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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [8v] (23/396)
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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0 PERSIAN GTJLF ADMINISTRATION REPORT
During the second and third weeks in August parties of trihesmen were
very active in making night raids. The first raid was again 3
behind the outpost line used as a signalling station. No w f as , ° h ® t . h '
but this raid occurred before the occupation and P 0 * 11 ^ 8 nminn+inn
raids would probably have been made even if there had been nooccupation.
Between this date and the 20th August several raids were made, the houses
Messrs. Gray Paul, the Bank, Messrs. Dixon, the Assistant Superintendent,
Telegraphs, being amongst those attacked. No Europeans were injured or
captured however, as, at the suggestion of the Officer Comman mg, e ivi
Administrator advised Europeans living in residences scattered about tne
Island to move into Town or sleep in the Telegraph buildings near the
Head-quarters of the Troops. After the raid on the Telegraph bmiding,
in which all the ladies were collected for the night, most of them left Busline.
On the nisrht of the 16th the Russian Consulate was attacked and a te w snots
" fired at the French Consulate, and on the night of the 19th the British Eesi-
dency at Subzabad had its turn.
The party which made the last mentioned attack apparently had some
men wounded and could not get away or was too late to do so, as the next
morning it was found to the hiding in the nullahs near Zangena at the hastern
edge of the Island. An attack was made on these nullahs by portions oi tne
llth Eajputs and 96th Infantry, but the attack failed to dislodge the tribesmen
before nightfall, and they withdrew under cover of darkness.
Brigadier-General H. T. Brooking, G.B,, arrived in Bushire on the 20th
August on inspection duty and assumed charge as General Officer Commanding
on the 24th and as Military Governor on the 26th.
After the arrival of General Brooking a night raid was made in the direc
tion of the Town and another on one of the outposts. This raid was led by
Hais Ali in person and he was killed. Bais Ali was the most active and deter
mined of the hostile Khans and his disappearance from the scene was a great
loss to them and correspondingly fortunate for us.
On the morning of the 9th of September it was discovered that a party of
5 or 6u0 tribesmen had come across and concealed themselves in the nullahs
near Zangena almost exactly where they were on the 20th August. They were
at once attacked and driven out at the point of the bayonet. As they retreated
across the Massilleh they were severely punished by our machine guns and
charged by the Squadron of the 16th Cavalry. In the charge the Squadron
Commander, Major Pennington, and 2nd-Lieatenant Thornton, I.A.E.O., were
both killed. One other British officer. Lieutenant Robinson, I.A.R.O., was
also killed and 2 seamen, 2 Native officers and 25 Indian rank and file.
The enemy must have had well over 100 casualties, over 40 dead were picked
up near Zangena and buried near Imamzadeh village. This affair gave the
tribesmen a severe lesson and they did not give much trouble for some time
after.
Brigadier-General Brooking, C.B., was relieved by Brigadier-General
Edwardes, D.S.O., on the 13th September, and returned to Mesopotamia to take
up command of his brigade there.
General Brooking, as Military Governor, appointed two Assistant Military
Goverjjors, one for Bushire Town and one
Admiuistratioo. for
The Civil Administration of the Town presented no difficulties ; there was
practically no crime. The population of Bushire is very quiet and orderly.
The Customs, Einance, Police, and Postal Departments worked under their
own officials except that the previous Kalantar (head of the Town Administra
tion and Police) Abdur Reza was removed and Haji Yusuf appointed. The
Persian Telegraph Office was closed : in point of fact it was useless in any case
as the Bushire-Borasjun line had been cut by the tribesmen for a long time
before the occupation.
The receipts from the customs and the Finance Department were placed
ir? the Imperial Bank of Persia and a portion expended on financing the
Administration. The balance was utilized to pay one or two outstanding
claims,\and it was understood at the end of the year that the indemnities for
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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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