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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎10r] (26/396)

The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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FOE THE TEAR 1915,
9
allowed through for some time. On finding he had been bluffed the Qawam
collected his men and the two parties remained facing each other for some
time.
After a time the Gendarmes and Democrats called on the Qawam to
make terms with them, but they offered such conditions that the Qawam
rejected them with scorn. The Gendarmes therefore attacked Qawam, and
after several days fighting, as his ammunition was running short, he had to
evacuate the city, towards the end of December, and retire in the direction of
ITasa.
Thus, at the end of the year, Shiraz was in the hands of the rebels, and
its Governor in retreat while a hostile gathering of tribsemen menaced Bushire.
The rebels nominated Nasir-ul-Mulk, Governor of Shiraz, and Mansur-us-
Sultaneh as Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. of the Khamseh tribes in place of Qawam-ul-Mulk.
To return to Bushire: nothing of much importance happened after the
end of the occupation except the arrival
Bushire after occupation, of the ladies of the Shiraz Colony alluded
to above, on the 20th November.
Occasional night raids were made by sniping parties of the enemy on
various outposts. On the night of the 9th of December a rather bigger affair
took place. A party of about 100 or so got through the outpost line and part
of it came right up to the Cavalry camp at Imamzadeh and fired into it at
close range, while another party fired at the British 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. at Subzabad;
fortunately only tme sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. was killed and a sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. slightly wounded; one or
two horses were wounded.
The following ships visited Bushire: His Majesty's Ships 4 'Juno" t
"Pyramus", " Clio", "Espiegle", "Law-
Miscellaneous. Visits of His Majesty's ships, rence", " Dalhousie", " Britomart " and
" Bramble.
^ Owing to the threatened attacks on Bushire from the 4th August, His
Majesty's Ship "Juno "and one or two of the smaller craft were always
here.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and Chief Political Officer, paid a flying visit to Bushire on 30th Decern.'
ber.
Pour slaves from the Trucial coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. were manumitted during the year.
A table showing the year's rainfall is attached.
A. P. TREVOR, M ajor,
Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Bushire;
April 1916.
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.

The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.

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1 volume (194 folios)
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The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.

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