File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎147v] (309/494)

The Karguzar, on his recent visit to Jask, received a written complaint from
the merchants and a fairly large number of people against the maladministration
of Mustafa Khan, and the latter being sent for to answer these complaints, refused
to come in. The Karguzar, on meeting Mir Barkat, requested him to enquire
into the matter, and the latter arranged with Mustafa Khan to take charge
temporari.y of the Jask district.
ARABIA.
Maskat.
Saiyid Hamad bin Faisal, Wall of Sohar, arrived at Maskat on the 12th June,
in connection with the arrangements for collecting customs dues at Sohar, as he
had threatened to beat the Customs Officer, Mr. George Tarabulsy, if he did so.
Saiyid Hamad was informed that the collection of dues was not his concern, but
that of the Customs Officer, and that the latter, after paying the salaries of his
staff and of the Wali and his staff, was to remit the balance monthly to Maskat.
An escort of one non-commissioned officer and ten sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of the Maskat Levy
Corps is being sent with the Customs Officer, as treachery on the part of Saiyid
Hamad is feared.
Great scarcity of water is reported in Sharkiyah, Najwah, Surrur, Ismaili
and Ma’awal, as a result of which date trees are dying. The date crop is reported
half of the preceding year, but prices are good.
H. M. S. Espiegle arrived from Bombay on the 9th June.
No news of importance.
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
Bahrain.
There is still a good deal of unrest among the Bahrainis, and the Rulers’
zeal to effect reforms seems to have cooled off chiefly owing to their fear of the
Dowasir, a powerful Sunni tribe, who are understood to have received promises of
support from Bin Saud, and whose pockets would be affected by the proposed
reforms.
It is reported that Ibn Rashid has been executed in Riyadh, after failing in
his attempt to escape to Irak.
The Akhwan forces are reported to have attacked sections of the Ataibeh
tribe in the vicinity of Mecca, who were suspected by Bin Saud of a tendency to
intrigue with the King of the Hedjaz.
Abdulla al Hawas, whose altercation with Abdul Aziz Qusaibi was reported
in last month’s summary, is reported to have been imprisoned by orders of Bin
Saud, and fined 36,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , practically all he possesses. He was apparently
charged with having political relations with the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and conveying news of
Najd affairs, which was quite untrue and during the past 16 months has only
visited the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. twice, in company of others, to pay his respects.
Reports indicate that the results of pearl diving are, up to the present, above
the average.
Assistant Surgeon J. W. Woodsell, M.C., I.M.D., arrived from Karachi on
the 6th and assumed charge of the Victoria Memorial Hospital, Bahrain.
Dr. Mann has been appointed by Bin Saud to be his personal agent in London
and His Majesty’s Government have recognised the appointment.
Kuwait.
Under instructions from His ^Excellency the High Commissioner for Iraq,
the Grants of His Majesty the King-Emperor, conferring on them the Dignity of
Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, together with the
badges of the Order, were delivered by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. to His Excellency
Sheikh Ahmad al-Jabir as Subah C.I.E., and Ahmad ath-Thunaiyan r as-Baud
C.I.E., on the morning of the 3rd June in His Excellency’s Audience Hall.
Raids by the Dhafir on caravans of Bin Saud’s subjects are reported.
Bushire : '* ' A. P. TREVOR, Lieut.-Col,
The 14th July 1922. ._ 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. -
G. M. Press, Simla.—Fo. C295FD—8-8-22—17—E.A.