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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [68r] (150/494)
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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1 CON FIDENTIAL .
I
Confidential Summary of News received by His Majesty’s
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.
for the month of
March 1924.
PERSIA. Ahwaz.
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1
Mohammeras.
His Excellency the £1 aikh accompanied
by Colonel Baqir Khaii and Khan Sahib
Mirza Mahmud visited the Vice-Consulate
on the 25th March, and His Excellency
lunched with the British Vice-Consul.
His Excellency has ordered Shaikh
Abdulla, the Deputy Governor, to go to
Abadan three days a week to hear
complaints; and Khan Sahib Mirza
Mahmud has been appointed Accountant of
Revenues, Abadan.
Iraq-Persia Customs. —A somewhat diffi
cult situation was created by the anchoring
of the Persian Customs launch “ Mazanda-
ran ” opposite the Iraq Customs post at
Eao with a Customs Inspector on board who
proceeded to examine manifests, cargo,
etc., of native craft. As, under the Turco-
Persian Erontier Agreement of 1913, the
launch was clearly in Iraq Waters, M.
Condonnier, the Persian Provincial Director
of Customs, was requested to withdraw the
“ Mazandaran ” to Persian Territorial
Waters. M. Condonnier was most courteous,
readilv recognized the difficulty oh the
situation, and agreed to do as requested ,
he further promised that the Customs
Inspector should live on shore at Qasbeh
and control only goods brought by native
craft for that port.
General.—On report of a fracas between a
Bahraini and another man, the Deputy
Governor, without investigation, ordered
the former to be bastinadoed and impri
soned. Shaikh Abdulla put himself in
rather a difficult position by this high
handed treatment of a Bahraini (and there
fore) British protected subject. The
Bahraini was released immediately.
Sanitary. —Shaikh Jafar, one of the Chiefs
of the Bani Turuf, and one of his servants
who were attacked by plague were brought
down to the Mohammerah Hospital, where
both died.
Anglo- Persian Oil Company.—She A. T.
Wilson and Mr. Jacks, General Managers
of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at
Mohammerah, and Mr. Jameison, General
Manager of the Fields Refinery, proceeded
to Cairo via Iraq on the 10th March, it is
understood, to confer there with their
London Directors.
MC5CFD
Shaikh of Mohammerah. —The local Re
venue Agent has been ordered to cease
payment of the Shaikh’s monthly salary of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
1,000.
Arabistan Contingent. —-Col. Baqir Khan
has received explicit orders to employ his
men on all occasions on which the local
Financial Agents need assistance in the
collection of revenue.
The General Officer Commanding, West
ern Army intends to visit Ahwaz shortly
and it is rumoured that a site near Ahwaz
for a camp of more than 2,000 troops has
already been selected. The visit will pro
vide an opportunity for leaving a detach
ment of troops at Ahwaz, which would
create a position of extreme difficulty for
the Shaikh.
Col. Baqir Khan will probably shortly be
removed from Khuzistan and succeeded
by a nominee of the General Officer Com
manding, Western Army. It would be
interesting to know whether the assurances
given by the Prime Minister to Sir Percy
Loraine regarding the territories of the
Shaikh of Mohammerah will be binding on
the new General Officer Commanding whose
telegrams to the Shaikh are couched in very
haughty terms.
Little notice seems to have been taken of
the arrival of 600 troops at Behbehan.
Luristan Road .—Arrangements for the
protection of caravans between Dizful and
Khorramabad are said to have been com
pleted.
Quarantine .—An increase in plague cases
at Abadan has necessitated the re-building
of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Inspec
tion Post at Kut Abdullah pumping
station. So far no cases of plague have
been reported at Ahwaz.
BakMiari.—Vno Janeki dispute still
drags on but it appears extremely impro
bable that the Janeki will ever again be
allowed to form an integral part of Bakhti-
ari. It is becoming more and more diffi
cult for the tribal governors to assert their
authority, and failing a definite settlement
of the Janeki question within a specified
time in favour of the Haft Lang, Amir
Jang, Illbegi, will place his resignation and
that 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.
Mohtasham in the hands of
the Prime Minister. Inter-tribal fighting \
will almost certainly follow and the iLiglo-
n N CLOSURE IN„
f INDIA F0k_JGN SDCRETARY'S
| Letter ICo. * jyj
Dated 1 A'AY 1924
Received 10 MAY 1924
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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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