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CONFIDENTIAL.
Bushire 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. Diary (Persian) No. 5 for
1931.
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59. Movements. — I. British Officials. — (i)
Keference paragraph No. 42 (b) of 1931.
The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel H. V.
Biscoe, 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. in the Persian
Gulf and H. B. M’s. Consul General and
party returned to Headquarters on the 3rd
May.
(ii) The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel H.
Y. Biscoe left Bushire on the 29th May in
an Imperial Airways Line on four months’
leave to England.
(in) Major T. C. W. Fowle, C. B. E.,
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and H. B. M.’s Consul,
Muscat arrived at Bushire on the 27th May
and on the 29th assumed charge of the
duties of the Hon’ble 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 H. B. M’s. Consul General.
(iv) Mr. H. G. Jakins of the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Consular Service arrived at Bushire from
Meshed on the 25th May and left for
Mohammerah on the 26th where he arrived
on the 27th. He assumed charge of the
duties of Vice-Consul on the afternoon of
the 30th.
(v) Dr. C. H. Lincoln, O.B.E., left
Mohammerah on the 30th May on 3
months’ leave to India and England.
II. British Non-Officials. —1. Mr. H.
Walby who arrived here on the 30th April
left for Basrah on the 4th May 1931.
2. Miss F. Hotz, Master H. Hotz and
Mr. F. Slater arrived here from Karachi on
the 8th May and left for Shiraz the same
day.
III. Foreigners. —Russians.
(i) Reference paragraph No. 42 III of
1931.
Messrs. Avaramoff, Parvatin and Diatlo-
visky returned to Shiraz on the 16th May.
(ii) On the 27th May the Russian Vice-
Consul, Ahwaz visited Mohammerah where
he paid a call on board the S. S. “ Somaya
He returned the foilwing day.
IV. Persian Officials. —1. H. E. Hasan
Khan Rais, Governor General Khuzistan
visited Abadan on the 27th May. He was
accompanied by the Chief of Police, the
Rais-i-Adliah, Rais-i-Maliah, the public
Prosecutor and the Census Department.
2. Mirza Ibrahim Khan Mumtaz, Direct
or Southern Section of the Census Depart
ment, Shiraz arrived at Bushire on the
8th May on a tour of inspection. He in
spected the Census Office, Bushire and dis
missed a clerk whom he found guilty of
corruption. On the 15th he left by car for
Ahwaz.
3. Reference paragraph No. 42 IV of
1931.
Lieutenant Ali Asghar Khan Vaziri,
Officer Commanding the Amniah force re
turned to Bushire on the 8th May.
4. Muhammad Ali Khan Sadid Kababi,
Governor of Lingah, arrived at Bushire on
the 25th May. He has come in orderHo
acquaint himself with the workings of the
Adliah, when he returns to Lingah, he will
be expected to perform in addition to his
own duties, those of the Sulhiah Judge.
5. On the 27th May, Muhammad Ali
Khan Pishva, Judge of the Law Court,
Bushire left on four months’ leave for
Tehran. He travelled via Muhammerah
and Khurramabad.
60. British Navy. —H. M. S. “ Triad ”
accompanied by His Majesty’s Ships
“ Penzance ”, “ Hastings ” and “ Folk-
stone ” visited Bushire on the 22nd May
and left on the 24th.
This visit was interpreted by the local in
habitants as a mark of rejoicing over the
treaty which they believed had been con
eluded between Great Britain and Persia
and which afforded Great Britain com
mercial advantages over Russia.
61. The Health of the Ports. —The health
of the Persian ports continued good during
the month of May 1931.
62. Russian Interests. —(Bushire).
(a) Reference paragraph No. 45 I of 1931.
The Sharq Company’s steamer the “ Rosa
Laxemburg ” passed Bushire on the 4th
May en route to Odessa with a cargo of 32
packages of raisins and walunts, which she
had taken in at Mohammerah.
(b) In the beginning of the month the
Russians in Bushire gave out that they had
reasons to believe that commercial rela
tions between Russia and Persia would im
prove in the near future.
(c) The S. S. “ Somaya ” arrived at
Bushire on the 27th May and left for
Mohammerah after having landed 1,149
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