File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [204r] (422/494)
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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The Governor-Gereral has intimated his intention to resign and proceed to
Europe unless the proposal to retain a 1,000 men of the South Persia Rifles
is agreed to by tlie Persian Government. This force would be paid for out
of provincial revenues and officered by Persian Officers, the local notables :
refusing categorically to listen to the idea of Swedish Officers being in charge
of the gendarmerie.
The Governor-General is not on very good terms with the present Prime
Minister, Qawam-us-Sultaneh, who gives unsatisfactory replies to his tele
grams.
Mushar-ud-Dowleh, the new Governor of the Gulf Ports, left Shiraz for
Bushire on the 18th September.
Mirza Ali Kazeruni, the deputy in Tehran, has constituted himself his
mentor, and as he is violently anti-British he is doing his best to prejudice our
interests. At present, however, he is meeting with no success. He is, as a
matter of fact, working hard to have Dashti and Dashtistan put under Mushar-
ud-DowTeh, which would be the consummation of our wishes for manv vears
past. '
Ghazanfar-us-Sultaneh of Borasjun has complained to Tehran that he is
being harrassed by both Persian and Foreign enemies with the result that the
Minister of the Interior has ordered the Governor-Geneial to support him and
Shaikh Muhammad Chahkutahi, and prosecute Ghazanfar’s claims against
Haidar Khan of Hayat Baud.
The Governor-General has telegraphed to Agha Khan warning him to
desist from stirring up the Kadkhudas to disobey and refuse maliyat to Sohrab
Khan, the Zabit, and ordering him to pay his own dues within a fortnight
under pain of removal to Bushire.
Mullah Fathullah, Kadkhuda of Kunar Takhteh, and the Kalantar of
Khisht, have consented to receive back on certain conditions GhulamReza and
Baba Khan, who were expelled in 1918 by the Indian troops whom they
attacked.
The roads are not too safe at present. The down post to Bushire was
robbed on the 23rd and 29th September.
Abadeh has reported the road to Isfahan unsafe. On the 25th September
10 Kashgai sowars attacked and plundered a village of Qawam-ul-Mulk near
Dehbid, killing one and wounding others.
On the 27th September robbers attacked a passenger carriage in the Kouli
Kush pass, taking off the four horses and all the passenger’s effects.
It must, however, be borne in mind that, apart from the disbandment of
the South Persia Rifles, the roads are always apt to be somewhat unsafe whilst
the Kashgai tribes are migrating from their summer to winter grazing grounds
and they have already commenced to move southwards.
Behbehan.
The Dilum, Mashur and Hendijan Ram Hormuz roads are safe and in
order. Trade has been brisker during the past month.
Bushire.
The smuggling of Krans out of Persia has been of late greatly on the
increase with the result that the Director of Customs has been compelled to
take extra precautions when silver is declared for export from one Persian port
to another. Hitherto it has only been necessary to place a deposit with the
Customs of Krans 1,000 for every Krans 10,000 exported, this deposit to be
refunded on production of the “ cabotage ” receipt from the port of destination,
but the deposit has now been increased to an equivalent amount to that i
exported. This has resulted in the cessation of all shipments of specie from.
Bushire to other Persian ports.
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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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