'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎40r] (86/396)

ANNUAL REPORT
OP THE
PERSIAN GULP 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.
FOE THE YEAR
1916.
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ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR EARS AND BUSHIRE FOR THE
YEAR 19 J 6.
The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Z. Cox, K.O.S.I., K.C.I.E., conti
nued to hold charge of the office of
Personnel of 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. . 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. ,
but his duties as Chief Political Officer with the Indian Expeditionary Force
" D" kept him in Mesopotamia throughout the year except for two brief
visits in March and N ovember.
Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., remained as 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. , and His Majesty's Acting Consul-General, Bushire, through
out the year.
Major M. E. Rae was First Assistant Resident throughout the year,
and the post of Second Assistant Resident was held by Mr. Vice-Consul
Worrall from the beginning of the year until 24th March, when he left for
Ahwaz with a view to returning to Ispahan, on relief by Mr. Duncan Willey,
an Assistant Political Officer from Mesopotamia, who held the appointment
until the end of the year.
Mr. Vice-Consul Newton Worrall returned to Bushire on the 2nd May,
arrangements having been made by His Majesty's Minister, Tehran, to fill
his post at Ispahan by a Consular Officer from Tehran, and remained for the
rest of the year as additional Vice-Consul.
Mr. Vice-Consul H. G. Chick, C.I.E., was in charge of the Vice-Consulate
throughout the year, and the post of Consular Assistant remained vacant.
Major J. McPherson, I.M.S, was 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. Surgeon and Chief Quaran
tine Medical Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. throughout the year.
The appointment of His Majesty's Consul, Shiraz, was vacant up to the
, 15th October 1916, when Lieutenant-
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Colonel H. A. K. Gough arrived m Shiraz
from the north and re-opened the Consulate, which had been closed since the
Gendarmerie " Democrat" coup of the ]0th November 1915, when Major
W. F. T. O'Connor, the previous Consul, and the British Colony were arrested.
Monsieur Loiko continued to act as Imperial Consul-General for Russia
during the year.
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Monsieur R. Vadala was Vice-Consul for France throughout the year.
The German Consulate remained vacant the whole year.
The Turkish Consulate also remained in abeyance, the Dragoman, Mulla
Hussain, never attempting to re-open it.