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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎89r] (192/494)

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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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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
Qulf for the month of September 1923.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah.
The Karguzar, for reasons not yet clear, has ceased issuing “ taskaras ” to
! Persian subjects for entry into Iraq. He is also issuing Ilm-o-Khabars to Bahrain
subjects on the authority of a letter from the Wazir Minister. Kharja. The local passport
authorities are not recognizing the issue of British passports to Bahrainis and the
Director of the Passport Administration has been addressed on the matter.
Ahwaz.
Arabistan Tribes —Shaikhs of the Khasraj section, who after a fight with
the Chenanah during May of this year, had sought refuge in Iraq, have arrived at
Ahwaz to seek reconciliation with the Shaikh of Mohammerah who will probably
treat with them very shortly.
Behbehan.—T\iQ contingent of Persian troops, some three to four hundred
strong, under Major Nasir Quli Khan, which had been at lasuj for the summer,
arrived in Behbehan on the 27th September.
Cholera re-appeared in Ahwaz on the 1st instant and has caused 46 deaths
during the month.
Isfahan.
The Minister of War arrived at Isfahan on the 14th September, was called on
by His Majesty’s Consul on the 16th and returned the call the following day. He
inspected the troops and is reported to have expressed extreme displeasure at then
appearance and at the work of the officers whom he warned to do better.
Haji Agha Norullah (Ayetulla), Akhund Mullah Hussein Feshareki,
Seyyid-ul-Arakhain and Agha-i-Najafabadi, mullahs who had migrated from Iraq,
arrived from Qum on September 14th. They were met by large crowds who es
corted them through the bazaars. The Minister of War is said to have made an
appointment to see them but to have excused himself at the last moment.
Shiraz.
Mudabbir-us-Sultaneh of the Nuri family has been appointed Governor of
Dashti and Dashtistan.
Sharif-ul-Mamalik, described by the papers as Deputy Governor designate for
Bushire, has arrived at Shiraz.
p ress The “ Asr-i-Azadi ” in a recent issue “ does not know whether to
congratulate or to condole with the people of Pars ” on the appointment of Prince
1 Firuz Mirza as Governor-General. Its tone continues to be strongly awft-British
and it urges a boycott of British goods. It also contains a better comment on the
1 subject of the Anglo-Hedjaz Treaty as ‘ inflicting material losses on Islam.’
Dashtistan—Tte dismissal of Ahmad Khan Akghar from the governorship
has given rise to serious intrigues and strife between Mirza Ali Kazaruni, Akhgar
• and Shaikh Mohammed Chakutahi on the one side and Mirza Muhammed Khan
Borasjuni, son of Zair Khidhar Tangistani, and Ahmad Khan of Angah on the
other.
Though Dashti and Dashtistan are administered from Shiraz, their electoral
centre is Bushire. As there is a difference of opinion between the Governor-General
and the Governor over the elections, the former has asked for a special inspector
from Tehran to inquire into complaints.
Qashqai.—TUs autumn, Soulet-ud-Douleh is conducting his exaction of taxes
from the clans in Kamfiruz. Heavy exactions have been forced from the Kashkuli
clan. In addition to the new source of revenue devised by Soulet last year—3 per

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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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