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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [81r] (166/488)
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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FOR THE YEAR 1912.
23
ment in the matter of the punishment of the guilty parties^ which was not the
case.
A few days after this decision was reached, the Persian Government learned
of the contemplated negotiations with the chiefs; they at once protested
strongly that the Central Government's prestige and authority would be
damaged thereby : they were told informally in reply that the scheme would
not have been carried into execution without the concurrence and approval of
the Persian Government, and that the latter's prestige would have been care
fully safeguarded.
On 19th June His Majesty's Poreign Office telegraphed that there was no
room for hope that the culprits would be handed over to the Persian Govern
ment within the time limit specified in the British note of April 14th, and
enquired w r hether it was politic to continue insisting on the surrender of cul
prits : in reply to a request for views on this point the Eesident and also His
Majesty's Consul^ Shiraz, urged the vital necessity of securing the punishment
of the guilty parties and"His Majesty's Minister in his reply to His Majesty's
Foreign Office likewise expressed the opinion that this condition could not
advisedly be dispensed with.
The^ Government of India expressed the view, on July 12th, that the idea
of the indefinite retention of the cavalry under present conditions and of
construction of barracks must be abandoned, that cavalry must be retained until
October, and that, meanwhile, action might possibly be taken by the new
Governor-General such as would enable us without loss of face to withdraw
the troops in October, failing this^ the question of the line to be adopted by
us would have to be further considered early in September.
In commenting on the above, on August 16th, His Majestey's Poreign
Office concurred with the views of the Government of India that the regiment
should be withdrawn in October; and as regards the possibility of re-estab
lishing British prestige intimated that His Majesty's Government were prepared
to take any measures that the Government of India or the local British offi
cials could suggest which would not entail an expedition into the interior
of the country.
In the meanwhile, a force of gendarmerie was badly defeated, on August
4th, a few miles from Shiraz, and the situation in and around that town ap
peared to be getting worse.
His Majesty's Consul, on learning of the above mentioned decision of
His Majesty's Foreign Office, urged, on August 15th, that the cavalry regi
ment should not be withdrawn until reparation had been obtained, questioned
the possibility of withdrawing the regiment without sending up more troops
to cover the movement, and suggested instead, that we should support the local
Government with small loans, under supervision, and by a regular force say
1,500 strong, gradually to be raised by British officers, the Swedish officers
being considered destitute of the necessary qualifications. He added, however,
that an essential preliminary to such action would be to rehabilitate our in
fluence by securing reparation, sufficiently to give weight to our support of
the local Government and to enable our officers to form a local force. In this
connection he proposed the despatch of additional troops from India and then
to proceed to secure reparation or force, withdrawing as soon as this object had
been obtained He anticipated that such action would assist the local Govern
ment whose difficulties, on the other hand, would be greatly increased were
our cavalry to be withdrawn before the tribes who had attacked them had
been called to account. On 20th August His Majesty's Minister telegraphed
that Mukhbir-es-Sultaneh, who was about to leave Tehran for Pars did not
wish the troops to be withdrawn from Shiraz, but had suggested that the
Ispahan detachment should be moved to Shiraz, as a first step towards with
drawal, so soon as those responsible for the outrages of December last had
been surrendered, a step which he was convinced of his ability to secure, parti
cularly if Muhammad Ali Khan, the chief offender, was not to be reckoned
as a guilty party, and if execution of culprits was not to be insisted on: * he
* On October 23rd the Foreign Office authorised His Majesty's Consul at Shiraz to acquiesce in waiving capital
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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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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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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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