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Gaptain BoGney LM.S., acting Chief Quarantine Medical Officer in the
Persian Gulf, visited Mohanunerah and Abadan at the end of May.
^ ^jox^hmeraJ & P. St. Dayid Green, C.B., E.A.M.C,, Deputy Director
MthNovSSr! 8 ' Command. India, spent a day at" MoLmmerah on
Basrah.'' 01 ' J ' C ' MOre ' I) ■ S ■ 0 • , Political A geDt, Kuwait spent a day to
The following M P.'s .visited Mohammerah and the Oil Centres and were
guests of the Anglo-Persi'an Oil Company
vr Mr - Griffiths, Treasurer, to His Majesty's Household •
Mr. A. Davies, Conservative ; Dr. Williams, Labour. uuwmoia ,
The Persian Gulf Squadron. —The following ships of the Per^ifln fhilf
.Squadron, visited the port during the year *
H. M. S. / 4 Triad '' in August.
H. M. 8. " Crocus " in September,
H. M. S. u Cyclamen " in November.
H. M. S. ^ Lupin " in December.
is tlle situation which has arisen out
Ci the Sheikh of Mohammerah's open defiance of the Central Government In
September the situation was critical when the Sheikh was determined to provoke
an open rupture with the Prime Minister. It was only with the greatest diffi
cu ty that the Sheikh was restrained from taking an action which would have
S a lalilXy sfttoenl de ^ ^ BritallniC MajeSty ' S Legation brou S ht
The Sheikh eventually despatched a telegram to the Prime Minister couched
in the meekest terms and in which he stated that he had been led astray bv
<]ove?nmpTvt eXpreSSed hls r ^ ret ^repentance for his action againsf the
• Was fin ? Jly arrall S ed and His Highness the Prime Minister
AVM if . Ahwaz oz i ^. e 5 J; h December escorted from Deh Mullah by Sheikh
mtual frTenlh^ ' ExCellene y the Sheikh - At ^e meeting both swore
His Highness the Prime Minister arrived at Mohammerah on 17th Decem
ber. The town was gaily decorated by day and illuminated by night His
Highness was the guest of His Excellency the Sheikh at the palace at Peliyeh.
Majesty's Vice-Consul and the Heads of British Firms were
fiWnff 311 lnte 1 rv , le , w , 0 , n t] 16 On the 19th His, Highness accompanied by
l/fi ^ /i? 06 ® j An g lo - p ersian Oil Company's Eefinery at Abadan and
left the following day for Basrah en rou to Tehran, after visitino- the Holv
Places m 'Iraq The result of this is that a Military Governor General has
jocii apjTOmted for IChuzistan, Sartip Fazlalleh Khan, who in tnrn has appointed
Y^var Kasim Khan' Military Governor of Mohammerah and Mirza NasraUah
Military Governor of Abadan. About 4 Persian Military Officers
de US f Tf haVe ^ riVed at Mohammerah of which 80 have been
tic tailed tor duty at Mohammerah and the remainder at Abadan.
E * oe J !ene y tlle Sheikh appears to have resigned himself to the new
, 'o™ 0 m the hope that he will before long be returned to his former position.
f r ersia ?. Cu S toms Post at Q a sbah (opposite Fao) in Feb-
arv led to trouble between the 'Iraq and Persian Customs.
nr mn T w erS ' lar l 9 ustoms lallncl1 "Mozanderan" was sent down to anchor
ed his duties h ? Perslan Inspector lived on Board. The Inspector ezceed-
craff ^ lns i stln g 011 inspecting the manifests, cargo, etc., of all native
(P p - p q - r? 4 , as ine wnoi^ or the river
iw f ^ rontier being low water line) is 'Iraq waters, vide Turco-Persian
(W r §' reemen ^ 1913. After discussion with the Provincial Director of
live nT' who 1 rea 1 dll y recognized the difficulty, the Inspector was ordered to
> ashore and only control goods brought by Native Craft for that port.