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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [102r] (218/494)
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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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 April 1923.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah.
No news of importance.
Ahwaz.
The Shaikh of Mohammerah is much perturbed at reports of the arrival of
Persian troops in Chahar MahalL -
The Ministry of the Interior has asked him to assist in the collection of
Indirect Revenues in Mohammerah, Abadan and Ahwaz. These have hitherto
provided him with a substantial revenue which he claims on the strength of Jarmans
held from Muzaffared-din-Shah and which he would be most reluctant to surrender
to the Central Government.,
Shaikhs Khallaf, Mackenzie, Sadiq Khan and Zayer arrived from Shush on the
3rd instant in connection'with the settlement of the Shush disturbances reported
last month. The Shaikh of Mohammerah has invited Ghulam Reza Khan to
Ahwaz in the same connection.
Bakhtiari. —Sardar Muhtasham and Amir Jang have been appointed
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
and Hbegi, respectively. News from Tehran tended to show that the pressure
brought to bear on the Bakhtiari Khans by
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.
Sipah was relaxing, but
a force of 500 Persian troops has reached Urujin in Chahar Mahall and if they have
been despatched by the War Minister in retaliation for non-payment of compensa
tion for the Shelil incident, they should have an easy task, for, with the exception
of Murteza Quli Khan, all the senior Khans are in Tehran. Their families have
taken to the mountains.
Reza Quli Khan, Commander of the Persian troops at Behbehan, is said to
I have stated in public that 120 officers and 800 men will shortly arrive there.
Signor Cora, the new Italian Minister, visited the Oilfields between the 15th
and 18th instant.
Isfahan.— (20th March—loth April).
Tardov, the Russian Consul-General, is said to have stated in reply to a request
by the local Democrats for an explanation of the alleged intention of his Govern
ment to force the Persian Government to reduce its army to a limited figure, that
what his Government had protested against was the large number of troops kept
in the North of Persia as contrasted with the comparatively small force in the
South.
Roads .—The Yezd road is disturbed : the rest are, for the present, safe.
Bakhtiari.-—One of the various rumours which are current regarding the re
lations between the Minister for War and the Bakhtiaris is that the Persian Gov
ernment claim
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
4,50,000 from the Bakhtiari (or the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
and Ilbegi) as
compensation for the Shelil incident reported previously.
A force of over 800 men of all arms has left Isfahan in the direction of Qumisheh
with 8 guns (field, mountain and machine), ostensibly to round up robbers, but
more likely, as generally believed, to go to Bakhtiari.
Shiraz.
Sarhang Ahmad Khan “ Akhgar ”, ex-officer of the Gendamerie, who was
stationed at Borazjun on the outbreak of hostilities in 1915 and was greatly re
sponsible for much of the incitement which led to the attacks on Bushire and
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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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