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Na’amatallah, Haji Saitjid.—Agent lor the Anglo-Persian
Oil Company at Ram Hormuz, where he was sent during t e
war.
Pappi, Mullah.—A salaried post letter writer at Shush
during the war to the troops. An intelligent and somewhat
travelled Lur, who spent much of his youth in Baghdad. He
is much respected locally and has been of considerable assistance
to both the Military and Political in many ways, not the least
in that he is a listener and gathers much information. - He
previously lived with Saifullah’s section but was continually
falling out with him, and in July 1917 with the consent of
Saifullah he transferred to Ghulam Reza Khan’s section.
Parvis Khan.—Of Gundazlu tribe. Chief guard of the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Dar-i-Khazinah.
Quit Khan —A Shushtar ndtable of the usual type. Illi
terate, penniless and a drunkard. Attached himself to the
Muhammarah or pro-Bakhtiari party according to circums
tances. In September 1915 he promised His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul, Ahwaz, to arrest any Germans entering the town. In
1916 he was concerned with Baqir Khan in looting the bazaar.
In Februarj^ 1917 he displayed considerable courage in arrest
ing with his own hands a notorious desperado concerned with
his own son in the murder of a brother notable. He was exiled
to Ahwaz from 1918 to 1921.
Sadiq Khan .—Chief of the Sagwand tribe, v/hich spends
the winter months in the Dizful district on the right bank of
the Ab-i-Diz opposite Dizful town. In 1913-14 he sided with the
British over the railway survey. In February 1916 he with
Chiragh ’Ali were the chief ringleaders in the blackmailing of
Captain Noel’s party ; they were raided by Sartip Khan and
later taken in by Mezban Khan. The late Governor- General
of ’Arahistan, Muayyid-ad-Dowlah, dismissed Sadiq Khan in
1921 and put in his place Mir ’Ali Khan and Reza Khan. Mir
’Ali Khan was shortly killed and Najaf Khuli Khan appointed
in his place. The immediate result of Sadiq Khan’s dismissal
was that at least 3,000 Sagwand left with him and the tribe,
being split up, lost its importance. In the spring of 1922 the
Lur tribes were fighting with each other over Sadiq Khan; he
has returned to his tribe since the resignation of Muayyid-ad-
Dowlah. •