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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [145r] (294/488)
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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FOU THE YEAR 1913. 3 3
O'Connor and ?iefyert had arranged that a detachment of gendarmes, then on
its way to Shiraz should halt at Sivend until they were joined bv Maior Siefvett
with a smaller force from Shiraz. The combined force was to attack the
Shahham Arabs under Muhammad Kuli Khan and kill or capture their leader
The movement was duly carried out, ana it was reported at flist with rjerfeot
success, several villages hemg restored to their rightful owners an'l much stolen
booty recovered Later advices showed that, though the success had been
general, less stolen property had been recovered than" was st&ted at fl , . and
Muhammad Kuh Khan had not been captured. Then ngly stories bean
to be whispered about that the gendarmes had looted and ravished like anv
Bakhtian;, and tnat Siefyert himself haa accepted horses ai.d carpets from
Muhammad Kuli Khan, who promised to murend-r at Shiraz within 3 davs a
promise which he was, of course, caieful not to fulfil. '
" Siefvert then returned to Shiraz and, on Muhammad Kuli Khan not
putting in an appearance, a second Swedish officer was sent out to complete his
task. This second effort ended also in failure; Muhammad Kuli Khan was
allowe d to escape with all his family, although the Swedes had 500 men ti put
against him. To crown the misfortunes, Kawam-ul-Mulk appeared
upon the scene a few days after the gendNrmes had been withdrawn
attacked, captured and hanged the Shahbani Chief in 24 hours. Tin Swedish
officers deny that there is the smallest foundation for the accusation of looting
made against the gendarmes " but the truthful historian wil] have to record
harder things about them in relation to Kazerun, wlen the events of the year
1914 have to be reviewed in their turn. A Swedish officer naivel-/ remarked
to a British confrere the other day in Bushire 44 I must believe what my own
men say . If that is the spirit in which they are going to conduct
enquiries, no one but a Swede will believe what a Swede says.
ihe difference between the Swedes and the Governor-General reached
their climax in September when, on the night of the 10th September, a
Saiyid was killed by a negro gendarme. The latter was arrested by the police
and confined in the ark. Next morning an enquiry was held in the Adliyeh
and the man was condemned to death. Captain Lundberg visited the
Governor-General at noon and asked that no execution should take place until
Colonel Uggla had had an opportunity of discussing the case with the Governor.
The Governor agreed and Uggla arranged to visit him at 5-aO. p.m. In spite
of this promise the Governor had the man executed in the afternoon and he
was already dead when Uggla arrived. The same evening Captains Lundberg
and KiFander marched a body of gendarmerie into the ark and Killander
entered the Governor's presence with 8 armed native officers and demanded
the corpse which was eventually handed over and was buried with full military
honours on the 12th September. It appeared that the officers acted without
instructions from Colonel Uggla who, on the IS^h, expressed his regret to the
Governor-General for their action. This episode very nearly enaed in the
dismissal of the Governor-General.
In the summer it was found that the full scheme of policing the road from
Shiraz to Bushire could not be cairied out as the gendarmes, men from the north,
were unable to stand the execessive heat of the lower section of the road. The
Governor-General therefore made an arrangement with certain headmen on
the road south of Kazerun under which rahdari was to be abolished, in return
for a monthly stipend paid to the Khan, and the enrolment of a certain number
of his men as road guards The scheme entailed an expenditure of about £150
a month or rather less than it was estimated would have to be paid for similar
services under a scheme drawn up by the gendarmerie.
In the end of October, in spite of the unanimous objections of all
responsible for the maintenance of order in the southern section of the Bushire
to Shiraz road, including all the Bnshire authorities, a detachment of gendar
merie 800 strong proceeded to occupy the southern section of the road. The
intention was to reduce all subsidies as much as possible and eventually stop
them altogether,
. The Pvesident addressed remonstrances pointing out that the chiefs were
being led to believe that these subsidies were permanent, whereas it was clear
that the offer or payment of subsidies was merely a ruse designed to bring
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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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