'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎40v] (87/396)

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PEESIAN GTJLF ADMINISTRATION EEPOKT
, „ . , „ . ^ ^ His Excellency Ahmed Khan Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Local Government and Persian officials. Governor i-i • n n 2/ '
of Bushire. Darya .Begi, was (jovernor of the Gulf
Ports throughout the year.
His Excellency made several long trips down the Gulf in connection with
the murder of the 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. Agent, Lingah, and other matters; during these
periods Uis Highness Sulaiman Mirza, the head of the Pinance Department
was Deputy Governor and took charge of the Local Government in the Darya
Begi's absence.
Masud-us-Sultan, the ex-Karguzar, never returned to Bushire, and the
KarCTuzar office of Karguzar was vacant during the
year.
Haji Yusuf, who was appointed Kalantar during the British occupation
Kalantar in August 1915, remained Kalantar
throughout the year.
At the end of 1915, His Excellency the Qawam-ul-Mulk, who had been
GoTernor-Generai of Fftrs. appointed acting Governor-General, was
driven out of Shiraz by the rebels, who
appointed Nasir-ul-Mulk in his place. In April, when Qawam was nearino-
Shiraz, Yawar Eath-ul-Mulk, one of the Gendarmerie officers, seized the
Government on his behalf, and held it till the new Qawam. arrived, on 2 tth
April. From this time the new Qawam was Deputy Govern or-General until
His Eoyal Highness Earuian Parma arrived, on the 15th October. The latter
continued to be Governor-General until the end of the year.
Customs and Finance. IVTonsieur Bourgeois remained through
out the year as Provincial Director of
Customs.
Prom the beginning of the year until the end of August business was
i 0Wlng to the rebellion at Shiraz, and to the road being closed
Alter that date large quantities of goods were imported until almost the end
or tne year, when renewed disturbances at Kazerun again closed the road.
The Pinance Department remained in charge of Shahzadeh Sulaiman
Mnza throughout the year. Owing to the disturbed condition of the hinter-
land and the impotence of the Persian Government, the Pinance Department
has been seriously embarrassed during the year.
At the beginning of the year Brigadier-General S. M. Edwardes, D.S.O, 5
Bruisii Military Force at Bushire. ^ as in command of the British troops at
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ssuwt ® sat
TRfV, 1 /' 1 '- lle 1 Si til B^uehistan Infantry arrived, and the Smiadron tf
16th Cavalry was replaced by 2 Squadrons of the loth Lancers bquadl0n 0f
by the 2nd Battalion 22nd Punjabis Durinrthe * f0r Ind H' bei ° S repla0ed
124th at Bushire was converted into' the 2nd BattalTl^ h'
October the new Battalion proceeded to Mesopotamia ^ ^ 0n 26tl1
14th Sikhs' an™ the^ i^Ld^uniab Infattrv? 60 * • 0f Artill «ry. the
Of the year. Punjab intantry remained as garrison till the end
As stated in last year's report the confederacy of hostile Khans, Ghazanfar-
Condition of Bushire Hinterland. us-feuitaneh of Borasjun, Shaikh Hussain
Tangistan remained actively hostile ?o the ^of 4915 ant cS^out 1