File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎92r] (198/494)

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Confidential Summary of news received by His Majesty’s Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the month of August 1923.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah.
A severe outbreak of cholera in epidemic form broke out in Abadan on the 3rd
August. It continued in a serious form until the middle of the month and then
gradually abated, the total number of seizures and deaths for the month in Abadan
being 904 and 880, respectively. Immediately on report of the outbreak all possible
measures were taken to prevent it from spreading. All road and river traffic
between Basrah and Mohammerah was stopped. Only oil-barges, tugs and sea
going vessels were permitted to enter the port of Basrah flying the quarantine flag
where they were inspected by the Port Health Authorities. Similar precautionary
measures were adopted between Mohammerah and Abadan and Mohammerah and
Ahwaz and no passengers were permitted to travel between these places without fk s 1 }
obtaining emergency permits from the quarantine authorities. There were 18
seizures and 11 deaths in Mohammerah during the last week of the month but the
general situation had so far improved by that time that the Basrah authoritif's
proposed to relax the quarantine restrictions to permit travel between Mohammen h
and Basrah under special pass.
Anglo-Per si an Oil Company. —The Iraq Government have accepted the pro
posal of the Company to authorise Mr. H. S. Morris of the Company’s Security De
partment, to issue at Abadan the “ Shatt-al-Arab ” vise to all bona fide employee ?
of the Company and to independent British traders, subject to the general super
vision of the Vice-Consul, Mohammerah, to whom the fees are to be remitted an l
monthly statements and accounts furnished.
Ahwaz.
Mr. Gotlieb, United States Consul at Tehran, and Captain Jedlicka, Military
Attache, arrived at Ahwaz on the 7th August and proceeded to the Fields where
they tried the American driller Seymour w r ho had assaulted another driller named
Hail. They returned from the Fields on the loth and left for Mohammerah on the
23rd, taking Seymour who has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. On the
29th August, they left Mohammerah for Tehran.
The Consular Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Dizful, was closed down on the 31st July.
The Ittihadiyeh-i-Tujjar received a telegram from Tehran recommending tl at
the Ahwaz traders should follow* the example of the Tehran traders and boycott
British goods as a reprisal for the deportation of Shaikh Mehdi-al-Khalisi from
Iraq, but no apparent notice has been taken of this recommendation.
On the 5th and 6th August the accounts and materials of the Dizful Bridge
Company wnre taken over from His Majesty’s Consul by Mirza Ibrahim Khan,
Shakib, the Persian Revenue Agent.
Arabistan Tribes .—The Khasraj tribe, who had rebelled against the Shaik.i
of Mohammerah and fled to Iraq, are still with Shaikh Faleh in Amaiah district.
It is said that the Shaikh has given them permission to settle in his territor ;
The Chiefs of the Shalak Arabs have been presented to the Shaikh of Moham
merah by the Shaikhs of Derisat. The only tribes who are now not reconciled to
His Excellency are a small portion of the Chenana section under Shaikh Moran.
Russians.—Thz Shaikh of Mohammerah has received official intimation from
the Karguzar at Mohammerah that one Constantine Alexandrevitch batina} u
has been appointed Soviet Vice-Consulvfor Arabistan at Aluvaz. Both the Gcner-
nor-General and the Karguzar have been warned by the central authorities to anori
him every assistance and to beware of the consequences of any unfa\ ouiable repoi
the Vice-Consul may make in this connection.
Isfahan.
The town is quiet: martial law still continues in a modified form.