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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎42r] (90/396)

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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TOR THE YEAR 1916.
Prom Tasa the Qawam sent Ms son-in-law, Nazim-ul-Mulk, to Bandar
Abbas to ask for the assistance of the British Government in guns, munitions
and cash. Nazim-ul-Mulk reached Bandar Abbas on the 29th January and,
after a good deal of telegraphic correspondence, it was arranged that the Qawam
should himself come to Bushire and consult the British authorities, and that,
if he had a suitable plan for recapturing Shiraz, help would be given to him.
The Qawam accordingly came to Lingah (the Baharlus having blocked the
road to Bandar Abbas), and from thence to Bushire where he arrived on the
24th February. He had a meeting with Sir Percy Cox at Bushire and it was
finally arranged that he should receive an advance of £50,000, about £30,000
of which was given at once, one Turkish Meld gun, 2 Turkish Mountain guns
and some Turkish machine guns, together with a considerable quantity of arms
and ammunition ; 4,000 rifles and 2 million rounds of ammunition were to be
sent from India to Lingah for him. /
The Qawam left for Lingah in the " Persepolis" accompanied by the Darya
Begi, on the 8th March. He left Lingah for Bastak and Lar on the 17th
March, and had a triumphal march up to the neighbourhood of Shiraz, no one
daring to oppose him and all surrendering. When drawing near Shiraz he had
a meeting with the Soulet—who apparently did not wish to be believed behind
hand in assisting the Government, now that their forces were getting the upper
hand—and it was arranged that Soulet should co-operate in the movement on
Shiraz by sending a force of sowars up from the south. On hearing that the
Qawam was carrying all before him, Fath-ul-Mulk, one of his adherents and
an officer of the Gendarmerie, seized the Town of Shiraz on behalf of the
Government on 8th April.
Unfortunately the Qawam was killed by a fall from his horse while out
hunting on or about 21st April, and his son, a young man of about 25, succeeded
him and was given his father's honours and position by the Persian
GoYernment.
The late Qawam-ul-Mulk was made Acting Governor-General of Pars in
succession to the Mukhbir-us-Sultaneh on 14th September 1915, and though he
proved unequal to coping with the Gendarmerie and wa.s unable to prevent the
capture of the British Consul and Jolony at Shiraz, yet he was undoubtedly-
friendly to the British and was bent on preserving Persian neutrality, suppressing
German agitators and restoring order in Pars. His son vas quite inexperienced
and somewhat headstrong, and liable to be misled by the Soulet and evil council
lors in his own entourage. The Qawam's death at this juncture, therefore, was
a great loss.
The new Q.awam and Soulet entered Shiraz on the 24th April. A number
of Germans and Austrian and " De nocrats" were imprisoned, and a few
persons, chiefly adherents and servants of the late Qawam who had gone over
to his enemies, were executed.
After this affairs in Shiraz soon became more or less normal and the new
Qawam remained as Deputy Governor-General for the Parman Parma who had
been nominated Governor-General, until the arrival of the 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. Muatazad.
As indicated above, from the beginning of the year until the middle of
April, Shiraz was in a state of almost com-
s * maz " plete anarchy. The Nasir-ul-Mulk had
been made Acting Governor-General by the rebels but the German '' Consul"
Seiler and the rebel Gendarme officers and Democrats did what they liked in the
plaoe. " Consul*" Seller was virtual Governor and the people soon found that
a German regime was by no means ideal. Most of the well-to-do people were
forced to pay large sums for the local administration on various pretexts ^ If
it was not possible to convict them of pro-British or pro-Pussian sympathies,
they could easily be charged with being adherents of the Qawam, or of having
money belonging to him or his adherents deposited with them, or of having
anti-" Democrat" proclivities, etc., etc. As the Germans and Gendarmes
had the power it was easy to fleece nearly everybody. Herr Koever,
a German merchant in Shiraz, was made Bank Manager" and, having
installed himself in the office of the Imperial Bank of Persia, collected
various outstandings of tha Bank by force. People having drafts or bills due

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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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