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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎156r] (326/494)

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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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Two detachments of about 100 men each have been despatched to Abadeh and
Kumisheh to garrison those towns.
Bakhtiari. —Rumours are current here that the Persian Government intend to
enforce payment of taxes by the Kuhgelus to the extent of Ts. 40,000 It is said that
the Bakhtiari Khans have definitely renounced the administration of Kuhgelu and
that the district is to be handed over to Soulet-ed-Dowleh. His Majesty’s Consul-
General informed Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Ashja that the Minister of Finance had temporarily waived
the claim for arrears of Kuhgelu taxes from Bakhtiari and he replied that the Khans
had already resigned the Government of Kuhgelu and were sending no representa
tive to Behbehan. He added that if the Persian Government wished the Khans
to continue policing the road and protecting it from Kuhgelu raids they would have
to pay their expenses, as the cost of holding the Kuhgelu in check was considerable.
His Majesty’s Consul-General suggested that Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jang who was at present
endeavouring to come to some arrangements with the Persian Government as
regards the future, should be consulted before they came to any decision on the
point.
Shiraz.
On April 12th the Governor General despatched his deputy, Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Nasir, to
Tehran by car in order to obtain from the Prime Minister assurances of less inter
ference in the departmental affairs of the Governor General of Pars, which are
gradually assuming very harmful proportions. In particular His Imperial Highness
complains that nearly every district Governor under him is assailed in and out of
the Mejlis by private enemies, and that the Ministry of the Interior treat these
accusations as gospel and demand the removal of the functionary in question.
It is reported that Qawam-us-Sultaneh is canvassing hard for his appointment
as Governor General of Pars, and encouraging demonstrations against the Prince.
Sheikh Muhammad Hussain Saadat, a native of the Shabankareh district of
Dashtistan, Deputy for Laris tan, and for many years headmaster of the school at
Bushire and on cordial terms with the British there, is leaving this week to take
his seat.
On the night of the 14th-15th at 12-15 a.m. Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Muhammad Yar Khan, 35th
Scinde Plorse, on sentry duty over the Consulate buildings, received a bullet through
his leg, fired he thought from the garden wall, 50 yards distant. At the time he
was'about eight yards from where His Majesty’s Consul was sleeping. He fired five
rounds in the direction whence he thought the shot came, and shouted for the guard
to turn out, but did not actually see his assailant. A search was then made in the
garden and along the walls for the assailant, but no trace of him could be found.
His Majesty’s Minister has asked for £200 compensation from the Persian Govern
ment for the wounded sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. . Recently there have been several instances of the
houses of British subjects in the vicinity of the Consulate being broken into and the
general insecurity of this quarter at night caused His Majesty’s Consul to ask that
the tufangchi patrols in this quarter should be increased, and instructions have since
been sent from Tehran to this effect.
Amir Lashkar, Commanding the Southern Army, arrived from Kerman via
Niriz by car on the 1st April, accompanied by Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Bahadur Bakhtiari. They
called on His Majesty’s Consul on the Gth April, and when asked what plans were
in view for the Shiraz-Bushire road, which has been taken over by the Ministry of
War, replied that it was improbable that military guards and posts would attempt
to replace the tufangchi road-guards, but that the latter would be administered by
a Military Officer. It is understood that just as the Officer Commanding the whole
Military Forces of the South is stationed at Isfahan so an officer of the Staff (Salar-i-
Munazzam) has been posted with headquarters at Isfahan in charge of the adminis
tration of the “ Amniyeh ” on all southern roads. The scheme looks well on paper,
but the Governor General’s department as well as the Consulate are gloomy as to the
effect in practice.
The new officer, Jaafar Khan, to command the road-guards in Pars arrived
from Isfahan towards the end of the month, and informed the Governor General
that the budget allotment is for 400 men at Ts. 6,000 for the whole of the South,
Le., including the Isfahan-Kashan, Isfahan-Yezd, Isfahan-Shiraz, Isfahan-Kerman
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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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