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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [179r] (362/488)
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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FOE THE TEAE 1913. gi
w ith the approval of the said British representatives. His MaW,,'* i
had been in indirect communication with the Nizam through the ShaS
of Mohammerah and the necessary guarantee was immediately |iven
On the 24th October the Minister telegraphed that the Minister of the
Interior had stated that the Nizam-es-Sultaneh could return to Persia in
perfect safety and need have no fear of the Persian Government or of anv
hostile influence. He also offered the Governorship of Luristan to Vhp
Nizam and laid special stress on our interest in the Nizam's welfare
The ahove mentioned guarantee given by the Nizam, combined with the
Shaikh's good will, give us indirect control over the greater part of Arabistan
and part ot i* ars.
The Nizam-es-Sultaneh has now returned to Persia and, his health
having considerably improved, there is hope of his being appointed Governor
General of Luristan, a position which, notwithstanding our desire to see him
accept it, he was unable to take up when first offered him owin<* to the
severe illness which he had had in Europe which had necessitated a serious
operation.
During the early months of the year the relations between the Shaikh
and the Bakhtians continued to be the question engrossing all attention
Shaikh of Mohammei-ah and Bakhtiari. 111 -^histan. Two important points had
, • „ remained unsettled from the previous
T £ e Sllaikl1 ofthat Part of the JarraM lands
which had been purchased by the Eakhtiari from the Muahir-ed-Dowleh
the other being the unfortunate raid on the Aqili lands which was made
by r e ^ i ra KS . n' heen collected to repel the Bakhtiari attack
on the Shaikhs Deputy Governor at Shushtar in the previous May.
settlement of the latter case was largely a personal matter since it
mainly concerned the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Muhtasham, the then Minister of War, and his
family, the owners of the lands. Owing however to the weight of the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Muhtasham m Bakhtiari councils it added to the gravitv of the
general situaition. ^
The question of the Jarrahi lands was more serious. The lands had
j'y the Bakhtians in Tehran, perhaps with a view to irritating
the Shaikh and as an asset m the political situation where he was concerned,
but also with a knowledge that if they had to sell it would be possible to
obtain an enhanced price.
of the sale to the Bakhtiaris the Shaikh immediately stated
untenable t0 be Corn P leted since ^ woul(i make position
That he was foolish to allow the purchase to be made is undoubted, but
m ^7 con sider a sale possible without his being first informed of the
proposed transaction. In actual fact it was completed before he had heard
The iands in question are populated by the Shaikh's Arab tribes and
eir control by Bakhtiaris would constitute a menace which he could not
ace apart from the blow to his prestige. The Jarrahi lands had always
T* • j 8 - P ossess i on ftE-d under his control and Government and if the
samrnns did, as they threatened to do, take over the country his position
n a ave received a shock which it could not have sustained.
^ las getting more and more unsettled the conditions in
I s . , ai } fy e been steadily improving. The policy of the Shaikh has been to
•xf. i-V 118 ., Powers gradually over the detached "and scattered Arab tribes
n ms borders or who own him as their lord and chief.
Ihis policy is one which it is for us to encourage as it is greatly to our
M" 1 o^he Shaikhdom, which grew during the chief ship of Shaikh
iza , the brother and predecessor of the present Shaikh, has greatly increased
wh/1* incumbency of Shaikh Khazal while British support and the honours
c he has received from the British Government have greatly assisted him.
IriK ^ Bakhtiaris into a portion of the land, the property of
es 0Wnin g allegiance to him, would not only have damaged the Shaikh's
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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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