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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [168r] (350/494)
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 RESI
DENCY IN THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 1922.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah. (1st to 15th February.)
His Excellency the Shaikh of Mohammerah, the Governor-General, the
Karguzar, the Shaikh’s sons and a number of the inhabitants of Mohammerah
proceeded to Basrah at the beginning of the month to pay their homage to His
Imperial Majesty the Shah on his arrival at Basrah en route to Bombay and Europe.
His Majesty embarked immediately on board S. S. “ Chakdara ” refusing the
invitation of the Shaikh to lunch at his palace though the latter did his best to
induce him to do so. The Shaikh’s palace was very gaily decorated and was
illuminated by night. A number of Mohammerah motor boats which were
decorated and beflagged met the “ Chakdara ” at Failiyeh and followed in proces
sion to Mohammerah. That night there was a display of fireworks. The Shah
was very pleased with the arrangements and congratulated the Shaikh on his
loyalty.
The following day the Shaikh held a
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
at his palace in honour of the
high decoration of Taj-i-Kian bestowed on him by the Shah, and His Britannic
Majesty’s Consul and the heads of British firms were invited and attended. The
Governor-General invested the Shaikh with the decoration.
His Excellency the Shaikh of Mohammerah subsequently proceeded to Kuwait
in his yateh “ Ivy.” It is interesting to note that wherever he goes he takes
Shaikh Chassib Khan with him, presumably because he wishes to keep an eye on
him.
The Karguzar accompanied the Shaikh to Kuwait alleging that he had been
instructed by his Ministry to establish a Persian Vice-Consulate^here.
Ahwaz.
His Majesty’s Minister has telegraphed that the Prime Minister repudiates
the arrangements made by his predecessor regarding the Shaikh’s revenue and
there is no prospect of the revised budget mentioned in last month’s summary
being sanctioned. His Majesty’s Consul now learns that when Qawam-us-Sultaneh
agreed to waive all arrears of revenue unpaid during the war on condition that the
Shaikh paid full revenue as from Nau Ruz 1920, the necessary orders were com-
municated to the local head of the revenue through the Ministry of Finance and
were not subsequently cancelled when the Shaikh repudiated the arrangement.
The local head of the revenue is therefore at present in a position to give the
Shaikh the official receipts he requires for the revenue unpaid during the war but
will not do so without a handsome bribe, 15,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
being the amount he is
believed to be demanding. Meanwhile the head of the revenue has given his
Ministry in Tehran to understand that the receipts have already been given to the
Shaikh. The latter has made a serious tactical error in repudiating the arrange
ment made by His Majesty’s Consul with Qawan-us-Sultaneh in Tehran last sum
mer. The arrears unpaid during the war amount at the most conservative esti
mate to some 2,50,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
and it would pay the Shaikh to hand over 10,000
or 15,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
to the head of the revenue and take his receipts leaving it to the
future to see whether he could obtain the further concession of payment of half
net revenue only for 6 years from Nau Ruz 1920 as arranged by Yossuq-ed-DowIeh.
In the meantime the local treasury is empty, opinion is hardening against the
Shaikh in Tehran and if European Advisers ever do take control of the Finance
Ministry it is quite certain that the Shaikh will not get such favourable terms as
those agreed to by Qawam-us-Sultaneh. It is possible too that at any moment
the Finance Ministry in Tehran may wake up and cancel the original orders given
ENC. in INDIA FOREIGN
SECRETARY’S NO 2qM
I-A.TFD 27th APR.
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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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