'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎48] (77/466)

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own circles of villages'and interfered with by the Central Persian Govern-
ment very much in proportion to their several means of resistance. They
are subordinate to the Government of Bushire. Of the settlements, three-
fourths are probably Persian and one-fourth Arab.
As a general rule the Arab circles of villages are farmed and adminis
tered by their own Shaikhs, who arrange their own civil disputes, and pay
a lump sum as revenue per annum. They are coming every year more under
the local officers of the Shah.
The Persian circle of villages or a Persian port comes directly under the
local officers of the Shah.
Subdivision of Khuzistan.
Shustar and Dizful are under their own Chiefs {see Revised Gazetteer of
Persia).
They, together with the districts of Ahwaz, Ram-Hormuz, and Muham-
merah, and the Hawizah, with its independent tribes, form
Arabistan. the district of Arabistanor land of Arabs, formerly ruled
by a Wall, who ranked as an independent prince.
The province pays a tribute of about 1,50,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. . In 1878-79 it
amounted to ],37,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. raised as below. The Diwan goes to Tehran,
the Pishkash to the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). [Official Report) :—
District.
Estimated
population.
Eevenue.
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
Tom4n«.
Muhammerah
45,000
Diwln
Pishkash
... 23,000 \
... 10.000 i
33,000
Felahiyah
30,000
Dfwan
Pishkash
... 16,000)
6,000 )
22,000
Eamis (Ram-Hormuz)
7,000
Diwan
Pishkash
;;; . - ]9,ooo
9,000
SMstar
22,000
Diwan
Pishkash
8,000 \
14,000 j
22,000
Dizful with Kathir
Arabs.
30,000
Diwan
Pishkash
24,000 \
6,000 j
30,000
Hawizah ...
33,000
Diwan
Pishkash
... 14,000 1
... 7,000)
21,000
Total
1,67,000
Toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
1 ,37,000
Seepage 39, where the estimated population is 218,000,