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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [230r] (474/494)
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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Wossuq-ud-DowIeh. The Sheikh says he must have ofncial receipts for revenue
which is to be remitted so tnat the Persian Government will not raise any claims
hereafter. J
The Governor-General seems now to have made up his mind to leave for Tehran
before the summer. Without the Sheikh of Mohammerah’s revenue it is practi
cally impossible for the Arabistan revenues to support the expen uve luxury of a
full blown Governor-General, and it has been suggested to His Majesty’s Minister
that the Persian Government would be well advised to appoint only a “ Kafil ”
during the summer months. The most suitable candidate is Hamid-ud-Dowleh,
the present Deputy Govenor of Shushtar.
Mr. P. P. Termeulen who has called at'the Vice-Consulate, is Consul for the
Netherlands at Basra, but holds no official appointment at Ahwaz.
Isfahan.
The condition of- the town is satisfactory. The new Government seems to be
tacitly accepted, though the Isfahan is are somewhat sceptical as to the power of
the new Government to carry out all the reforms promised in the Prime Minister’s
manifesto. The news of the advent of the South Pe sian Rifles col.imns from Shiraz
and Kerman seems to have produced an excellent effect. The Shiraz column under
Captain Hebbert, R.A., arrived at Isfahan on the 18th instant, and the Kerman
column reached Yezd on the J[5th.
The Mollahs have been much less active, and the principal Ulema have dis
persed to the four points of the compass, either in view of the arrival of the S mth
Persian Rifles of whom they are much afraid, having uneasy consciences or, perhaps
merely with the intention of avoiding the usual extraordinary expenditure con
nected with the Nauruz festivals.
The talk of the Bakhtiari Khans was no doubt somewhat wild while they were
in doubt as to the fate of Samsam-es-Saltaneh whom they believed to be under
arrest, and they lost their balance, but they have since been assured that the Bakh
tiari Khans have been in no way dishonoured and that Samsam and
Sirdar
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
are safe and well.
It is understood that the Khans are apprehensive as to the attitude of the new I
Government towards them on account of the unpaid taxes of Bakhtiari for the pastf
fourteen years. The Government will no doubt deal with the question in due
course, and it is understood that the Khans are qujite prepared to present them-*
selves at Tehran and go into the matter if the Prime Minister summons them.
The condition of the province is satisfactory. Kum reports that enthusiastic
crowds gathered at the shrine to hear the Prime Minister’s manifesto, which elicit
ed general approval. Kum and the district are in charge of the gendarmerie.
Kashan reports that all is quiet. The administration of the town is in the
hands of the gendarmerie. The Prime Minister’s manifesto was listened to with
interest.
Roads in the province are reported safe with the exception of those north and
south of Abadeh. 130 Boir Ahmedis visited Chehelcheshmeh about 3 farshakbs
north of Abadeh on the 12th instant anch'seized three men, one of whom fled to
Abadeh and reported the matter to the Governor.
A post waggon from Isfahan was attacked near Shulgestan on the-18th instant
but the escort drove off the robbers and nothing was taken. Robbers in that
direction, presumably Boir Ahmedis, are short of food and are sending men to the
villages for supplies and to keep a look-out for passing caravans.
' Shiraz {February 8th-March 15th).
The new regima has not up to the present been regarded with much favour in
Shiraz. At first the Governor-General refused to believe that the telegram from the
Shah announcing the appointment of Sayyid Zia-ud-Din as Prime Minister was
anything else but a forgery, and when eventually he was persuaded to credit its
genuineness he replied to the Shah that he considered that its publication would ’
provoke a disturbance. The telegraphic manifesto which followed, Tvas not
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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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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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