all these papers of Turkish nationality were subsequently re
covered from the holders by the Persian Government. Representations of
this extraordinary behaviour towards Mr. Vice-Consul New were made to the
Porte by His Majesty's Government, with the result that Monsieur Nabil Zia
was dismissed from his appointment at Bushire.
Mashat and Omdm—Muhammad Tahnun continued as agent of His
Highness the Sultan of Maskat throughout the year.
Anjuman. —This assembly has died
Local Government. altogether, and during the year no meet
ings have been held.
Meetings.-—The Turkish Consul's visit to Lingah in August, and the
subsequent action taken by the ^ Persian Government in confiscating un
authorized passports issued by him, created some unrest locally. A certain
section formed a kind of indignation society, which, towards the close of the
year was assuming more dangerous proportions, and which threatened^ to
completely destroy the authority of the Deputy Governor. The following
three Persian officials were members of the society and although this was:
known to the Deputy Governor, he was quite powerless to check them :—
Abdur Reza Khan (Collector of Revenue).
Abdur Reza (Chief of the Deputy Governor's tufangchis).
Bahman Shah (Persian Postmaster).
Through the representations of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. the last named was
transferred.
Lecan-es-Sultan acted as Director till
0astomBi the 18th April when he was relieved by
Monsieur L. Collette.
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