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File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [408r] (820/1044)
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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62. (a) It is said that on reaching Gnran country, Bahram and Jehan Bakhsh Condition of
Sultans communicated with Kambar Khan and suggested that he should not rob p^f^vice! 1
at the Taq Pass as they were commissioned to stop robbery there ; he could rob
elsewhere. But on the 30th November, however, a large pilgriny caravan was
attacked and robbed by the Kalkhani at Khusruabad, a deserted village between
Harunabad and Kerind in Kerind territory. Some of the pilgrims are said to have
been wounded. On the 3rd December a small party of pilgrims were robbed at the
top of the Taq Pass, and another caravan at Khusruabad on the 9th.
(b) The Farman Farma has persuaded the road commission (which consists of
the Director of Customs and Revenue with his assistant, the Karguzar, the Farman
Farma and several others) that the only way at present to safeguard the road to
Kangawar is to appoint the Kakawand as roadguards, they being the most notorious j
brigands on that road. The contract specifies that they should receive a fixed
sum of money and that any illegal fees collected by them, will be deducted from
their pay, if proved. The contract has been signed by the Commission and sent
to the Chief of the Kakawand for his signature. When the document has been
signed, the Hapzadeh will be replaced by the Kakawands.
(c) The Director of Customs has several times refused to attend, the Com
mission as he cannot be an accomplice of the Farman Farma in actions which
are contrary to the interests of the Persian Government such as permitting persons
who have robbed the Government grain stores to live quietly in town.
(d) Some Mujahids escorting Government grain into town found some
Haiizadeh road-guards burning a muleteer’s hand to make him P a y* .They
drove off the road-guards and brought the muleteer into town. The Mujahids
assert that while they were engaged in fighting with the Hajizadeh road-guards,
some other road-guards stole 180
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
from their saddle-bags. Some oi the
Muitahids and ct Rouza-Khans ” having denounced from the pulpit the cruelties
practised by the road-guards as worse than anything since the massacre at Kerbela,
the Farman Farma sent for them and begged them to give him time to arrange
matters and not to excite the people against him, especially during the month oi
Moharram.
(e) Roads on both sides though not entirely interrupted are very unsafe,
and little merchandise is being forwarded. The post arrives twice a week from
Tehran and Hamadan and irregularly from Baghdad. On the Baghdad road from
Kermanshah to Khf.nikin there is still no postal transport and posts are very much
delayed. No parcels have been received for six months.
(t) During the week ending 19th December, one caravan arrived at Kerman
shah from Hamadan, but the road was not safe and goods were reported to be
accumulating at Ka^r-i-Shirin. A caravan of pilgrims was escorted by guard
as far as Kerind, but was robbed on the other side of Kerind when the guards had
left Posts from Tehran and Hamadan were coming in regularly during the 3id
week of December, but those from Baghdad came m very seldom The post
master of the Persian office of exchange at Khanikm reported that the Turkish
Office there refused to hand him the bags from Baghdad beyond but that th y
were beins given to irresponsible messengers asserting that they (iurkisn U )
W recived orders from Constantinople to send their bags by messengers.
The office of exchange at Khanikin is international and has been established or
some years. , , ^ ,
News was received on 22nd December to the effect that 40 loads of
merchandise were carried off by robbers at Walashgird
Sli S”. B.U. •, r,.hta .1 ft.
latter left at once, the Khesel Chief being a son-in-law of the
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.
Akram.
(h) Since the Kakawands have been put in ch ”S e of of o * e ^n pTahiTal
(vide paragraph (b) above) it is reported sa . but no thing is at
fexLted g uards. Se The m Chief r0 of the KaUwands has sent the
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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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- File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’
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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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