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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎12v] (35/494)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 17 Mar 1921-29 Mar 1926. 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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there. They returned the same afternoon
and left again for Guran, where the third
machine had been again forced to land.
The machines were still in Bandar Abbas
at the end of the month.
185. Military .—Darab Khan re
lieved Agha Husain Khan Bahzadi as Mili
tary Governor of Muhammerah on the
10th.
Reference paragraph 165. Amir-Lasl kir
Mahmud Khan, General Officer Command
ing, Southern Division, arrived at Muham
merah on the 20th, visited Failiyeh and
Abadan and proceeded to Ahwaz on the
23rd.
3.125 rifles from Muhammerah have
been landed at Bushire, where they are
stored in the warehouse of the Mesopotamia
Persia Corporation as the freight on them
has not been paid.
A detachment of 300 Persian infantry
under Sultan Ghulam Husain Mirza arrived
at Bushire on the 18th from up country.
250 left for Muhammerah on the 23rd.
A party of one officer and 8 other ranks
left for Lingah on the 24th.
Reference paragraph 152. It is reported
that one-fourth of the young manhood cf
Lingah have migrated to Bahrain and
Oman in oid?r to escape conscription, the
active introduction of which is feared !
This estimate is no doubt grossly exag
gerated.
186. Firearms .—Reference ~ paragraph
172. The Military Governor of Abadan
has called upon the inhabitants and tribes
men to surrender their firearms within a
specified period under pain of punishment.
The Khans of Dashti are reported to have
expelled the garrison of Khurmuj. The
Deputy Governor of Dashti and Dashtistan
arrived in Bushire on the 4th and is said to
have left for Khurmuj with a detachment of
26 soldiers.
Several Martini rifles are reported to
have been surrendered by the inhabitants
of Lingah.
M uhammerah .
187. Arab Reference paragraph
168. The capture of Shaikh ul Mashayikh
bv the an^-Government section of the
Ka’ab tribe was followed by about 6 davs’
desultory fighting between the pro and anti-
Government factions of the tribe, which is
reported to have resulted in about 200
casualties and the burning of several houses
in the town. Shaikh ul Mashayikh was
eventually released by Seyyid Jabir, a local
Seyyid of considerable influence, who, to
gether with the Qala Begi, is endeavouring
to settle the conflict between the two
factions.
Maib Nusrullah Khan, in charge of .-> A e
Ahwaz armoury, was arrested on the
18th August for selling arms and ammuni
tion to the Arabs. He appears to have
sold a large quantity during the last three
months. A number of Persian and Arab
residents of Ahwaz have also been arrested
in this connection.
Reports have frequently been received at
Ahwaz, Muhammerah and Basra of threat
ened attacks on Muhammerah by the
Arabs. No further outbreaks have, how
ever, occurred, though the recent fighting
has undoubtedly given rise to strong racial
antagonism between the local Arabs and
Persians.
On the 30th August special precautions
were taken by the military authorities in
Muhammerah to guard the town owing to
the rumoured gathering of bands of hostile
Arabs at Khomaissa and Bamarin, on the
Perso-Iraq Frontier about 3 miles from
Failiyeh, but the alarm proved to be a
false one. The populace, however, remain
ed uneasy, and on the 2nd September
Sarhang Mustafa Khan was sent from
Ahwaz to Muhammerah to restore confid
ence and prepare to repel any attacks.
One Mahaisin, headman of the tribe of
that name, is reported to have fled from
Muhammerah to escape the oppression of
the military authorities and joined a gather
ing of Arabs at Khomaissa. He is said to
have re used in insolent terms Shaikh
Abdullah’s request to him to return.
188. Financial Commission^. —The Finan
cial Commission (reference paragraph 134)
which had left Muhammerah hurriedy for
Bushire on the recent Arab outbreak, re
turned to Khuzistan with the General
Officer Commanding, Southern Division
(paragraph 185). It has fixed a tax of
krans 1| per tree on fruit bearing date
trees near the river, and of 1 kran per tree
on those less favourably situated. A cer
tain proportion of the tax is to be distri
buted among the various tribal Shaikhs,
Ghulams, etc., who will thus be assured of
a means of livelihood. It is hoped that the
settlement will remove the discontent among
date cultivators.
189. Municipality. —The Military Gover
nor General has dissolved the Municipality
and is carrying out its functions himself. A
fresh Municipal Committee of seven was

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This volume mainly contains copies of printed monthly summaries of news (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 entries) received by the British 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and 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. Political Department minute papers prefacing and commenting on the news summaries.

The news summaries cover the period January 1921 to December 1925 (there is no summary for February 1921). Summaries from January 1925 to July 1925 cover fortnightly rather than monthly periods. The summaries 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 Arthur Prescott Trevor, Acting 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. Stuart George Knox, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite, respectively).

The summaries cover areas in Persia [Iran] including: Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Dizful [Dezful], Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Ispahan (Isfahan), Shiraz, Behbehan [Behbahān], Bushire, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Kerman, Mekran [Makran], Shushtar, Bakhtiari, and Lingah. They also cover Muscat, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Bahrain, and Kuwait.

The summaries cover various subjects, including: movements of British officials, Persian Officials, non-officials, and foreigners; health; Persian ports; arms traffic; military affairs; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Shaikh of Mohammerah; and roads.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (240 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1749 ( 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. news summaries 1921-25) consists of one volume only.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 237; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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