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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [224r] (462/494)
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.
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S 3030
Summary of news received by His Majesty’s 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 for the month of April 1921.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah.
His Excellency the Shaikh of Mohammerah accompanied by his son Sh; ikh
Chasib Khan and Haji Rais-ut Tujjar, C.I.E., proceeded to Basrah at the beginning
of this month to meet His Excellency the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia on
hy^ return from Cairo. They spent a few days at Basrah and returned to Moham
merah on 8th April.
Nizam-us-Sultaneh, the notorious Persian notable, arrived at Mohammerah on
the 16th April, and is living with the Shaikh and subsequently proceeded to Ahwaz
with him.
The Hon’We 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.
arrived at Mohammerah by R. I. M. S.
Lawrence on the loth April and proceeded to Ahwaz on the morn/ng of the 17th.
He also visited the Oil-fie’ds, Dizful and Shushtar, returned to Mohammerah on the
27th April, and left for Bushire on the 28th in H. M. S Cyclamen.
Mr. A. H. Fie’d, Admiralty Inspector of Oil Fuel, cal ed on His Majesty’s
Consul on 8th April. He is taking upon appointment newly created by the Admiral
ty at Abadan and wall reside there.
Messrs. Strick Scott and Company, Limited, have entered into an agreement
w r ith His Excellency the Shaikh of Mohammerah for the lease of 20 Jereebs of land
adjoining their present office building at Mohammerah. The lease is for a period
of 101 years and the Company pay the Shaikh Rs. 300,000.
A party from the Graves Registration Unit visited Mohammerah on the 29th
April and exhumed the remains of the late Captain R. L. Birdwood of the Political
Department from the Mohammerah cemetery for conveyance to Basrah. It wi'i
be remembered that the late Captain Birdwood was killed at the battle of Sahil
in 1914. The Acting Consul understood from the Officer Commanding that sanction
for the carrying out of this work had been granted by His Excellency the High
Commissioner.
A Parsee employee of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, w r ho had become a
Muhammadan and married a Persian girl at Ahwaz, arrived at Mohammerah at the
beginning of the month en route to India. The Karguzar on hearing of this sent
hii police guard to force open the house and bring the girl to the Karguzarate as he
would not permit her to proceed to India. His Majesty’s Consul, however, intervened
and succeeded in averting what might have resulted in a free fight between some of
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company clerks and the Karguzar’s police. It w T as pointed
out to the Karguzar that he should have approached His Majesty’s Consul in the
first instance and not attempted to take the law into his own hands.
Dizful.
The Hon’ble 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.
visited Dizful on the 23rd April. A
cons 1 derable gathering headed by the Deputy Governor welcomed him on arrival,
and the route was lined by some 800 mounted tr.besmen and a guard of honour was
furnished by the Sagwand Levy and Police. A reception was held at the Consulate
the same morning when the Deputy Governor, Heads of Departments, Tribal
Chiefs, and the leading merchants and landowners were presented to the Resident.
They took this opportunity for expressing their gratitude for the protection which
Fis Majesty’s Government had afforded them during the war. They begged that
nov. r that the war was over this protection might not be altogether withdrawn, and
His Majesty’s Government would continue to use its great influence on their behalf
w ith the Imperial Government of Persia with a view to the continuance of the present
state of tranquility and steady progress of prosperity.
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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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