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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [50r] (114/494)
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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OOKFIDENTIAL.
^Summary of news received by His Majesty’s Political Resi
dency in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
for the month of August 1924.
PERSIA.
Movements.
Officers. —Dr. G. A. Richardson, O.B.E.^
His Majesty’s Consul, Bandar Abbas, left
for Karachi, on recess, on the 7th.
Mr. R. G. Monypenny arrived in Bushire
on the 13th and left on the 14th to relieve
Mr. A. S. Calvert as Consul, Shiraz. Mr.
Calvert reached Bushire on the 19th en
route for Europe.
Persian Officials —A new Deputy Gover
nor for Dashti and Dashtistan, Sultan Mirza
Ali Khan, arrived at Borazjan on the 24th.
Health, South Persia Ports.
No cases of infectious disease occurred
during the month.
Military.
The aeroplane landed from S. S. “ Nieden-
fels ” on the 19th June, was flown on the
loth August by M. Berhault from Bushire
to Shiraz, where it arrived -Ihe same day.
American Interests.
The remains of Major Imbrie, the late
American Consul at Tehran, were disem
barked at Bushire on the afternoon of the
24th from the mail steamer “ Vita ”, and
were embarked the next day with due cere-
mony on board the United States Scout
Cruiser “ Trenton ”. H. M. S. “ Crocus ”
assisted at the embarkation ceremony.
German Activities.
Frau von Mathusius’ party were held up
at Bushire throughout the month, owing to
the non-arrival of their friend, Herr Max
Kirsch, who was to drive the Mercedes car
up the road.
The Frau, who was a Socialist before the
War, now calls herself a Nationalist. She
is a journalist whose nom de plume is
“ Annamarie ”.
Anti-British Propaganda.
Copies of the News-pamphlet or Review,
named “ Namah-i-Farangistan ” and pub-
lishcd in Berlin are reachin j Bushire. No. 3
contains a photograph of a vessel named
" Puhlavi ”, which is Said to have been
purchased by the Persian Government in
Brei icn, and which was to have reached the
MC619-F.D.
Caspian Sea through Russia, but for diffi
culties created by the Soviet Government.
Copies of the first three numbers have been
sent to the Government of India.
Opium.
The Director of Customs, Bushire, ha$
received telegraphic orders from Tehran tb
the effect that the Persian Government has
forbidden the export or transhipment of
Foreign opium actually in Persia, and the
import of opium into Persia without the
previous authority of the Minister of
Finance.
Government Lands in the Gulf
Ports.
The Karguzar of the Gulf Ports has for
warded to His Majesty's Consul-General
copies of a printed notice, published by him
under instructions from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and dated 7th Asad 1303
(29th July 1924), stating that in accordance
with Government documents and the edict
of Mnzaffar-ud-Din Shah, dated Zilhejjih
1320 (1902), the Government is still the
owner of State lands and properties situated
in the Gulf Ports and that documents relat
ing to their disposal by transfer or monopoly
are invalid.
Mohammerah.
Raid on Iraq Tribe. —On the IGth July,
a party of the Hawaizah tribe of Persian
Arabistan raided the encampment of a party
of the Bait Hamadan (Khorjah) tribe of
Iraq near Micheri, about 15 miles south
east of Ha 1 fayah, within the Iraq Frontier.
His Excellency the Shaikh of Mohammerah
had no knowledge of the episode, but on
receipt of a complaint from the Government
of Iraq, is taking steps for the settlement of
the matter.
Shaikh of Mohammerah.—Hh Excellency
proceeded on a tour on the 10th to Benitumi
and Fallahiya in order to persuade his
tribesmen to sink their differences and rally
round himself. He returned successful
about the 20th.
The end of the month saw an improve
ment in the situation, consequent upon an
exchange of telegrams between the Shaikh
and the Prime Minister, in which the latter
assured the former that it was not the inten
tion of the Persian Government to deprive
ENCLOSURE in
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
■Letter No. £ - ^
Dated 23 OCT 1924
Recoi f 13 NOV 1024
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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)
- Arrangement
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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