'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [‎16r] (36/143)

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CHAPTER III.
Shaikh Miz’al’s Rule.
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nnn . one , t ™ e ln almost constant attendance on him. The strenuous
wartterfore u^xto” 101 ^ WhiCh he subsec l uen tly organised
in n m,!! 1 !i h f 0pen : ng 0 , f the KarQn in 1889 this hostility did not show itself
cies a“ Ahwaz aTd by MeSSrS ' Lynoh Br °thers of agen-
at A nwaz and bhushtar, and the competition of the “Malamir” with his
-"p 1 *s «%"'»"»»• iKru»s&
a^ to r.ssion mat he teared so much as Persian ambitions and his fear^ wpt-p
ISQ^arfd t 6 att ^V^ e t ^ le British Vice-Consul, who was appointed in
1891 and who was obliged to appeal to the Persian Governor and Kar™
In Suppressing Tiracv he ‘t"/ 11 ® interest ® of Brit ish trade on the Karun.
suppressing piracy he was not less active than his successor and seem* to
have done his best to co-operate with the Turks, with t“e usukl resuP He
™rv"e t nt I to d the d T r tribe . s apd showed no inclination to be sub-
Miz’il’s name 5 x i 0U ,f thtre is little doubt Haji Jabir had registered
ame as a Turkish subject in order to enable him to hold land in
without interference. He was at first not unpopular with his tribes
he raised^ax^tim^and US do ' v ^ fa11 -. As s ^ n as he fel t his power established, (
ne raised taxation and asserted a right, which Haii Jabir had never claimed
to persona ownership of lands in Mohammerah and dependencies C ’ 1
He was strong enough to make good this claim by giving possession of
occu/vm * 1 Butthkmtff i ;' dder ;'ie ard,ess of the claims oAhe hereditary
Kh “'* 1 sl, ”" w ,l “ i " rn ° ,al
Khuz’al who had made no secret of his conviction that his political
ViJe Consuf of ttif* 111 ^ ^ nob “PP 08 ^ th e British informed Her Majesty’s
te friVndlv to f 'rf v f SUred k™ tbat should he become Shaikh he would
obr, i, ■ A , • bbe Brl f ls h even though political exigencies forbade him to
himself In^fiQff 8 ,^ u eh was the course which Shaikh Khaz’al laid down for
himself m 1895 and which he has followed pertinaciously.
ated I he^had"kent FmrHHi® 1 T? p' 0 ^‘chapter. Shaikh Miz’al was assassin-
t Jfij . °ad kept English, Turks and Persians alike at arm’s length and had
be deWve!?b d a ° n t t’ w . lthou t ® ven endearing himself to his tribes 8 from whom
he derived his authority. His removal was therefore inevitable and it was
a matter of surprise that it was so long delayed.