'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎119v] (245/396)

4 ANNUAL REPOET 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.
1 Section No. 3 M. G. Company.
Detacliment Brigade Signalling Section.
2 Sections 169 I. T. A.
Supply Detachment.
The evacuation of the trenches developed into a complete route, Ghazan
far-es-Sultaneh in particular riding without drawing rein 27 miles to'Borasiu '
This was the only attempt made by the rebel chiefs of the maritime reio 1 '
to withstand troops in the field, although there was a certain amount cf
sniping at night. The enemy force at Chaghadak was found to have increased
to 600 men, and 29,000 rounds of ammunition were captured. From Septem
ber 29th the period of active military operations opened ; the General Officer
Commanding, Bushire Force, assumed political charge of the sphere of opera
tions, with the Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. as Chief Political Officer, and the
Political staff was gradually strengthened by the deputation from the
Mesopotamian Field Force of the following officers : Major H. C. Pulley
12th Pioneers, who had already been on special duty under the Deputy
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. for three months, Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Gregson, C M G
C .I.E., and Captain D, M. Fraser, Central India Horse. The Chaghadak Field
Column rapidly developed into the Striking Force, commanded by Brigadier-
General A. M. S. Elsmie, C .M.G., the final composition of which, on Noven^
ber 24th, was as follows:—
Staff—
1 Squadron, 15th Lancers.
1 Section, 23rd Mountain Battery I. M. A,
2 Sections 35th „ s}
3rd Indian Machine Gun Company.
54th Company Sappers and Miners.
l-55th Coke's Rifles.
I-i 17th Mahrattas.
l-127th Baluch Light Infantry.
Trench Motor Battery,
The first task of the force was obviously the occupation of the home;
ol the rebel chiefs and their replacement by others. Accordingly Chahkutah
was occupied on October 9th, and Shaikh Abdullah installed in place of
Shaikh Rnssain, on October 15th; Ahram, on October 19th, and Borasjun,
!r^ . f, re P! acen } ent of Zair Khidhar at Ahram presented
( i icu lies owing to the epidemic of influenza then raging, which entirely
presented the engagement of local tufangchis to support the authority of
the new ruler when mstaLed. Eventually the appointment was conferred upon
• a f S fi ri /i n0 ^i ^ e . ^ as ^.^ ere( ^ ai T of Tangistan, and he was
mis a e , on m ember 9th ; Zair Khidhar, who had meanwhile re-occupied the
p ace, emg is odged "without fighting. Gazanfar-es-Sultaneh, on his part,
made his submission to the Governor at Ahmadi on October 20th, and pro-
mised come out and meet the column on its approach to Borasiun. The
Ii U p L p 610 i 1 T wcre e . x ; 1 ^ e Kerbela till the end of the European war, when
in r. r? 11 a 36 re ^ onsi( ^ re ^j an d settlement of his revenue account with the
^Z^A Z eTn Zf V roM readiEess t0 ac cept the terms, but
As hp r>prc' f > 0 ^ ie vjnsakan Hills, where he had a camp ready organised,
bnrnf witii i 6- evasive answers to letters, his camp was raided and
a. In IeS TZ* of ammurL ition. This loss disposed of Ghazanfar
him in oh^nTfnrT 7 ' an re l at ^e, Agha Khan, who had been kept by
in his place seien y ear s and was released by our troops, was appointed
sectiZ^fh^vn^^l 011 0 f.? al i ki '. 1 0n 0ct ober 30th, the whole of the plains
construction of f] 1 p ^ 'f S and cleared of obstacles to the
vLwed under I sa M f n J hiIe ^air Khidhar had also been inter-
he showed himself dknn 911 0 ^ ere ^ ^e same terms as Ghazanfar, which
p sed to accept, but finally refused, after conferring with