"تقارير إدارية ١٩٢٠-١٩٢٤" [و‎‎٧‎٦] (٤١٢/١٥٦)

PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY, 1921
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CHAPTER VIL
Administration Report of His Britannic Majesty's Vice Consulate for Dizful and
Shushtar, Dizful for the year ending 31st December 1921.
DIZFUL.
Personnel.
Captain E. H. 0. Elkington, M.C., 36tli Sikbs, held charge as His Britannic
Majesty's Vice Consul until 30th September 1921.
Captain C. Wallis, Q. V. 0. Corps of Guides (Cavalry), assumed charge as
His Britannic Majesty's Vice Consul from the 1st October 1921.
Khan Sahib Mirza Mahmood Khan held the post of Head Munshi,
Dizful.
Sher Zaman Khan held the post of Head Clerk and Accountant, Dizful, up
to 30th September 1921.
Mirza Muhammad II held the post of Head Clerk and Accountant, Dizful,
from 1st October 1921.
Political-
Mirza Ali Akbar Khan, brother of Viqar-ul-Mulk, remained as Deputy
Goyernor, Dizful, until the end of June. He paid little attention to his duties
being constantly sick in Hospital in Ahwaz and when in Dizful did liltle else
than extort money to enable him to make up for his meagre salary. Mirza Ali
Akbar Khan accompanied his brother Viqar-ul-Mulk early in July to Tehran,
when the latter proceeded to take up his seat in the Majliss.
His Royal Highness Muayyad-us-Sultan became Deputy Governor from 1st
July until the arrival of Mirza Abdullah Khan on 9th December 1921. He was
a quiet man and did little to distinguish his period of office except in various
attemps to collect money to make up for his salary which was reduced by Tehran
to Tomans 150 per mensem. The following are some of the means used in obtain
ing money ;—(«) Forcing litigants to appear before him instead of the Law
Courts thus depriving the Law Court of its dues and indirectly causing it to
become an expense to the Eevenue. {b) Directly collecting certain sources of
indirect revenue in defiance of the Eevenue Department, (c) Encouraging and
promoting disturbances, fights and fracases in the town or district and enjoying
the fines inflicted on both parties, (d) Fining the butchers and bakers on
accusations that they are charging exorbitant prices or adulterating the bread.
H. B. H. Muayyad-us-Sultan left for Tehran shortly after the arrival of Mirza
Abdullah Khan.
Mirza Abdulla Khan who was met on his first arrival by a large "Istiqbal"
chiefly organized by this office caused a good impression and soon showed him-
sslf to be a man of exceptional capabilities.
Mirza Hassan Khan arrived from Tehran in April 1921 as Pishkar-i-
Maliyeh which post he held during the year. A tour of north Arabistan soon
convinced this official that Ahwaz was a more suitable place for him to make
his headquarters than Dizful.
T own.
The condition of the town has been satisfactory throughout the year.
Mirza Hassan acted as chief of Police until shortly after the arrival of Mirza
Abdullah Khan when he was arrested for his extortions and sent to Shushtar.
While he kept his man up to scratch and few cases of crime M ere reported, as
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