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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎15v] (35/488)

The record is made up of 1 volume (241 folios). It was created in 1912-1915. 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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
refused admittance they attempted to rush the guard, which consisted of a
detachment of the 79th Carnatic Infantry, and some sowars of the 25th
Cavalry; in the fracas that followed one Persian soldier was killed and
four wounded, of whom two subsequently died of their wounds. The resolute
behaviour of the guard elicited the strongest approval of His Majesty s
Consul at the time.
By the beginning of July party animosities on their side had crystallised;
the Governor-General had been bringing pressure to bear on the Kawam s
family in various ways; while the latter, led by the Kawam's wife and only
son, intizam-el-Mamalik (now Nasr-ed-Dowleh) had retorted by preparing
for active resistance; the Nizam threatened to bombard the Kawami quarter
within 24 hours, a threat which was replied to by prompt counter-prepara
tions on the part of the occupants. Had the Nizam been as good as his word,
and had the bombardment been at once successful, he might have rehabilitated
himself, but he hesitated, and the delay encouraged his opponents.
A week later hostilities commenced in earnest, but with inconclusive
results, the casualties being very heavy
Fightmg m s iraz. amongst the Nizam's adherents, whose
opponents were strongly entrenched behind loopholed walls. The Persian
Government shortly after the commencement of these hostilities, which they
appear not to have authorised, proposed to dismiss the Nizam in view of the
urgent need of placating the Bakhtiaris to whom they were at the moment
looking for help in opposing the ex-Shah who had just landed in Persia. No
definite action was taken, however, until the end of July, by which time bands
of Kashgai had commenced to pillage the villages of the surrounding dis
tricts, with the Nizam's connivance, and the forces opposed to the Kawamis
also received large reinforcements of Kashgai.
The Nizam seemed bent on resisting dismissal, and made a last attempt
to secure our assistance by propounding a scheme for making an independent
state of Southern Persia, to be formed out of the " League of the South,''
with other accretions. To these blandishments, however, no response was
given, but meanwhile the Persian Government, pjliant as usual, reconsidered
its attitude and, on August 9th, announced his reinstatement.
Large numbers of Kashgai continued to arrive during August, and in
the thir4 week of the month, fighting became continuous by day and night,
the results being generally speaking uniformly unfavourable to the Nizam's
party. Some attempt was made towards the end of the month to effect a
rapprochement between the rival factions, but without result, both sides
being too deeply committed, to withdraw. At the same time the various
indignities offered by Kashgai tribesmen to Europeans and their servants
indicated that the Nizam's forces were getting out of hand; Consulate servants
were beaten by Kashgai pickets posted round the Consulate and the com
pound of Messrs. Ziegler's Agent at some distance from the town was invaded.
On September 7th, a large force of Arab and Baharlu tribesmen entered
the town after some sharp fighting and announced to His Majesty's Consul
that they had come to avenge the murder of Nasr-ed-Uowleh. They promised
protection to the lives and property of Europeans. The following week
Sowlet-ed-Dowleh arrived near the city and a strong force of sowars and a
mountain gun was at once sent out to meet him. He signalled his entry
upon the scene by kidnapping the local revenue officer and prospective
Deputy Governor, Mirza Habibulah Khan, and reached the town the follow
ing day, shortly afterwards taking up his residence at the Palace with the
Nizam, accompanied by an ill-disciplined body of some 800 men.
The situation had by this time grown very disquieting, about 1,200
Kashgais being strongly entrenched in the commercial quarter of the town,
in hourly conflict with some 1,200 Arabs, and it seemed more than probable
that whichever side gained the upper hand would utilize the occasion to loot
the town. (It was at about this period that measures for the increase of the
Consular escort at Shiraz and elsewhere, in conjunction with measures for the
restoration of order on the roads, were taken into lively consideration by His
Majesty's Government, with results that are detailed later on in this Report.)

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The volume contains 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 1911 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1912); 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 1912 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1913); 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 1913 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing India, 1914); 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 1914 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing India, 1915).

The Reports contain reviews by the 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. , and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative districts that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal places and tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, transport, judicial matters, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.

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1 volume (241 folios)
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There is a list of contents toward the front of each Report.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 2 on the first folio after the front cover, and terminates at 242 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil and enclosed in a circle, and appear 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.

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