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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [112r] (238/494)
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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1923
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 January 1923.
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PERSIA.
Moltammerah. (1st—22nd January.) Shaikh Abdul Hamid Khan, the
Kaistuzar and Mima iiabibullah Khan proceeded to Ahwaz on the 14th
January to confer with His Excellency Moshir-ud-Dowleh, Governor-
General of Arabistan; they returned with His Excellency on the 16th
His Excellency the Governor-General, His Excellency the Shaikh of
Mohammerah and the Karsuzar proceeded to Basra on the 20th and returned
about three days later.
His Highness Parid-us Sultaneh, the Persian Commissioner of the Amdo-
rersian Oil Company at London, arrived on the 16th instant.
,, , Al glo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, Momammerah, have intimated
that Messrs. Strick Scott and Company cease to be the Managing Agents of
the Company with effect from the 1st January and that all communications
Moham,nerah ddreS3ed t0 ^ Oil Company Management at
Syed Abdullah, who was recently in the employ of the Company, has been
TnnT e 9nnn? 0 “ P n aay of r Tr e and is re P orted t0 hav e offered* a bribe of
, ‘ aES 2,000 to induce Shaikh Moosa, Deputy Governor of Abadan, to trans-
ter the Deputy Governorship to him.
Jhwai.—^’Jth December—21st January.)
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.
Ajal Shaikh Abdul '
returned on the ISih January and resumed the Deputy Governorship of Ahwaz
Irom his younger orother
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.
Lashkar Shaikh Abdul Karim Khan.
The head of the Revenue Department in Arabistan is said to entertain
hopes of persuading the Shaikh of Mohammerah to pay his original revenue
less lomans 25,000 per annum with effect from Nao Roz 1920. This would
leave payable a net annual revenue of about
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
50,000, an arrangement
which His Britannic Majesty’s Consul persuaded the Prime Minister Qawam-
us-Sultaneh to accept in 1921 but which the Shaikh subsequently repudiated.
Bakhtiari. The Khans appear to be quarrelling among themselves once
more and
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.
Zaffar has written that the state of Bakhtiari is about as bad
as it can be.
Delegation Scientifique en PerThe French Archseological Mission
under Count de Mecquenem assisted by Messrs. Tescanne and Neuville have
recommenced work at Shush and intend to stay until Nao Roz.
BainfalL The scanty rainfall up to the middle of December caused
anxiety to the villagers, but a downpour took place on the 31st December
followed by more rain in the first two weeks of January. The cultivators are
busy ploughing and the price of wheat has fallen slightly.
PWW.—(24th December—20th January.) The Deputy Governor has
prohibited the carrying of arms in the town and has notified that arms
carried openly will be confiscated. He has reduced the pay of his Kurd
Sowars by Krans 20. r j u
Mirza Hassan, late Rais-i-Nazmiyeh, who was arrested by the Deputy
Governorm January 1922 in connection with the Mirza Mahmud case has
been released at Shushtar. ’
Shaikh Khalaf, the Shaikh of Mohammerah’s representative in the
neighbourhood, attacked Shaikh Farhan, the Chief of the A1 Kathir Arabs at
Ins camp between Kounak and Gumar on the night of the 18th-19th JanuarV
without the knowledge, it is said, of the Shaikh of Mohammerah The fi-ht
ENC. in INDIA FOREIGN
SECRETARY’S NO 20M J
DATED MAR 8.
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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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