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File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [12r] (28/1044)
The record is made up of 1 volume (518 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1912-5 Apr 1921. 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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month ago. The total amount of grain he offered for sale was 1,131
Kharwars of wheat, 1,831 Kharwars of barley and 4,200 Kharwars of bhoosa.
The highest hid was
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
26,200 odd. This amount was below the figure
originally quoted by Mirza Rahmatullah Khan {vide September summary)
and also at a lower rate than that quoted by the Financial Agent in his tele
gram of last month. He has accordingly telegraphed to his Ministry for
early orders as to whether the highest bid should be accepted or not.
The Financial Agent through lack of funds is finding it difficult to meet
the ordinary Financial demands of the province, and the sale of the grain at
an early date will relieve him of the pressure. However, to complicate things
a little more, the Financial Agent has lately received instructions frona Tehran
that he should not for the present demand the Government grain due in kind
on the Azizabad and Kiruk lands in Bam and Narmshir, which are the pro
perty of Main-ut-Tujjar, Tehrani. The latter is negotiating to pay the value
of the grain due in the Capital. This grain amounts to 450 Kharwars and is
included in the quantity for which tenders were called for above.
It is feared that the Financial Agent will not be able to hold the Govern
ment reserve of wheat and barley, of which there will be about 1,000
Kharwars left in the headquarter ambars after the sale of the above quantities.
This reserve is kept to regulate the price of bread. It is now practically
certain that there will be no funds in the Treasury to meet the expenditure of
the last three months of the current Persian financial year.
The Financial Agent received a circular telegram to the effect that the
“Navaqil” (Octroi tax) section of the Revenue Department had been
amalgamated with the Opium Department, and that he should, therefore,
transfer all establishment and records concerning this branch of his office to
the head of the Opium Department.
Since the Opium Department has been placed directly under the Persian f
Government there has been a great reduction in the income, which now hardly
suffices to meet the expenses of the Department in the province. . During the
neriod of Toumaniantz’s contract, the Government tax of 21 Shahis per Miscal
of opium was reduced by 7 Shahis, but now that the old figure has been j,
reverted to, smuggling has recommenced on a large scale. -During
Toumaniantz’s administration the net income was about
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
25,000 per J
annum; it is estimated that if smuggling could be prevented the net annual
income of the Department in the province would exceed
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
200,000.
Zargham-us-Sultaneh of Rudhbar has up to the present paid only a very
small nortion of the revenue due from his district for the current year. The
total revenue of Rudhbar amounts to about
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
19,000 and the Zargham
usually pays half of this sum retaiuiug the other half for his own salary as the
Deputy Governor, pay of the Revenue Collector, Qarasuran, &c. The local
authorities have in the past been unable to stop this practice or induce the
Zargham to modify his semi-independent attitude. His nephew Saeed Khan,
who 5 had ton in Kerman for some time, returned to Rudhbar during
the month. Zargham has always been very suspicious of this youth, who
the rightful chief of Rudhbar.
Reference last month’s summary, Haji Mirza Murtaza, one of the two
remaining deputies, left Kerman for Tehran on October 31st and Shariat Nader,
the last deputy, left on November 16th.
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Mujallal, Deputy Governor of Bam and Narmshir, left for Bam
on 13th November, after spending the summer in Kerman.
The news concerning events in the north and the fall of Mushir-ed-
incompetent. The news of the formation of Sipahdar’s Cabinet was received
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The file consists of reports of news received by 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 ‘Political Diary’ of the 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. ) relating to various areas of Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , for each month from November 1911 to December 1920 (there is no report for June 1914). The parts of Persia covered by the reports include: Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Ispahan, Bushire [Bushehr], Shiraz, Bunder Abbas (Bandar Abbas), Lingah (Lingeh) and Kerman (Kirman). Other countries in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. covered by the reports include Maskat [Muscat], Bahrain and Koweit [Kuwait]. The reports were compiled 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox), or in his absence by the Officiating 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. , the 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. or the First Assistant Resident.
They report on matters including: local officials; arms traffic; Customs; local government; British interests; foreign interests; the movements of HM Representatives; and the condition of roads, the telegraph and the postal service.
The file also includes 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. minute paper cover sheets.
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- 1 volume (518 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2297 ( 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. Monthly Reports. 1912-20) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/827.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 520; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:519v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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