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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [54r] (114/396)
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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FOR THE YEAR 1916. 29
41
fir- Consul at Bandar Abbas on behalf of a number of Laris, through one Eaji
3ii|j Mehdi Lari, who, His Majesty's Consul at Bandar Abbas says, has rendered
\ considerable service to the British. The connection of these Laris, of whom 60
4 arrived armed in Saidabad the day belore the attack, withHussain Khan's coup,
jf is however one of the least doubtful facts in the whole aif&ir. They probably
soi only offer another instance of the Persian fixed policy of securing oneself
uy against all contingencies by playing on both sides at the same time.
H After the failure of Hussain Khan's coup no further trouble of a serious
nature was experienced by the troops in Sirjan up to the end of the year. The
presence of the Adl-us-Sultan and Agha Murad Khan was however felt to be
inconvenient. They both professed devotion and made much of small apparent
services, but the services seem often to have consisted in overcoming difficulties
created by themselves, and it is believed that they were both in frequent
friendly communication with the enemy. His Majesty's Consul consequently
had them both summoned to Kerman by the Governor-General and
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. Delay in conforming with the summons ensued, but the Adl
eventually came in and Agha Murad was later brought in by Major Farran,
who made a tour, in November, through Baft and Sirjan. Both have since
remained, apparently contentedly, in the town.
Besides the suspicion, amounting to "certainty, that the Adl knew more
about the escape and movements of the prisoners than he should have done, he
is also to be blamed for having failed in his mission to recover the money and
property robbed from the Germans There is reason to believe that the failure
was more apparent than real and that the Adl returned to Kerman a richer man
than he left it.
Agha Murad Khan is also believed to have rewarded himself liberally for
his services. On his return the Adl lost no time in pressing his merits and
services on the notice of His Majesty's Consul, but he met with a rather chilly
reception. His Majesty's Consul further counselled 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 to arrange
for his brother to leave Kerman for a year or two. The advice was not taken,
but it is now always open to His Majesty's Consul to sanction the enquiries into
the conduct of the Adl in regard to these two matters, which the Prince, for
purposes of his own, has repeatedly urged on him. The matter has been under
consideration for some time (3rd March 1917) and the hunting of the Adl
presents attractions, but also countervailing difficulties.
On the arrival of General Sykes few traces of the Germans remained in
the town of Kerman. The principal were
Germans and Democrats. Bruggmann and one or two servants and a
miscellaneous collection of correspondence and seditious literature designed for
use m India. The correspondence includes reports on the progress of German
affairs in Kerman, and copies of handsomely got up printed letters addressed
to the Amir, the Maharaja of Nepal and the leading Ruling Chiefs of India.
General Sykes' efforts were therefore chiefly directed to investigating the
cases of the principal local Persian " Democrates " who had not fled the town.
A number of these were brought to book and sentence w 7 as passed on them.
A few of the more important of these cases may be mentioned, as in each
instance after General Sykes' departure strenuous attempts were made by the
Persian Government and others to have his judgments annulled.
Shahriar Khuda Bakhsli and Sons and Bustam Kaikhasrau and Sons,
the Gabri firm known as <£ Surushiyan " and Kayanian," were sentenced
to pay compensation and a fine, amounting in all to 17,?00
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, for
having bought much of the stock of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited,
from the Germans, which they afterwards disposed of at a great profit. This
payment was to be made in seven fortnightly instalments of 2,500
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
The delinquents at once succeeded in obtaining the good offices of the
Bussian Consul and later of the Russian Legation, who urged that they were
leaseholders of the Amin-i-Zarb a Russian protege, and it was proposed that
the case should be re-examined by Hh Majesty's Consul and his Russian
colleague. To this His Majesty's Consul objected, and His Majesty's Minister
succeeded, it would appear, in inducing the Russians to drop the matter. The
Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs was then invoked and, apparently without
notifying the British authorities, sent orders to the Karguzar that only
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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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