File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎27r] (66/494)

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No. 8 of 1925. BusLire 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 for the period 16th to
30th April 1925.
Movements.
83. British Officials. —Reference paragraph
69. 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 his Sec
retary returned to Headquarters on the
29th after visiting Bahrain, Henjani and
several towns and villages on the Arabian
Coast.
Persian Officials.—N&ik Ali Asghar Khan
has been appointed Commander of the
Military Detachment at the Maidan-i-
Naftun Oilfields in the place of Naib Haii
Karim Khan.
Sarhang Abdul Ali Khan, late Officer
Commanding Troops at Dizful, and bro
ther of the present Karguzar for Khuzistan,
has been placed under arrest at Dizful by
the General Officer Commanding, on account
of his extreme rapaciousness.
Health, Persian Ports.
84. Small-pox, in slightly epidemic form,
prevails at Lingah.
Under instructions from the Ministry of
the Interior, the Governor of the Gulf
Ports has published a notice calling atten
tion to clause (1) of the Regulations for
the Practice of Medicine in Persia, sanc
tioned by the Majlis on 3rd May 1911, which
forbids practice in Medicine or Dentistry
without a permit from the Ministry of
Education. He has allowed practitioners a
respite of 40 days to obtain the necessary
permits from the Capital.
It has been assumed by this 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.
that this does not apply to the British
Medical Officers employed in the Quaran
tine Service, whose qualifications have
obviously been recognized by the Persian
Government.
An official license has been granted, on
the Governor’s recommendation, to Haji
Mirza Muhammad Jawad to practice in
Bushire as a \ accinator. His qualifica
tion seems to be that he has worked for
three years in Bombay as a dresser in a
hospital and with Dr. Banaji, an opthal-
mist.
Aerial.
85. Colonel E. de Pinado, with one
mechanic, in the Royal Italian Naval Sea
plane “ Savoia,” arrived at Bushire from
Baghdad on the 27th and left the next
morning for Bandar Abbas, which he
reached the same afternoon. He left
Bandar Abbas on the 29th for Charbar, en
route for Karachi.
Opium.
86. The following consignments of opium
were shipped during the latter half of
Date.
Vessel.
Destination.
Quantity.
Shipper.
20th April 1925
S. S. “ Varsova ” ..
Singapore
25 cs.
Haji Muhammad Baqir Behbehani.
26th April 1925
S. S. “ Werdenfels ”.
United States of
America.
5 cs.
Haji Mirza Ghulam Husain Kaze-
rooni and Sons.
. Auviiouj., iirtmea /isanana ivatnuno,
arrived at Bushire on the 30th with 14 cases
of Persian opium despatched under license
from Birjand via Karachi for sale at
Bushire. He stated that the opium had
been received in payment of a bad debt and
not in a regular line of business.
German interests.
87. Reference paragraph 49. Dr.
Neinhaus has evidently taken charge of the
archives of the German Consulate at
Bushire as he has applied—without success
to the Karguzar for the provision of
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a military guard at his house on the ground
that the archives of the German Consulate
were stored there.
Muhammerah.
88. Shaikh of Muhammerah. —Sardar
Aqdas was arrested at Muhammerah on the
evening of the 19th April by the General
Officer Commanding Khuzistan and taken
by motor to Dizful. After a few days’
stay at Dizful the party left bv caravan
for Khorramabad. His sons, Abdul Hamid
( 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. Ajal) and Abdul Aziz, are accom
panying him. The Governor-General has