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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [103r] (212/396)
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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V
FOR THE YEAR 1917. 33
CHAPTER VI.
administration report for the arabistan consulate
for the year 1917.
Assistant Surgeon C. H. L ncoln held charge of the Consulate at
Personnel. Mohammerah hroughout the year.
Captain E. Noel, c .I.E., held charge of the Vice-Consulate at Ahwaz
throughout the year. He proceeded on a month's leaye in November. During
the year he visited the Bakhtiari country on several occasions. The current
duties of his office, during his absence, being carried on by the Assistant Poli
tical Officer with the troops at Ahwaz. Mr. E. B, Soane was Assistant Political
Officer at Dizlul until March when he was transferred to Baghdad, and
Captain C. J. Edmonds was appointed Assistant Political Officer, which
appointment he held until the end of the year.
Captain F. S, Greenhouse was appointed Assistant Political Officer at
Shushtar in March, and on transfer in December, was relieved by Major E. M.
Bailey, C.I.E.
His Excellency Sir Khazal Khan, g.c .I.E., K .c .S.I, has remained ruler
Local officials. of . Arabistan and the various Arab
tribes inhabiting North Arabistan. His
Excellency the Shaikh visited Kuwait about eight times during the year.
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.
Zaffur
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, Bakhtiari, who arrived at Mohammerah from Ahwaz
on the 10th March, accompanied the Shaikh to Kuwait on the 6tb April and
returned to Mohammerah on the 18th, where he spent about 10 days. He
accompanied the Shaikh and Haji Rais to Ahwaz, and the Shaikh and Haji
Eais returned to Mohammerah on the 19th May.
Prince Ain-ul-Mulk, Governor-General of Arabistan, visited His Excel
lency the Sheikh at Mohammerah on the 29th January and returned to Shush
tar about the 28th February. During his stay at Mohammerah he visited
the Hon'ble Sir Percy Cox at Basrah. He left Shushtar for Tehran about
the middle of May. Before his departure he appointed Mirza Khalil Khan
Nasir-i-Hozoor (his farrash bashi), Deputy Governor of Shushtar (temporary)
who held the appointment until his death in October, when Mirza Abdullah
Khan Mustoufi, the British Agent at Shushtar, was appointed Deputy Governor,
with the approval of the British Authorities,
Hakim-ul-Mamalik, the Rais-i-Maliyeh of Arabistan, left for Tehran in
October and Mutamed-ul-Mamalik, the present Rais-i-Maliyeh, arrived at
Shushtar from Tehran in September.
Mirza Jewad Khan, Matin-ul-Mulk, held the appointment of Karguzar
at Mohammerah throughout the year.
In June the Shaikh appointed his eldest son Shaikh Chasib Khan, Nusrat-
Principal events. ul-Mulk, Deputy Governor of the town,
vice Agna Abdi, who had held the appoint
ment for about 30 years and had discharged the duties entrusted to him by
His Britannic Majesty's Consulate and British firms, satisfactorily. Then Shaikh
Chasih was appointed, the following notice was published by the Shaikh, copy of
which (in English), was forwarded to this Consulate officially :—
" li is hereby notified to the public, Persian and Foreign subjects in (
Mohammerah and district, that whoever may have a complaint
or claim against Government officials, citizens or Arab tribesmen,
will have to apply to my son Shaikh Chasib Khan, Nusrat-ul-Mulk,
the British subjects as a rule will have to present their cases
through the medium of His Britannic Majesty's Consulate.
" Strict instructions have been given that such cases should be tried in the
presence oi tnree delegates to be appointed by the public and
decisions to ne given with due justice.
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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)
- Arrangement
The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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