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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [67v] (141/396)
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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PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT
agreed that His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul should accompany the Kbans
to the high country with the object of supporting them if their brother Khans
proved fractious. Mr. Grrahame had already made over the control of Bakhtiari
affairs to His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul, on his return to Ispahan ia
April.
Owing to a large robbery by Kuhgelus at Kaleh Medresseh, in May, which
called for a long delay at Malamir, His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul and
the ruling Khans did not reach Chahar Mahal till the miudle ot •July.
position on arrival there was as folio vs;—The news of the Turkish invasion
had just been received and had given a fresh lease of life to the German
campaign which had its nucleus with the party under Kardoff, the German
" Charge d Affaires," who was enjoying the hospitality of Zargham-es-Sultaneh
at Paradumbeh.
The Khans, although they had undertaken to turn out the Germans hy
force of arms if necessary, would not come up to the scratch, as they did not
like to tackle the fort at Paradumbeh without artillery. As the Turks
advanced further into Persia, Amir Mujahid, Ilbegi, with a view to possible
developments, determined to get the Germans away from Zargham, with whom
he had an old standing enmity, and get them lodged with his own friends.
His idea being that if the Turks got the upper hand, he would indirectly come
in for a share of the kudos attaching to harbouring the Germans. He arranged
this move with success and, by the beginning of August, Kardoff and his
following were safely lodged with Amir Mujahid's sister, Bibi Miriam, at
Surishjun.
In the meanwhile, by playing on the bad feeling between Amir Mujahid
and Sardars Zatfar and Muhtasham, the latter readily fel] in with the idea of
raising a Bakhtiari force, ostensibly to turn out the Germans, but in reality
to deal a blow at Alujahid. When the latter realised this, he hurriedly
arranged that Kardoff and his party, who had by now been joined by a
following of 300 or 400 Bakhtiaris under Salar Masoud, Bahadur-es-Sultaneh
Salar Azam, should leave Surishjun for Deh Kurd.
The loyalist force of about 800 sowars which had in the meanwhile
collected at the bidding of Sardars Muhtasham and Zaffar, slowly advanced
towards Mi Kurd, but it was obvious that the Khans were determined that
no collision shjuld occur. The main object was, however, achieved as the
German party, who had counted on using Chahar Mahal as a base from which
to recruit a force preparatory to an advance on Ispahan, was forced to move
into the Ispahan Province where they were attacked and broken up at Tirun,
on September, 1st, hy a detachment of Cossacks from. Ispahan. There then,
lemained the question of punishment of the Bakhtiari Khans who had assisted
the enemy. Surishjun was the first estate chosen for confiscation. Amir
Mujahid resorted to every possible expedient to prevent the confiscation of
his sister s property taking place, but without success. The confiscation of
other estates followed automatically.
- trx I n ^ e ptember a certain Mirza Farukhi arrived w r ith a message from the
m phian to attack Ispahan but avoid, if possible, coming into collision
with the Bntish. ^ A deputation of the Khans, headed by
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.
Patch, asked
His Brit an ic Majesty's Vice-Consul whether the British would be prepared
0 con sic er a Bakhtiari attack on Ispahan as a purely personal matter between
the Prussians and the Bakhtiari.
In October the feeling against Amir Mujahid came to a head and he
rXstl His unpopularity was chiefly due to his
ehi.sal to pay his share ot the Bakhtiari pensions to the minor Khans Owinff
X LtfoT t 6 not possible'to take
Ma^e rvi 0 fl r a rTV a n f» W i "? 1 ,,, 4 ', 11 when His Britannic
1 be! bin VeT; T 1 iTf , Tebran two candidates for the
nomination of ^ g Quli Khan. We insisted on the
Murtaza Ouli K hTr ^'! ? fif f- P ■ n 0 PP osi tion of the Khans.
h. trfg't T .ns
should succeed in taking Sultanabad. lurks lf th y
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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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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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