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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [126v] (259/396)
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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annual kepobt or the pebsian gulf political residenci
CHAPTER IV.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR THE KERMAN CONSULATE FOE
THE YEAR 1918.
Mr. C. P. Skrino, I.C.S,, held charge of the Consulate until 1st December
. •when he was relieved by Lieutenant-
His Britannic lajesty s Conbuiate Colonel P. McConagliey, I.A. The post
of His Majesty's Viee-Consul was vacant until l&t December and held br Mr.
C. P. Skrine from 2nd—31st December.
Khan Sahib Abdul Alim held the appointment of Extra Assistant to the
Political Rendenfc throughout the year.
Political History. —His Highness Prince Nnsrat-us-Sultaneh, who had
been Governor-General since June 1916
Govemor-Gencral. vacated the post on 18th Pehruary and
wais succeeded by Hishmat-ud-Douleh, who however did not arrive in Kerman
till July 9tb. In the meantime the aged Nusrat-ul-Mamalik, head of the
Zahir-ud-Douleh or " Khanzada " family, acted as Governor-General.
The events which led up to the final rupture between Prince Nusrat-us-
Sultaneh and
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.
Nusrat on 8th January are described in the Keport for
1917. At the beginning of the year the former shewed signs of weakening and
readiness to follow the advice of His Majesty's Consul and leave the
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.
alone. This did not however suit the Democrats, with whose cause the
Prince's right-hand man, Ihtisham-ud-Douleh, was now openly identified. Both
regarded the
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.
, not without reason, as the protagonist of the Anglophil
party and the chief stumbling-block in the way of their own political ascendency
and personal profit. They therefore took care to foster the jealousy and injured
vanity of the hasty, weak and inexperienced young Prince so as to prevent a
rapprochement. Finally, an elaborate plot was concocted by Agha Yahya Rais-
i-Mua'rif, Muin-ush-Shariya the Extremist leader and probably one or two
other Democrats in consultation with IVtisham-ud-Douleh. The
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.
was
to be threatened with an attack on his house at the Bagh-i-Nishat outside the
city by the whole available force of Government sowars and forced to defend
himself, when be could either be captured and bled, or at any rate proclaimed
rebel. It was hoped that His Majesty's Consul and the South Persia Rifles
would be persuaded that the
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.
had in fact some such intentions, and that
they would be obliged to give the.
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
a free hand.
The coup was brought off on January 8th but did not turn out quite as its
originators could have wished.
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.
Nusrat's men were tricked by "agents
provocateurs " into firing the first shot, whereupon the
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
pro
claimed that he and three other leaders of the Moderate party were rebels and
were attempting to overthrow the Government and the South Persia Rifles
and loot the town. His Majesty's Consul and the Officer Commanding, South
1 ersia Rifles, however, w T ere not deceived, and by themselves occupying the
15agh-i-Nishat and disarming the
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.
's men, made themselves responsible
for the behaviour of the so-called rebels and refused to allow them to fall
into the hands of the Governor-General. The latter fulminated in vain :
He telegraphed to the Shah, tried to organise basts through his Democrat
friends, and issued a proclamation which gave so garbled a version of the
whole alfair that His Majesty's Consul had to insist on his withdrawing it at
once.
Thoroughly disgusted with his coup manque and finding himself unable
to get rid of the
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.
, the Prince employed his usual weapon of sending in
is resignation in order thereby to bring pressure to bear on the Shah^ and
abmet. His Majesty's Minister, however, as soon as he became acquainted
with the true facts of the case, refused to allow the
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.
and his friends to
I; ls ^edited and despoiled, and sent a message to the
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
to the
ettect that unless he rid himself of evil influences " and left the pro-Ally
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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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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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