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Telegram No. 127, dated the 14th January 1916.
From—Major A. P. Trevor, C.l .E., Deputy 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Bushire,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment.
Your telegram, dated January 8th, No. 35 Following telegram
received from British Consul at Bunder Abbas, 14th January. Begins. British
and Russian Colonies consist of : (1) Consulate Colonel Ducat, Nasrullah Khan,
clerk Saleh Mohamed, three Goanese servants, five Indian sowars ; (2) Telegraph
Superintendent Tanner with wife and child, European clerks Cane, Chase,
Bottomley ; Doctor Slienhoff ; Armenian clerks Edwurds, T. Edw-ards, Zakhariya
with two w r omen and children four; (3) Bank Manager Taylor with wife and
infant and two Armenian clerks ; (4) Russian Colony Consulate : Consul Dr.
Neheraieff with nine Cossacks and one Persian Mirza; (5) Mission party : Rev.
Rike, Rev. Boyland with wife and three children, Dr Dodson, wife and child,
Dr. (Miss) Stuart, Miss Stuart and Miss Goddard ; (6) Refugees : one Greek, four
Armenian men with four women and children four ; (7) one Indian servant of
late Farrukh Shah. Total number of souls 69. All except Russian Consul and
party Indian sowars, Nasrullah Khan and two Bank clerks left by “Bankura”
to-day. One Russian Cossack developed small-pox, no other cases of sickness
reported. Mrs. Taylor and infant wish to proceed to England^the Telegraph
party proceeds Karachi, remaining are uncertain of ultimate destination. Ends.
Transport “ Bankura ” proceeds first Muscat with Ducat and thence, I under
stand, to Karachi and to Bombay. Think “ Bankura ” should reach Karachi
about 17th January and Bombay about 19th January.
Telegram No. 74-W., dated the 17th January 1916.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department,
To The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department.
British and Russian colonies which had to evacuate Kerman consisted of
(1) Consulate Nasrullah Khan, clerk Saleh Mohamed, three Goanese servants,
five Indian Sowars; (2) Telegraphs : Superintendent Tanner with wife and child
European clerks, Cane, Chase, and Bottomley; Doctor Slienhoff; Armenian clerks
Edwards, T. Edwards, Zakhariya with two women and four children; (3) Bank
Alanacrer Taylor with wife and infant and two Armenian clerks; (4) Russian
Colony Consulate ; Consul Dr. Neheraieff with nine Cossacks and one
Persian Mirza; (5) Mission party : Rev. Rike, Rev.
and three children, Dr. Dodson with wife and child, Dr. (Miss) Stuart,
Miss Stuart and Miss Goddard; (6) Refugees: one Greek, four Armenian
men with four Women and four children; and (7) one Indian servant of late
Farrukh Shah. Total number of souls, sixty-nine. All except Russian
Consul and party, Indian Sowars, Nasrullah Khan and two Bank clerks
left hy ‘‘Bankura” on fourteenth. One Russian Cossack developed
small-pox • no other cases of sickness reported. Mrs. Taylor and infant
wish to proceed to England, the Telegraph party proceeds Karachi, remaining
are uncertain of ultimate destination. “ Bankura is expected to reach
Karachi about 17th January and Bombay about 19th January. Please ascer
tain what the intentions of refugees are and report what action is proposed in
regard to aliens.
Addressed Bombay, Political; repeated Commissioner, Sind.
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