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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [171r] (356/494)
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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7
The Finance Ministry has permitted the Financial Agent to pay to the Govern
or-General his budget for the month of Jady (ending with the 22nd January 1922)
at the old rates. As regards future payments, the Financial Agent has been in
formed that a revised budget for the Governor-General’s department has been
submitted to the Medjliss and orders will issue again when it is passed.
On the 17th January a band of Farsi robbers was seen about 6 farsaJchs from
Eafsinjan. The Deputy Governor of Rafsinjan pursued with his force of 40
sowars and came up with the robbers at Chah Khurma, 10 farsal'hs from Rafsinjan.
Thirty of the robbers were captured and have been brought to Kerman. To make
the entry more imposing a number of prisoners from the Nazimieh were taken out
a stage the night before the arrival of the party and placed with the robbers and
brought in with them the next day.
The Karguzar has completed the sale of the articles recovered as part compen
sation for the large robbery on the Yezd road in September last and the Hindu
traders have received Krs. 8,325 in the
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
against the expenses incurred by
them in sending a representative to Fars at the special request of the Governor
General.
The Hindus’ claim for Krs. 240,000 on account of the’above robbery remains
unsatisfied and His Majesty’s Consul is referring the matter to His Maiesty’s
Legation.
The Karguzar has been unable to make much progress towards settlement
of pending claims of British Indian subjects which amount to over Krs. 500,000
(including the above robbery).
Merchants in Kerman are most anxious to use the Duzdab route which offers
many advantages over the Bandar Abbas route, and a representative of Moham
med Ali Brothers who is visiting Kerman proposes to open a forwarding
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in
Kerman.
His Majesty’s Consul, Sistan, reports that the newly appointed Governor of
Duzdab is prepared to undertake the security of the road from Duzdab to Fahraj,
The Governor-General, Kerman’s arrangements for road guards extend from
Kerman to Sarvistan and a gap of only some 70 miles is unguarded.
A large unescorted camel caravan was attacked on the 8th February near
Gazou (2farsakhs east of Shemsh) on the Yezd road, by Farsi robbers who took
away about 58 loaded and unloaded camels. A number of Qarasuran and
Bakhtiari sowars pursued the robbers and recovered the stolenproperty. Eighteen
of the robbers were also captured and brought in to Anar.
On the 18th January the road guards escorting a caravan of 250 loaded camels
and 15 donkeys carrying sugar, piece goods, yarn, etc., came in contact with a
band of Farsi robbers near Tale Gabri (2 farsakhs from Gudar Kermanshahan).
After some fighting the robbers carried away all the merchandise and animals
and made a prisoner of the head of the road guards. The goods robbed belong
to Kerman merchants, who on receipt of the news wished to take
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
in the
Persian Telegraph Office and send telegrams to Tehran complaining about the
condition of the road. The Governor-General, however, dissuaded them from doing
so by promising to send telegrams to the Capital and get them compensation for
the goods lost. The object of the Governcr-General was, of course, to prevent the
merchants reporting the unguarded condition of the road.
The Governor-General is drawing pay for an additional 100 sowars for fiiis road,
besides the Quarasuran budget, and his whole force on the road consists of 40
Bakhtiari sowars and a few Qarasuran guards. If he actually maintained the
100 sowars sanctioned for this road it would be quite safe.
Bandar Abbas.
The P. S. “ Persepolis ” is taking delivery of the trolley line railway from
Naiban, which has been sold to the Persian Customs Department.
Ten cases of indigo were delivered by S.S. “ Barpeta ” on the 11th February
consigned by Messrs. Robert Wonckhaus of Hamburg to Shaikh Mehdi Tehrani
Agha Ali Rahim of Yezd. Total cost of consignment including freight, insurance
and other charges was £341-18-3.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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