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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [195r] (404/494)
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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9
Trtjcial Coast.
Pearling Season .—On the 13th October the divers of the Oman Coast
returned to port, and a summary of the results of this year’s pearling is as
follows:—
Abu Dhabi .—Some boats have had a good season and some bad.
Debai .—Most of the boats have had a successful season, and have sold
pearls to the value of Rs. 20,000, Rs, 30,000 and Rs. 45,000.
Shargah .—These boats have sold pearls to the value of Rs. 15,000, *
Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 30,000.
Most of these boats sold pearls to the value of Rs. 40,000.
Umm-ul-Qatoain .—Pearls to the value of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 15,000 and up to
Rs. 25,000 have been sold.
Ras-al-Khaimeh .—Owing to the unsettled conditions prevailing here
during a great part of the pearling season due to the fighting with the Shihuh
tribes, only pearls of Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 15,000 were obtained.
Bahrain.
His Excellency Sheikh Sir Isa bin Ali al Khalifah, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
accompanied by Sheikh Abdullah, C.I.E., and Sheikh Muhammad bin Isal al
Khalifah, moved to their winter residence in Moharraq on the evening of the
1st October 1921, the usual salute being fired from the shore battery as His
Excellency boarded S. L. “ Rafaa. ”
The members of the American Arabian Mission on recess leave to India
returned to Bahrain by S.S. Barjora ” and landed on the morning of the 6th
October.
Kuwait.
The pearling fleet returned from ithe pearl banks during the week. The
season has been a bad one, both as regards the catch and the prices of the
pearls. A few boats are returning for two or three weeks for the “ Raddah ”
or second season.
Mr. W. B. Wardle, of Messrs. Strick Scott and Company, Mohammerah;
and Mr. G. B. Pratt, of Messrs. Scott and Company, London, arrived on the
20th September in connection with the Kuwait water plant. Mr. Pratt
expects to be in Kuwait for several months carrying out extensive alterations
to the plant.
The Sheikh of Kuwait has had a windmill erected at Jahrah to pump
water for the irrigation of his garden.
The Ras-al-Ardh beacon collapsed on the evening of the 10th October.
On the 11th a mast was erected on the debris of the beacon, 30 feet above
the around, with a wooden disc of five feet in diameter at top, to serve as a
temporary land mark for ships by the day, while the lamp which was un
damaged will be on the roof of [the caretaker s house, thirty-five yards south
of the beacon.
On the 20th October, a large party of Dhafir, under Abdur Razzaq, the
son of Ibn Hallaf, Sheikh of the Sa’id section of the tribe, raided Zaqlah,
about 6 miles north-west of Jahrah. Fifteen of the Sheikh of Kuwait s
followers pursued the raiders from Jahrah, and came up with them in the
tract of country known as Yah, about 18 miles north of Jahrah. They, how
ever, found themselves very much out-numbered and lost one man and seven
horses killed without recovering anything. They estimated the raiders as 8J
A. P. TREVOR, Lieut.-Colonel,
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 Oulf.
Bushire ;
The 19th November 1921.
sapi, Delhi— 681 ( 8 ) F&PD— 21 - 12-21 - 49 .
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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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