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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [49v] (105/396)
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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20
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT
passed entirely into the hands of the Germans and Democrats. As the former
were busy maturing their plans lor an advance into Baluchistan and Afghan
istan, they appear to have left the Democrats an almost free hand to
mismanage local affairs. i 1 he
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 nominally retained his position as
Governor-General, but was alternately cajoled and bullied by the Democrats,
and he made no effort to assert his authority, as he could probably easily have
done.
The affairs of the province, and especially as lying nearer to hand, of the
town, were controlled by a junta the principal and most active members of
which were the Karguzar, Muham-ul-Mulk, the Rais-i-Muarif, Saijid
Mustafa Khan, Sultan. Muhammad .Khan, Commanding the Gendarmerie, and
the Rais-i-Tahdid (Superintendent of the Opium Department) Mirza Husain
Khan. The Nazim-ut-Tujjar might almost be allowed a place in this galaxy,
but for some reason he was a little unpopular in the most select Democrat
circles. The names of the Shari'at-Madar, Agha Mehdi, Eais-i-Baladiyah,
and the Amin-ul-Islam also deserve to be inscribed in the roll of Persian
Patriots.
The following are a few of the principal events that occurred during the
six months between the departure of the British in December and their return
in the following June. The sources are Persian narratives, and Persians are
poor chronologists, so the sequence of events is in many cases somewhat
uncertain.
Certain Democrats were promptly deputed to go to the office of the
Imperial Bank of Persia and bring away the cash. There was some 40,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
of which half was given to the
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.
The Germans sent one Ali Asghar, Naqqash, a former employ^ of the
Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited, to raise a force of sowars in Shiraz, and
they were reinforced by the arrival of the German Seiler with some Austrians.
The carpets of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited, were then seized
by Zugmeyer and handed over to Bruggmann, who despatched a large quantity
to Yezd.
The Democrats soon began to wish to reap the fruits of victory, and they
were also doubtless in need of funds in order to keep their followers together.
They therefore arranged with the
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 to appoint four Committees to
give effect to their desires.
No. 1 was a Committee of Adjustment for the management of domestic
affairs and included some respectable and non-Democrat members, such as the
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.
Nusrat and the Mukhtar-ul-Mulk.
No. 2 was a Commission to raise Aanah or war tax.
No. 3 was for the enlistment of local forces and the acquisition of arms
and ammunition.
No. 4 appears to have been a financial Commission, which framed a
budget for the He venue Department that was naturally never given effect
The Germans received further reinforcements from Shiraz, and Zugmeyer
then despatched a party to Khabis which was intended to proceed across the
Lut to Sistan. It started off, fell in with robbers, was roughly handled and
forced to retire again on Khabis. Keinforced bv Seiler it start fid nnf no-nin hnt
assisted bystratagems in which the
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 pla^d IZ
as a good deal of half open half concealed opposition fomented by the
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.
Nusrat and the Mulla Jamal-ud-Din. The
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.
Nusrat (if he and his friends
take th^dirocHou 0 o7« a ff • y " f 1° the
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.
Za fer to assert his authority,
subservLnce tn tbe + 0 ^ ow , I \ hands aDd suppress the Deipocrats, but
subservience to the Democrats brought pecuniary benefit or else the
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 was really too timorous to oppose them as he could well have done with
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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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