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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [66v] (139/396)
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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54)
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT
CHAPTER VII.
administration report for the ahwaz vice-consulate
for the year 1916.
Captain E. Noel held charge of the Vice-Consulate for the -nhole of the
year under review. He was replaced as
Personnel. Assistant Political Officer, Ahwaz, on his
departure for tbe up country on June I7tli> fiist by AXi, E. 13. Soane, till lOtli
July and then by Captain Batters till 27th November, and by Captain Fowle
for the rest of the year. Khan Sahib Mirza Muhammad Rahim continued as
Head Mirza at Headquarters while his son, Mirza Muhammad, accompanied the
Vice-Consul on tour.
Mr. Nadir Shah was replaced as Head Clerk by Mr. Bagyanadhan on the
22nd of June
Sub-Assistant Surgeon Atta Muhammad remained in charge of the dis
pensary.
The question of the provision of an Assistant to His Britannic Majesty's
Vice-Consul who would reside permanently in Chahar Aiahal was raised at the
close of the year.
The Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia started to draw heavily on
Arabistan for supplies in the early part
G0nera1- of the year. It soon became apparent
that the satisfactory accumulation of supplies would entail a general tightening
of our political control and a suppression of lawlessness and anarchy. The
purchase of two thousand mules in Dizlul in January, February and March
was continually being hampered by the vagaries of local notables and tribal
Chiefs. Eventua 1 ly, in March, it became necessary to garrison Shush with two
squadrons of cavalry. Punitive measures followed against the Sagwand
tribesmen who had been resp msible for tbe looting of 400 Government mules
on their way from Dizful to Amarah in January.
In April a force of Bakhtiari tribesmen, who had been fighting against
the Eussnms at Kermanshah, attempted to return to their own country from
Pusht-i-Kuh via Dizful. The detachment at Shush moved out and broke up
the rebel party as it was trying to cross the Karkeh at Pa-i-Pul. Those who
had crossed were completely looted by Sag wands, while those remaining on the
far side were forced by hunger to surrender a few days later to Shaikh
Durchal's Arabs. They were marched into Naseri to the number of about
150, where they were all released with the excepiion of about 14 ^-gendarmes,
who were sent to India as prisoners of war.
In May another party of about 300, under the leadership of Abul Qasim
Khan, the son of Zargham es S.iltaneli, attempted to come the same way.
They succeeded in crossing the Karkeh but were intercepted by the detachment
at Shush on the left bank of the Diz opposite the town. A few managed to
swim across, but the river being in flood some 5S were drowmed and the re
mainder who scattered were stripped by Sagwands.
The beginning of the year saw the Bakhtiaris supreme at Shushtar and
Shushtarand Dizful. Dizful. V\ aqar-ul Mulk, Nizam es Sultaneh's
Deputy, could only remain on sufferance
after an unsuccesstul trial of strength with the Bakhtiari Deputy Governor
Arshad ed-JDow lea, a notorious intriguer. In February V^aqar gave up Dizful
as a bad job and moved to Shushtar where, however, the Bakhtiari Deputy
Governor, A jam Khaji, retained the real power. In May he lost heart and
retired to Tehran During the winter the Allah Yar Khan section of Chahar
Lang tribes devastated the whole Province. Repeated requests to the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
,
fetponse ' SOme Counter mea sures met with no effective
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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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