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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [68r] (142/396)
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 TEAR WIG.
57
Amir Mujahid as soon as he had sent in his resignation took immediate
steps to make
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.
Muhtashain's position impossible. Llis modus operandi
was 1o spread reports that Muhtasham was accepling large surns from the
British to sell Bakhtiari interests. His intrigues were so far successful that,
on His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul's return to Bakhtiari from Tehran,
Muhtasham made up bis mind to resign. Amir Mujahid was assisted in his
designs by the fact that members of the likbani family were genuinely afraid
that British policy aimed at building up a position of ascendancy in the tribe
for Muhtasham. His intrigue was eventually defeated by buying over Zaffar
with an offer of a substantial bribe and a favourable consideration of nis claims
to be the next
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
.
The Khans did not leave for the low country till after the close of the
year 1916.
In the summer the Kussians extended the organization of the Persian
Cossack Brigade to Ispahan, This raised the question of our initiating some
organization in Bakbtiari to act in co-operation with the Russians. Proposals
were made for the raising of a levy of 100 Bakhtiari sowars and 200 footmen
under British officers. These proposals were sanctioned by His Majesty's
Government at the close of the year.
Another question raised w^s that of an alternative alignment for the
Lynch road through Bars and Lurdegan. The Persian Transport Company
professed their readiness and eagerness to interest tlemselves in any scheme
for the improvement of communications through the Bakhtiari country and
detailed their engineer, Mr. Sotham, to accompany His Britannic Majesty's Vice-
Consul over the proposed new alignment and frame estimates for the construc
tion of a motor road. Proposals for the erection of a telegraph line from
Ahwaz to Ispahan through Bakhtiari were made in December. The line was
to be considered in two parts, Ispahan to Chahar Mahal, Chahar Mahal to
Ahwaz. The chief arguments adduced in favour of these proposals are—
(1) The provision of an alternative land line from the occupied terri
tories to India.
(2) The development of the Bakhtiari trade route.
(3) The need of telegraphic communication in connection with the
formations of the Bakhtiari Levy Corps.
The possibilities of two irrigation projects, one at Chighakhur and the
other at Malamir, w r ere discussed by His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul with
the Khans, who seemed disposed to'find the necessary funds provided we could
arrange for services of an engineer. Both schemes promise a good return on
initial outlay.
Before the war some 24 of the younger Khans had been to school in
Europe and there were perhaps another fifty who could afford a European
education. The project of founding a College run on European lines in
Bakhtiari was suggested to the Khans, who welcomed the proposal and made
suggestions for raising the necessary capital by hypothecating^ the revenue of
the village of Margmalik, in which the majority of the Khans have an
interest.
Luring the year under review trade has laboured under the greatest
disadvantages. The period during which
Trade and Commerce, traffic was suspended on account of
insecurity is well above the average ; transport rates have reached a figure
hitherto unheard of; river transport has been conducted under extremely
trying conditions and merchants have been faced with unprecedented diffi
culties in the matter of finance.
Up till Eebruary 6th the road was practically closed owing to German
activities in Ispahan. Snow on the passes hindered forwarding, which was
only in full sw T ing by the end of March. A big robbery by Kuhgelus at Kaleh
Madresseh, in July, held up caravans for a time. From August 17th to
September 21st the road was definitely closed owing to the political situation
around Ispahan. Eor the greater part of the year the notorious robbers
iteza Khan and Jaffer Quli, exacted a toll of T. 1 a mule between the
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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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