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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [36r] (84/494)
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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CONFIDENTIAL.
No 7 of 1925. 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 for the period 1st to loth
April 1925.
69. Movements.
British officials.—Wx. R. G. Monypenny,
of the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Consular Service, arrived at
Ahwaz from Tehran on the 3rd and assumed
charge of His Majesty’s Consulate
from Mr. E. G. B. Peel, C.I.E., on the fore
noon of the 8th. Mr. Peel left Ahwaz on
the same day for England via Iraq.
Mr. E. E. Gunter, O.B.E., Director, Per
sian Gulf Section, Indo-European Tele
graph Department, on the conclusion of his
annual tour of inspection of the Persian
Gulf telegraph stations, handed over charge
to Mr. T. F. Tebbut at Basrah on the 4th,
prior to proceeding on eight months leave
to England via the Overland Route.
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.
, accompanied by
his Secretary, Captain B. Stuart Horner,
proceeded on tour to Muhammerah and
Basrah on the 7th and returned to Bushire
on the 12th. On the 8th, at Muhammerah,
he met Mr. Peel, Mr. Monypenny, Captain
Ryan, Dr. Lincoln and Mr. Jacks, General
Manager of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
On the 9th, at Basrah, he had an interview
with the Right Hon’ble L. Amery, P. C.,
H. M’s. Secretary of State for the Colonies,
and Sir John Shuckburgh.
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 Secretary
left Bushire again on the 13th for the Irucial
Coast.
The Right Hon’ble L. Amery, P. C.,
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the
Colonies, and the Right Hon ble Sir Samuel
Hoare, His Majesty’s Secretary of State for
Air, and party visited Muhammerah and
Abadan on the 10th.
Persian officials .—Sartip Shahzada
Muhammad Husain Mirza, Persian Chief of
Staff, Southern Division, arrived at Bushire
from Ahwaz on the 8th and left for Shiraz
on the 14th.
Reference paragraph 30. M. Hunin,
Belgian Inspector of Customs, has left
Muhammerah for Kermanshah.
Naib Haji Khan has been posted Deputy
Governor at Ram Hormuz, with 25 infantry.
Non-officials .—Morris Ross (Home Office,
Aliens Branch Circular No. S. C.-6652-
450132-H.O., dated the 12th March 1925),
and Leon Agassandian (Circular No. 53733-
443234-H.O., dated the 12th March 1925),
Persians deported from the United King
dom, landed at Bandar Abbas on the 25th
March from S. S. “ Kurmark.”
Two Germans, George Kiedrovski and
Arthur Schoorman, and a Hungarian, Laslo
Pal Haterstein, from Basrah, were found
loitering in Abadan in search of employ
ment. As the Anglo-Persian Oil Com
pany had nothing to offer them and their
presence at Abadan was considered un
desirable they were advised to return to
Basrah.
70. Health, Persian Ports.
The health of the Persian ports is good.
71. Opium.
No shipments of opium have been made
from Bushire during the first half of April.
72. Military.
Reference paragraph 28. Naib Munir-i-
Huzur, from Bushire, has been appointed
to the command of the Persian garrison at
Lingah.
About 200 troopers of the Ears Regiment,
from Ahwaz, arrived at Muhammerah on
the 16th March to relieve the Nadiri Regi
ment, which left Muhammerah for Ahwaz
on the 19th March.
A further detachment of 50 horse arrived
at Muhammerah from Ahwaz on the 7th
April.
200 infantry, under the command of Naib
Ahmad Khan Agha, have been posted at
Hamidiyeh. All the troops in Ram Hor
muz, except 25 infantry, have left for Shiraz
via Behbehan.
73. Muhammerah.
Theft .—The Chief of Police for Khuzis-
tan and the Military Governor-General
have solicited the good offices of the British
Vice-Consul at Muhammerah and the police
authorities at Basrah in apprehending a
German cl auffeur, named Joseph, in the
service of the latter, who is believed to
have decamped to Basrah with Rs. 3,000, 50
Turkish liras and some jewellery, the pro
perty of his employer.
74. Fracas.
A f racas occurred at Abadan on the night
of the 20th March between some members
of the crew of a Royal Air Force hospital
ship from Basrah, which was alongside the
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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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