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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎175v] (355/418)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 1926-1931. 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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14
CHAPTER II.
N ote on events in the S outhern A rea during the year 1930.
Inter-tribal jealousies coupled with disarmament operations have been the
cause of the state of unrest that has prevailed in the Southern Area, chiefly amongst
the Boir Ahmedi factions, for most of the year under review.
In March last Assad Khan, the Kalantar of Basht, was murdered at the insti
gation, it is believed, of Ghulam Hussein Khan, Boir Ahmedi, and the ensuing
confusion in the local affairs of that area, which had its repercussions amongst
other tribal elements, caused the Company, on the advice of the Government,
to withdraw the geological party then working in the vicinity of Behbehan.
A very serious situation arose in June of the year under report. Just before
dawn on the 25th of that month a party of about 300 Boir Ahmedi Sarhaddi tribes
men raided the Company's camp at Gach-i-Pokak. The raid appears to have been
designed in the first instance against one Qaid Habibullah, Chief of the Qaid
Yusufi section of the Bavi tribe, whose flocks numbering several thousands were
carried off by the marauders. They then turned their attention to the camp,
which they proceeded to loot very thoroughly. Everything portable was removed
and much of what remained was wantonly damaged. The European members
of the Staff suffered no bodily harm, although their lives were frequently threatened
during the raid and they were left with nothing more than the clothes they were
wearing at the time.
Military reinforcements, consisting of 2 officers and 130 men, were rushed to
the scene of the incident from Ahwaz and Behbehan in transport provided by the
Company and the situation quickly returned to normal.
Military operations have continued against the Boir Ahmedi, the striking
forces gradually closing in on tribal strongholds, and Basht, the centre of the dis
order, was attacked and captured in August. It became increasingly evident,
however, that complete disarmament of the Boir Ahmedi would not be effected
without stubborn resistance and that the military authorities were faced with a
prolonged and arduous task in enforcing their measures in Kuhgiloo territory where
the difficult nature of the terrain is all in favour of the refractory tribesmen.
The disaffected region is far removed from the Mishun Area, and the situation
had long ceased to contain any threat to the safety of the Company's operations
when it was decided in November last to curtail work at that centre, due to a change
in the Company's drilling policy and not because of any political reasons. Evacua
tion of Gach-i-Pokak, Gach Qaraghuli and Mishun has accordingly been carried
out and only one European has been left in charge of such personnel and pro
perty as remain in the Area on a suspended basi^.

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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. for the year 1925 (GIPS, 1926); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1926 (GIPD, 1927); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1927 (GIPD, 1928); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1928 (GIPS, 1929); [ Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1929 ] (GIPS, 1930); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1930 (GIPS, 1931); . The volume bears some manuscript corrections.

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 review 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. ; details of senior British administrative personnel and foreign representatives; local government; military, naval, and air force matters; political developments; trade and economic matters; shipping; aviation; communications; notable events; medical reports; the slave trade; and meteorological details.

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1 volume (205 folios)
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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 front cover and continues through to 207 on 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.

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