File 345/1908 Pt 1 'Mohammerah: situation. British assurances to Sheikh.' [‎6v] (17/416)

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He was very frank g ^ wag much interested in the rising of
Southern Persia, and they are me out from a letter received from Ismail Khai£
Kahim Khan in the north, and ead me out f-ma ^ eventg at
of Shahbancara containing chiefs evidently had a poor opinion of the prospects
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most stress was the mistrust by the southern tribes of the bardar Assad as Minister ot
the Interior, and their irre/onciliation to anything which seemed to threaten a
B&k Accor P dhf toX'darKharthe Lur and Kashgai tribes with which he is con
nected thouglft that Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad wished to institute a Bakhtian sovereignty They
saw Neief Kuli Khan, Minister of the Interior. The Samsam-es-oultaneh at Ispahan,
Ilyas Khan appointed to Behbehan (which is Kubgelu country, and for long under he
Fars Government), one Bakhtiari sent to Yezd and another nominally as head of the
military forces of Fakhr-ul-Mulk, governor of Arabistan, though really to institute a
Bakhtiari surveillance over the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Arfa. , , ((A
He understood that two important personages had fathomed the deigns of the
Sardad Assad, viz., Soulet-ed-Dowleh, likhani of the Kasbgais, and Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Arfa,
sheikh of Mohammerah. n , , i V1
Soulet-ed-Dowleh has about 2,000,000 men under his command, and is treated like a
king in his tribe ; he is really a greater chieftain than the Bakhtiari Khans, and did
not relish one of them over him as Minister of the Interior. That was the position
generally taken up by the Kashgai and L<ur tribes, of which the Hayat Daoudis are an
offshoot. The Lurs of Fars were continually making raids on the Bakhtiam, and, as
regards the government of a Bakhtiari Khan in Behbehan over the overlordship o t e
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad as Minister of the Interior, they would not submit (tamkin nemikunand).
Haidar Khan also stated that Soulet-ed-Dowleh had written to himself and to other
khans, e.g., of Shahbancara representing his objections to the present regime. ^
There is considerable confirmation from other sources of the views thus assigned to
the Soulet-ed-Dowleh and Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Arfa.
Mr. Wilson is constantly referring to Sheikh Khazal’s misgivings as to the
intentions of the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad and Bakhtiari interference in Arabistan, evidently
foreseeing future attacks on his own position.
As to the Soulet-ed-Dowleh, it seems quite possible that the bottom of all the
present raiding in Fars, and disagreement between the Governor-General and the
likhani may be the latter’s dislike of the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad occupying the position of Minister
of the Interior. A Shirazi well connected with the Kashgai tribe has told us that^ the
Soulet-ed-Dowleh in his correspondence will not give the usual titles of the Minister
of the Interior to Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad. Mr. Christmas and his party on their way from Shiraz
were stopped by a large force of Kashgais at Dashtarjin, and one of the chiefs asked
Mr. Christmas much to his surprise whether he remembered the story of Charles II.
“We are going to bring back Mohammed Ali Shah, just as they did Charles II.
Mr. Bill, writing on the 1st December, thinks that the Soulet-ed-Dowleh is evidently
determined to show his hostility to the present regime by all the means in his power.
Lawless state of Kuhgelu country .'—Haidar Khan also gave me in the course of
conversation details which show the wild and independent nature of the tribes north
west of Shiraz.
The Boir-Ahmedi tribe, which was alleged to have assaulted M. Passek has, for the
last few years been most unruly. It numbers 7,000 riflemen at least, and they are
cunning fighters (the Kughelu of whom they form a clan number more than 100,000, it
was estimated). ^ Ihe former have kdled all their own prominent chiefs, this year Wali
Khan and Shahin Khan, his son; last year Kerim Khan, Bahadur-ed-Dowleh with
twenty-five men of the tribe who were escorting Zeigham-ed-Dowleh, ex- Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. of the
Kashgais on his way to Behbehan as governor. Zeigham was only released from impri
sonment after great difficulty by Soulet-ed-Dowleh his brother. They live in small
fortresses in the mountains east of Behbehan where they have supplies of provisions
and water. J