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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [52v] (111/396)
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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26
PEESIAN GULF ADMINISTRATION EEPOET
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.
Nusrat. As the result of this conference it was decided to send out
Captain Merrill at once to Saidabad to take over command of the prisoner?
and see that they set out at once for the coast. He was provided with an
escort by 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.
Nusrat, but otherwise had only some half dozen men of
the old Gendarmerie with him. He rode through by double stages to Saidabad
where he arrived on the evening of the 22nd August and was welcomed by the
Adl-us-Sultan,
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.
Nusrat's brother, and other local officials
The same night a party of Hussain Khan Buchaqchi's men, obviously in
pursuance of a prearranged plan, entered the prisoners' quarters, liberated them
and carried them off. No resistance was made by the various guards, and
Shahzada Hussain accompanied his charges. There are considerable grounds
for suspecting the Adl-us-Sultan of complicity. He professes to have known
that some such scheme was in the air, but he did not warn Captain Merrill and
he failed to inform him of the prisoners' escape until they had been gone for
some time. Every difficulty was then raised to attempting an immediate pur
suit. The Adl is a clever man and has, of course, got a plausible answer to all
charges. Captain Merrill is further convinced that 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.
Nusrat fore
stalled his arrival, which was intended to be a surprise, by a special messenger
who got off a few^ hours before Captain Merrill on the road, was overtaken by
him but again disappeared. Other suspects are the Revenue Agent, Mirza
Salih Khan and Agha Murad Khan, the " friendly " chief of the Euchaqchis
and cousin and habitual " enemy" of Hussain Khan. The disloyalty of a
large section of the Saidabad population was proved by later events beyond
dispute.
The prisoners were taken to Qala Sang and thence to Balward, about 25
miles east of Saidabad, and Merrill was left in rather an awkward predicament
in the town, surrounded by professed friends of whose bad faith he was con
vinced and whom he more than suspected of designing to murder him or take
him prisoner and bring back the escaped prisoners in triumph.
^ Jbiom Kerman he was separated by 100 miles partly of mountain track,
which was later watched by Hussain Khan's men, and letters, when not robbed,
took at least five days to pass by a detour vice Pariz. «•
His first letter bringing news of these events reached Kerman
on 27th August and steps were at once taken by Major Farran to
S +. i * 0 /r^ a ^ 1 men any degree trained and reliable whom he had
at his disposal. These were practically limited to a small body of the old
enc armene. His Majesty's Consul took steps to publish offers of rewards for
e c.e nery up of the prisoneis and their rescuers. Major Parran suggested to
eiii.ra y 'es that his column should remain in Yezd till the situation cleared,
but it had already been decided that this column should go on to Ispahan and
m pursuance of this it marched out of Yezd on the 18th August. Urgent
rwof w 8 Wei 2 ? Wever ^ediately sent out to Lieutenant Eraser and
p m agsta , w 10 were believed to be bringing up forces of 200 men and
o q 11 ] "q- t f n f an y respectively (in fact about 140 men, and
"Rjfff A (? c . i ^ from Bandar Abbas, to deflect their march from
imnAMrvr. f 1 l oc al information did not show the risk of encountering
thp nrien^p 068 ^ i 6 00 '• ail( ^ ^ a ^ e . all possible steps to recapture
combination 18 Tf secure Sirjan from falling into the hands of any hostile
of amrnnn^ tha 1 t th ? ^00 rifles and 1,000,000 rounds
shouldhe Ipft nnrlp 1C 11 ^ as believed Lieutenant Eraser w r as bringing up
tuaUv Lilmt^pnant T? /i -I P / f 8 . ^ a ^ong place in Baft. 0 Even-
Kerman denosft it riTi bnng up his valuable convoy direct to
smaUmBss of his forpp v to .Saidabad. In view of the
in the low oonnfm f}i' aU enfeebled condition after a very tn ing march
attemnt was ^ Pr0bably a COrrect decisi ^- Fortunately no
Zarchu ran^-e and Iip h n f + t0 a ^ ac ^ when crossing the Kafanu-
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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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