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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [88r] (182/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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"FOU 1BE YEAR 1917.
took the side of Mubammad Khan, but at one time Muhammad Ali Khan
attained such a measure of success that he was able, in April, to occupy Mian
Kotal, one stage from Kazarun o i the Sairaz side, and offer it to Sir Percy
Sykes for occupation by the South Persia Rifles, an offer which was not
accepted. However, by the end of June, Nasir-i-Diwan was in possession of
Muhammad Ali Khan's own village of Shahpur, and by the end of the year
Soulet -ed-Dowleh, having dismissed Muhammad Ali Khan from the post of
Kalantar, had pursued the recalcitrant Kashguli, into Kuhgeiu limits. Heat
the same time asserted his authority over the whole section by imprisoning
Muhammad Khan, so that the ambitious of both these chiefs were in abeyance
at the end of the year.
The lower sections of the road were similarly in dispute between the
Kalantars of Khisht (pro-British), :\ ur Muhammad Khan of Daliki (originally
anti -British, but subsequently somewhat chastened), and the rival leagues of
Tangistan on the one side and the Hayat Daud confederacy on the other. Tne
principal event of the year was the expulsion of Nur Muhammad Khan from
the Konar Takhteh plain, and the occupation of the top of the Kotal-i-Mallu
(the nearest of the kotals to Bushire) by a loyal Kadkhuda of Konar Takhteh.
This was followed by a serious quarrel between Daliki and Borasjun, as a
result of which Nur Muhammad Khan began, in September, to divert traffic
to the Shabankareh-Shif route, and finally entered into a comprehensive agree
ment with the Khans of Shabankareh and Angali to oppose the Tangistan
league in every way, and protect trade on the Shif-Daliki streich. This was
a serious blow to the rebel confederates.
In the coastal plain itself, intermittent hostilities continued between
Shaikh Hussain of Chahkutah, supported by Zair Khidhar, and to a less degree
by Ghazanfar-es-Sultaneh, and Ahmad Khan of An^ali, without any decisive
result. There was similar indecisive fighting between Ghazanfar and Shaban-
kareh. Zair Khidar also had his own troubles, being attacked by a combina
tion of Tangistan headmen during May and June.
In spite of all these difficulties, trade continued to find its way, often by
devious paths, and exposed to ever-increasing exactions, between Bushire and
Shiraz, and in spite of the general distress caused by a bad harvest and high
prices for necessaries, clearances of goods showed a steady increase over the
figures for the previous year. An amusing instance of Satan rebuking sin was
a circular letter from Nasir-i-Diwan to the rebel Kuans threatening them with
his h )stility if they did not moderate their exactions on the muleteers.
Wassmuss continued to make Ahram his headquarters, and did not leave
it except for a short visit to Ahmadi, in
German activities March, and a move to Khawiz during the
heat of the summer. He was joined, in April, by Dettmar, Oertel, and
Eruggmann, who appear to have received hospitality from'Soulet, and to have
been sent by him to Ahram via Khurmuj, the residence of Jamal Khan of
Dashti. Dettmar, however, died of fever at Khawiz, in August, and, on the
18th September, Jiruggmann was arrested close to Bushire Town, while attempt
ing to escape from the country.
The force made steady progress throughout the year, confining its activities
mainly to drill and organisation for the
South Persia Rifles. Persian element and to the establishment
of law and order by the Indian troops attached on the Bandar Abbas -Kerman,
Bandar Abbas-Shiraz, and Shiraz-Tspahan road?, in the latter case as far as the
Pars boundary. The Bushire road was held over for future treatment. ^ A
number of criminal sections of the Khamseh tribes were successfully dealt with.
The situation in this quarter was normal; there was continuous dis
order in and about Behbehan throughout
Behbehan and Kuhgdu. the year, except for a short period between
March 24ith and May 2nd, when two of the younger Bakhtiari Khans made a
short and predatory sojourn in the town. This year the Khans deputed were
Salar Akram, son of
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Zafar, and Salar Bahadur, son of
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Muhta-
sham, then
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
. Tneir visit was not lucrative, very few of the Kuhgcdu
Khans obeying their summons. One exception was Abdullah Khan Onuram,
"who was detained until he paid
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
4,000 ; an example which did not
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.
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- 1 volume (194 folios)
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The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.
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