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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [60v] (135/494)
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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4
Finance Department. Colonel Mac
Cormack of the American Financial Mission
visited Kerman from the 2nd to the 5ih
May, exchanged visits with H. M. s Comiu
and gave orders to the local Finance e
partment on a small matoer connected witn
the Consulate. His visit was cut snor
by an urgent summons from his iiead-
quarters at Tehran, and much disappoint
ment was felt by the Persian omcia an
landowning classes who were unable to
Press. —Farukhi, ex-editor of the Tehran
newspaper “ Tufan ”, has been permitiex
to return to Tehran, for which place he le
on the 6th April.
Parsis .—The new local Parsi Anjuman
has been dissolved for want of support,
and its members are now divided into
two parties, the “ Anjuman-i-Ithadieh-Milli-
Zardushti ” and the “ Young Men’s Zoroas-
trian Association There is much fric
tion between the two parties and Capt.
Manuchahr Dady, the Indian Parsee doctor
in charge of the local Zoroastrian Hospital,
has asked the Bombay Parsee community
to withhold their donations to the Keiman
Zardushti Community.
The following members of the Bombay
Iran League and the Irani Zoroastrian
Anjuman, Bombay, arrived in Kerman
on the 15th May :—
1. Mr. G. K. Nariman, journalist,
2. Mr. P. S. Gazdar, of the Cotton
Industry,
3. Mr. Marker, Financier,
4. Mr. Marker,
the last two being younger brother and son,
respectively, of Khan Bahadur Marker,
C.I.E., O.B.E., of Quetta.
Outlaws. —Zargham-us-Saltaneh has re
turned to Budbar to arrange for the pay
ment of his arrears of revenue, which have
been fixed at
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
55,000.
The Officer Commanding Troops has
stated that Mir Barkat has been granted an
amnesty and that he has left Bandar Abbas
for Jask. He has however been called upon
to pay his arrears of revenue.
Lingah.
Military .—The Officer Commanding
Troops, with 25 cossacks, proceeded to
Charak on the 10th of May and returned on
the 12th after installing Shaikh Haroon as
Shaikh there.
On the 24th April, during a mourning
ceremony, a fight resulting in four casual
ties took place in the Town between two local
factions of Ewaziz (Sunnis) and Bahranis
(Shiahs). The following day about 40
Bahranis, followers of Shaikh Ahmed Alim,
werp arrested and punished by the Military
Commander, Naib Mimir-i-Huzur. The
Karmizar reported the matter to Bushir^v
and "Tehran, and orders for the prisoners v |
release were received. A deputation headed
bv Shaikh Ahmed then left for Bushire to
complain against the Naib and to press for
his removal from Lingah.
Bandar Abbas.
Local Officials. —Mushir-i-Afkham, Gov
ernor of the Islands in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, left
on the 15th May for Bushire en route for
Tehran on “ leave ”. It is not expected
that he will return to Kishm.
Municipality.— The merchants and general
public have protested to the Bais-i-Malieh
against the usurpation by the Governor,
Salar-i-Nizam, of the management of the
Municipality, the local members of which
have resigned and have been replaced by
Government officials.
Outlaws .—It is now an open secret that
Mir Barkat left Bandar Abbas with the
connivance of the Governor and the Officer
Commanding. A later report states that he
has agreed to return and reside quietly at
Minab.
Obituary .—Haji Sayed Husain Lari, the
principal Mullah of Jahrum, died on the
16 th May.
Commercial. —S. S. Braunfels from
Bushire loaded 20 tons of red oxide iromi
Abu Musa on the 30th April, and sailed tor*
Suez.
Charbar.
A fight took place on the 13th May at
Bahu between the followers of Mir Dm
Mohamed and Mir Ahmed Khan in which
one of the former’s men was wounded, ana
two of the latter’s were killed.
On the night of the 23rd-24th April
two shots were fired from the river e^
towards the Telegraph building and pass
el over the barracks. Din Mohamed,
whose men are said to have fired the shots,
has been requested to make a ful1 eriq | U1 ;
into the matter, and a warning has
Mekran.
Murad Khan, son of Mir Mustafa Khan,
has recently killed a Telegraph ^ ne .^ U xi ie
named Shahdad Gwaram of Jagm m
course of a feud over the murder of a a
woman. The Director, Persian Gu
tion, Indo-European Telegraphy G e P
ment, has demanded satisfaction
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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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