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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [193v] (401/494)
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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The Ram-Hormuz and Hendijan-Mashur roads are safe but the tufan^chis
on the Behbehan-Dilum road are oppressing caravans and travellers.
Bushire .—His Excellency Mushar*ed-Dowleh, the new Governor of the
Gulf Ports, arrived in Bushire on the 2nd October, and was met outside the
town by most of the local Persian officials and leading men of Bushire, Agha
Khalil, M.B.E., representing the
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.
. The Governor is a far better ^
educated and more civilised Persian than is customary to find holding this
appointment; he was educated in Paris and visited England on three occasions.
His present attitude is very friendly.
The Governor has made the following proposals to Tehran:—
(1) Suitable Government buildings to be erected at Bushire.
(2) The formation of a small force of about 250 men under a British
Officer to act entirely under the orders of the Governor to main
tain order in Bushire and the Gulf Ports.
(3) The institution of a Government National school at Bushire.
The Central Government have replied as regards—
(1) Estimates for buildings to be submitted.
(2) Proposals have been referred to the Minister of War.
(3) Question has been submitted to the Minister of Education.
A Tehrani preacher called Andalib has been stopping at Bushire en route
to Baghdad on a pilgrimage. He is reported to have been preaching against
persons serving or helping foreign Governments. The Governor’s attention
has been drawn to these outbursts and it is hoped that there will be no recur
rence.
Nazim-ul-Mulk, who was Rais-i-Adliyeh before the British occupation in
1915, has returned to Bushire and has opened a Court.
All muleteers arriving in Bushire report that Sheikh Mahomed of
Ckahkutah is levying Rahdari at Ahmedi at the rate of 10 shahis per mule.
Righting is in progress in Hashti where the rest of the Khans are
endeavouring to evict the Khans of Khurmuj. No decision has as yet been
reached.
His Excellency the Governor at the request of the Governor-General has
been endeavouring to compose the quarrel between Sohrab Khan and Agha
Khan of Shabankareh, but without success as Agha Khan refuses to come into
Bushire. Fighting has therefore again broken out between them, and it is
understood some gendarmerie are being despatched to assist Sohrab Khan, as
Agha Khan has been declared a rebel.
A satisfactory agreement was concluded on the 6th October between Sir
A. T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., etc., on behalf of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company,
Limited, and Haidar Khan, C.I.E., of Hayat Daoud in connection with the
Company’s impending operations in the Dashti-Qil area, the formation of a
base at Genaweh and the construction of a road from there to the site of
boring operations. Haidar Khan’s son, Allah Karim Khan, has been taken
on by the Company as head of the guards and representative of the Zabit
with the Company at Genaweh. He talks English well, and is a person of
considerable influence and ability and he is already on excellent terms w'ith the
Company’s representative.
The Company have already commenced on the Genaweh-Dashti-Qil road,
and by the end of the month they had landed 600 tons of material and stores
at the base, their European staff increased to five and some 300
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
were at
vork. No great difficulty will be experienced in making the road as far as the
loot oi the hills. A light drill for boring at Dashti-Qil is expected to arrive
shortly from Mohammerah.
A local merchant has received a telegram from Isfahan instructing him
not to make any further purchases of Indian indigo as German synthetic indig 0
has again reached Persia and is considerably cheaper than the other kind.
>Small consignments of German goods have arrived at Bushire for transport te
the interior, but particulars are not available.
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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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