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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [90v] (187/396)
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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8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
POLITICAL RESIDEKCY
Bastak. —Nothing of any importance occurred in the Bastak District
durino- the year. The Soulet-ul-Mulk, Khan of Bastak, and his son Muhammad
Eeza Khan, still remain loyal supporters of His Excellency the Qawam-ul«
Mulk.
The whole of the Shib-Kuh coast remained very peaceful during the year
and the only incident of note being the
Shib-Kuh. seizure of the fortress of Chiru, with the
port, from Shaikh Ibrahim Hammadi to whom it was given by His Excellency
the Darya Begi in 1916. His Excellency the Darya Eegi having taken it from
the Obeidalis as a punishment for having assisted the assassins of the late
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.
Agent, Khan Bahadur Agha Badr and his tw^o brothers to escape.
This w r as a most regrettable blunder on the pa»t of His Excellency theQawam-
ul-Mulk, who w r as undoubtedly misled by Muhammad Eeza Khan and his
father the Soulet-ul-Mulk, Chief of Bastak, who were inclined to favour the
Obeidalis. His Excellency tire Qawam-ul-Mulk, however, did not reinstate
the Obeidali Shaikh, but placed Chiru under the Soulet-ui-Mulk, which, however,
amounted to virtually the same thing.
(A) The most important event of the year was the establishment of a wireless
station at Lingah. The old Jask instal-
Liugah town and district. lation was transferred bodily and erected
at Lingah by Mr. W. J. Hopkins of the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
The station was opened on the second of October for official traffic, but it was
not until the 22nd of December that permission w r as given for the acceptance
of private telegrams. The local public w r ere very naturally pleased when
sanction w T asgranted for the acceptance of general traffic, owing to the facility
offered thereby to trade in general, especially, as regards the pearl trade, as
they were thereby enabled to keep in touch with the market rates prevailing
in Bombay.
(B) A serious dispute arose between the local Deputy Governor, Abdul Rasool
Khan, and Saiyid Shubbar, one of the Shiah priests, which led to the Saiyid
sending his sons and a crowd of scally-wags into the bazaar, on 26th May,
and severely assaulting several persons, including a blind Saiyid, a follower
of the opposition Shiah priest. The Deputy Governor thereupon tried to arrest
some of the culprits, who took if hast '* with Saiyid Shubbar, and this culminated
in numerous rifle shots being fired and the Saiyid collecting all bis followers
and proclaiming a "Jehad" from his mosque. His Majesty's Representative
anticipating some such trouble endeavoured to smooth matters over from the
start, pending a reference of the case to Bushire, but the Saiyid adopted an
unreasonable and pig-headed attitude, and broke all his pledges. When matters
had reached this stage, the local Deputy Governor visited His Majesty's Repre
sentative and proclaimed himself helpless to do anything, adding that he could
not rely on his own tufangchis.
A deputation from Saiyid Shubbar also visited His Majesty's Representa
tive presenting numerous demands against the Deputy Governor. His Maiesty's
Representative saw that unless he adopted a very strong attitude against the
Saiyid, matters w r ould go from bad to worse and undoubtedly lead to riot and
^ ere ^ ore dismissed the deputation and warned them that
the Saiyid s madness w r ould get him and his followers into very serious trouble,
and that he would be held personally responsible for what had already happened,
and that the consequences would be all-the-more serious for him, if his
crowd w r as not immediately dispersed, or if a single further shot were fired.
This had the desired effect ; the crow r d w r as immediately dispersed and the
deputation returned with promises from the Saiyid to behave himself, and
guaiantee his followers would also. He also begged for promises of pardon and
admitted he had acted foolishly. oa r
It was, however, considered that the presence of one of His Majesty's ships
would have a salutary effect on the town (especially as the Vice -Consulate
guard at the time only consisted of five men, 14 having been sent to India
as an escort for prisoners), and in response to a wire, H. M. S. "Lawrence"
Ml0Min S e ^g with Rear-Admiral D. St A. Wake, C.IE., on
j u as everything was then quiet, the Admiral proceeded to Bushire. Hfij
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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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