'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎13v] (33/396)

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PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ADMINISTRATION REPORT
chapter iii,
ADMINISTRATION KEPORT TOE THE BANDAR ABBAS VICE-
CONSULATE FOR THE YEAR 1915.
* CaptainH.V.Biscoe held charge of the Vice-Consulate till the 13th of
March "when he was relieved by Mr,
vice -Consulate. W. R. Howson, His Britannic Majesty's
ViQe-Consul at Lingah, who continued in charge till the end of the year.
Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan, Sadid-us-Saltaneh, held the post of Russian
Consular Agent throughout the year.
Foreign Representatives.
Mirza Ali Karam Khan, Shuja-i-
Locai Government, Nizam, continued as Deputy Governor
throughout the year.
Relations between him and the Vice-Consulate were most friendly and he
has worked energetically and loyally for -British interests. He placed all is
resources at the disposal of the Vice-Consul, first, on the occasion or the attac
on the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's camp at Kargeh (Salag y S and again when
the Britisli Colony evacuated Kerman.
Early in the year a dispute arose between the Deputy Governor and the
local merchants because the former had beaten a Saiyid. The merchants refused
to accept the decision of the Governor of the Gulf Ports and pressed the case
at Tehran through their representative in the " Majlis , the Medhat-us-
Sultaneh, with the result that orders for the dismissal of the Shuja-i-Nizam
were issued by the Minister of the Interior. 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. , howcs er, used
their kind offices and arranged a compromise between the parties.
The Deputy Governor carried out the duties of Karguzar during the year.
Karbalai Muhammad Hassan returned to Minab as Kalantar, on the 24th
February. He deserted his post, in August, when Baharlu raiders neai'ed his
district and left for his home at Lingah. En route he wrote to the Vice-Consul
and to the Shuja-i-Nizam askinsc them to appoint a successor. Muhammad
Ali Khan, brother of the Shuja-i-Nizam, was appointed and held the post
till the end of the year.
Monsieur Fourman held the post of Director of Customs up to the 19th of
March when he was relieved by Monsieur
Guillaume who continued as Director till
the end of the year. Both Directors worked most amicably with the Vice-
Consul and no difficulties arose.
Small parties of Kauristani robbers visited the district on three occasions.
Their depredations however were on a
condition o t e conn ry. small scale. The victims on one occasion
were four Hindu Fakirs.
On the 10th of June a party of 5 Kauristani ruffians, in broad daylight,
made a determined attack on the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's camp at Kargeh
(Salag) on Kishm island. A servant of a member of the Company's staff
was wounded and the raiders, as was ascertained later, had one of their number
wounded who died a few days later.
The motive for the attack was not clear. It was obviously not robbery
and can only be set down to German intrigue. Only thyee weeks before the
outrage the German, Herr Manicke, with his assistant, the notorious Haji Ali,
passed through the Bastak district (in the jurisdiction of which Kauristan
lies), and it is quite probable they bribed the raiders to attack the camp.
Rewards were offered for the apprehension of the offenders and letters
written to the authorities at Bastak and Shiraz, but the culprits had not been
apprehended at ihe close of the year. Kauristan is a sparsely-populated hilly