File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎171v] (357/494)

Mr. Gunter, C.B.E., Director of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Section, Indo-European
Telegraph Department landed from the “ Patrick Stewart ” on the 16th February
and inspected the Telegraph Office.
Heavy rain fell on the 21st and 22nd February and there is now every prospect
of a good harvest.
There was an earthquake shock on the night of 17th-18th February.
Lingah.
Satwat-ul-Mamalik, the Deputy Governor, left for Bastak and Lar on the 9th
February, leaving his brother Ahmed Ali Khan in charge of affairs.
Some excitement has been caused locally by the Acting Deputy Governor
arresting and imprisoning Jowad Lari and some other Lari merchants. The charge
against them is that they entered the house of Kal Muhammad HajiBakr Iskanani
who owed them money, turned out his wife and locked up his house.
Several earthquake shocks were felt at Lingah on the 28th February. Ko
damage was caused in the town.
There have been some heavy storms during the month and some damage has
been suffered by native craft.
Mekran.
Unconfirmed reports have been received during the month that 37 rifles, 8
pistols and 8,300 rounds of ammunition have been imported into Mekran from
Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
ARABIA.
Muscat.
The French sloop R.F. “ Bellatrix ” arrived at Muscat on the 14th February
and left for Basrah on the 18th February. She was given 160 tons of Admiralty
coal. The Commander Camille d’Aubarede, Capitaine de Frigate, called on the
Council of Ministers and on the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. on the 15th February. These
calls were returned next day. The Council received a salute of 17 guns on leaving
the ship and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. received a salute of 7 guns.
The ship did not appear to have any special mission.
^ Shaikh Rashid bin Lzaiz, official Qazi and Minister for Religious Affairs left on
the 30th January for Khabura to enquire into a dispute which has arisen there
between the Wall and the Al-Hawasana tribe.
Saiyid Abu Saleh returned from Batineh Coast on the 31st January He
opened a new Customs post at Wodam and left one of his Askars in charge, but no
sooner had he departed than the Askar was turned out by the Yal Sa’ad and the hut
which was erected for him was burnt.
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
Hamriyah, a village on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , is a dependency of Shargah and
from time to time the local headmen have tried to secede from the Shaikhdom of
^ mrga . In 1917 the then headman, Abdur Rahman, tried to secede and the
Shaikh of Shargah sent a force to reduce him to submission. The force, however,
was not able to take Hamnyah and desultory fighting went on for months. This
fig i1mg reac ed on British interests as a large number of pearl divers were pressed
mg forces, and were prevented from earning money wherewith to pay
off their advances made by British Indian merchants. With a view to trying to
stop the fighting H.M.S. “ Philomel ” proceeded to Shargah during 1917 and in the
end an agreement was made between the Shaikh of Shargah and Abdur Rahman, the
headman of amriyah, in which the latter recognized the suzerainty of the former,
and made certain concessions.
.. 1 f‘kd ur Bahman has loyally kept to the terms of this agreement. About the
middle of last December, however, when the Shaikh of Shargah had occasion to call
Abdur Rahman to Shargah for some business, the latter’s son Humaid, who had
been left in Shargah duiing his father s absence, suddenly seized the fort and village,