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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [62r] (130/396)
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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FOB THE YEAR 1916.
45
The Director left Karachi on the annual tour of inspection on 14th March and,
To ^ after visiting all telegraph stations up to
Basrah, returned to Karachi on 29th April.
On the up journey Sardars Saiyid Khan and Islam Khan were interviewed at
Charhar and Mir Barkat near Jask. On the return journey the Director again
met Islam Khan at Charbar. Interviews also took place with
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.
Mahmud
Khan and Din Muhammad Khan, of Dashtyari, Mustafa Khan and Mir Moti
of Jask and with a son of Mir Moti of Lashat.
The Director again left Karachi on cour of inspection on 17th November
and visited all telegraph offices up to Hen jam and a portion of the new
Bandar Abhas-Kerman Telegraph line, returning to Karachi on 4th December.
Interviews with
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.
Islam Khan, who was at Charbar arranging for the
transport of stores to Gaih for the Mekran Mission under Major Keyes. took
place on the up and down journeys.
Mr. Pinsent's report on the condition of the districts between Jask and
Bahu is enclosed.
JASK.
Mr. A. Robertson was clerk-in-charge of the Telegraph station up to
15th May 1916. He was succeeded by Mr. C. H. St John.
The wireless station at Jask was closed on 22nd November on the Hen jam
„ T . , . , „ station being opened.
vv ireless installation. ■ L
„ . , No Deputy Governor has been appointed
ersian o cia s. p| ace 0 £ g a lehh who left in May
1915.
Mirza Hussain Khan, Collector of Customs, was relieved in March by
Moosa Khan who, in turn, was relieved by Mesh-hedy Abbas in June.
The detachment, 94th Bussel's Infantry, was relieved on 22nd October 1916
by a detachment of the 83rd Wallaiaha-
Mihtary detachment. Light Infantry. The average monthly
strength of the detachment was 160 men under two British officers.
Jask was visited during the year by
avy ' His Majesty's ships '' Philomel " and
" Pyramus. "
CSARBAB.
Mr. F. J. Hughes, Assistant Superintendent, continued to hold charge of
the telegraph station and to look after the interests of British Indian subjects
residing at that place. A Kaiser-i-Hind silver medal was granted him in
recognition of his services at Charbar.
„ . Mirza Ibrahim Khan was the Collector
ersian Customs. ^ Customs throughout the year;
Shahdad Abbas and Yusuf Safar were the Walis of Charbar throughout
Wai . s the year, acting under orders of Mirs Din
Muhammad and Mahmud Khan respect
ively.
In March Shahdullah, whose brother was killed in the attack on Charbar
in May 1915, came to Charbar with about
Local disturbance. ^ followers and threatened to destroy the
telegraph line, to loot British Indian subjects and to snipe the station daily
unless he received blood money. The Officer Commanding Troops, in co
operation with the Senior Naval Officer (on H. M. S. " Philomel J ') surround
ed and captured him together with his brother, Azim Khan, and six
others. They were sent to Basrah and thence deported to Burma. In Decem
ber 1916, on receipt of a deposit of Bs. 2,000 and a bond for Bs. 3,000 from
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.
Islam Khan as security for their good behaviour, they were brought back
to Charbar and released.
As a temporary arrangement, pending the settlement of the Persian Cus
toms subsidy for the protection of the village, the payment of Bs. 450 per
mensem from 1st May was sanctioned by the Deputy Political Besident. The
money is paid alternately and monthly to Mahmud Khan and Din Muham-
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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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