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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [86r] (186/494)
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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Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
for the month of October 1923.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah.
Sir Percy Loraine, Bart., C.M.G., His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran,
accompanied by Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, Commanding the Air
Forces in Iraq, and Colonel Saunders, British Military Attache at Tehran,
arrived at Mohammerah by aeroplane on the 12th and together with Sir
A. T. Wilson proceeded to Ahwaz the next day by motor.
The Hon’ble Lieut.-Colonel S. G. Knox, C.S.I., C.I.E., Officiating
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.
, accompanied by his Secretary
Mr. H. D. G. Law, arrived at Mohammerah on the 11th October and pro
ceeded to Kuwait the same day. They returned from Kuwait on the 13th
and proceeded to Ahwaz by motor.
Mushar-ed-Dowleh, late Governor-General of Arabistan, passed
through Mohammerah on the 21st en route for Tehran via Baghdad.
H. M. S. “ Cyclamen ” and “ Crocus ” arrived at Mohammerah on
the 31st October.
Ahwaz.
Mr. E. G. B. Peel, C.I.E., His Majesty’s Consul for Arabistan returned
to Ahwaz on the 8th October after his Summer Tour.
Sir Percy Loraine and party who arrived at Ahwaz on the 13th October
returned to Mohammerah on the 17th by car owing to the refusal of the
j Persian Government to allow aeroplanes to land at Ahwaz.
His Excellency Mushar-ed-Dowleh, Governor-General of Arabistan
tendered his resignation on medical grounds on the 7th October. In accept-
ing it the Prime Minister wired that in recognition of his services the
decoration of “ Timsal Humayoon ” had been conferred on him. His
Excellency left for Basrah en route for Tehran on the 21st. He has earned
the respect of all classes in Arabistan by his honesty and tact.
Whilst in Shush His Excellency the Shaikh of Mphammerah received
telegrams from the Minister of War (now Prime Minister) to the effect that
Colonel Baqir Khan, Commanding the Arabistan Detachment, had been
instructed to consult His Excellency on all matters concerning the Shaikh
and that the Minister expected the Shaikh to co-operate fully with this
officer. The Colonel paid his respects to His Excellency on the 15th
1 October. The Shaikh appears to be well satisfied with the interview and
has offered to endow a hospital in Shushtar to be named after the Minister
of War who has gratefully accepted the offer.
The Arabistan Contingent, consisting of some 200 infantry and 60
sowars with 2 machine guns, arrived in Maidan-i-Naftun on the 9th
October, they left for Shushtar on the 11th and arrived there on the 12th
The officers were entertained and shown round the Fields and works by the
Chief Officials of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
Bakhtiari.
Reports show that there has been fighting between the Raki (Jawad
Khan) and Behdarwand (Agha Rahim) Sections of the Haft Lang. All
efforts to bring about a settlement between the Haft Lang Khans on the
one hcjnd and the Char Lang and Javeki Khans on the other have failed
aid the forme? declare that their resignation is imminent. It is to be
bear fruit 1 ^ eff ° ltS ° f His Ma J est y’ s Minister to effect a settlement will
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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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