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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [38v] (89/494)
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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2
Opium.
Messrs. Clotworthy and Harris, English
chemists, who were brought out to Shiraz
by Haji Muhammad Husain Nemazi to
test his purchases of opium, left Bushire
for Basrah on the 3rd on their way back
to England by the overland route.
The following consignments of opium
have been shipped during the month :
Date.
Vessel.
Quantity,
Destination.
Shipper.
1-12-24
'• 8.8. Varela".
100 c/s
Singapore
“ An Isfahan
Firm
1-12-24
Do.
60 c/s
Keetong .
Hajt Seyid Muham
mad Reza Kaze-
runi.
1-12-24
Do.
60 C/8
Do. .
Haji Abdur Kasai,
Raie-ut-Tujjar.
8-12-24
8.8. " Bamora "
100 c/s
Do. .
H<iji Seyid Muham
mad Reza Kazer-
uni.
13-12-24
8.8. " Varsova"
38 c/s
Dalny
Haji Abdur Rasul,
Bals-ut-Tujjar.
22-12-24
8.8. ** Varela ".
60 e/s
Do.
Ditto.
29-12-24
8.8. *' Vaena " .
62 c/s
Do.
Ditto.
29-12-24
Do.
60 c/s
Keelong .
Haji Seyid Muham*
mad Keza Kazer-
nni.
All the vessels belong to the British
India Steam Navigation Company, and
the consignments are for transhipment
at Bombay.
Meteorological.
Thirteen inches of rain fell in Bushire
during the month.
The rainfall for the month in Bandar
Abbas was between 10 and 12 inches,
which constitutes a record for the past
five years.
A slight earthquake shock was felt in
Bandar Abbas between 2 a.m. and 3
a.h. on the 12th.
muhammerah.
Shaikh of Muhammerah.
The Prime Minister and the Shaikh of
Muhammerah met at Ahwaz on the 7th.
At an interview the same afternoon,
Sir P. Loraine explained to Reza Khan
the position of His Majesty’s Govern-
ment.
On the 8th a second interview took
place between Reza Khan and the Shaikh
with satisfactory results. The Premier
and the Shaikh swore friendship on the
Koran. Persian troops will remain at
Shustar till the spring ; if by then the
pacification of the Lurs (which the Prime
Minister contemplates) is complete, the
main body will withdraw, leaving only
detachments. As a temporary measure,
the Prime Minister is appointing a Mill’
tary Governor at Ahwaz, but this GovS
norship will be restored to the Shaikh m
the spring.
The Prime Minister assured Sir P.
Loraine that after the conclusion of the
temporary measures described above, the
Shaikh’s jurisdiction will remain sub
stantially unchanged. Persian officials
in the district have been given strict
orders to work in harmony with the
Shaikh and afford him any help he may
require. The Military Governor is not to
interfere wdth the Shaikh’s authority over
Arab the tribes.
One thousand Persian troops reached
Dizful through Luristan about the 1st.
One hundred and forty infantry, with
two machine guns and 40 cavalry, from
Ram Hormuz, reached Ahwaz on the
17th.
Eifty-three infantry, with two cases of
ammunition, left Ahwaz for Muhammerah
on the 20th.
Sartip Eazlullah Khan has been in
stalled as Governor-General of Khuzistan,
pro tem., with his headquarters at Ahwaz.
Mirza Ahmad Khan has been appointed
Deputy Governor of Khuzistan.
Yawar Husain Humayun has been
appointed Deputy Governor of Ahwaz,
Yewar Qasim Khan and Lieutenant
Nasrullah Khan, Deputy Governors of
Muhammerah and Ahwaz, respectively.
The head of the Adliyeh Department
at Shustar has been instructed by the «
Ministry of Justice to make Ahwaz his
headquarters and to organise Adliyehs in
all the towns of Khuzistan.
BAKHTIARI.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Bahadur hai
been appointed Military Governor of Ram
Hormuz. As he is the brother of
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Assad his appointment has done much
towards reassuring the Bakhtiari Khans
and tribesmen.
At the request of His Britannic
Majesty’s Consul for Arabistan, written
guarantees in respect of the Arabistan
properties of the Bakhtiari Khans have
been given by the Prime Minister to
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Zaffar, Murteza Quli Khan and
Shahab-us-Sultaneh.
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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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