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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [156r] (318/396)
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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Km THE TEAR 1 9 19-
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On the 27th April Major-General J. A. Douglas, C.M.G., C.T.E., handed
oyer commmd to Erigadier-General A. M. S. Elsmie, C.M.G., and'left for
India. /
During the summer the peace was only disturbed by occasional petty
robberies along the road where not more than two or three mules were carried
away at one time.
Nasr Diwan, his Farrash Bashi, and party arrived inShiraz on 12th April
and took "
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
" vrith the Qawam and Ghazanfar-es-Sultaneb of Borasjun
gave himself up to the Parman Earma on'ist June. Thus the only two rebels
left in the field were Zair Khidhar and Shaikh Hussain.
The General Officer Commanding, Bushire Eield Force, handed over
Political control to the Deputy Political Ilesident on the 26th June and the
office of Chief Political Officer ceased to exist.
A motor road has been constructed from Borasjun to Rudak 6 miles from
Kamarij, but owing to the withdrawal of the Labour Corps in June a gap is
left between Rudak and Dasht-i-Arjan, though motors can and have traversed
the rough military road in the gap, right through from Bushire to Shiraz.
As a punishment to Kazerun for its former hostility and resistence to the
Force, a proclamation w as posted that at harvest time a contribution and fine
uf 5 per cent, of the barley crop would be imposed, but owing to a very severe
visitation of locusts and hail storms which did great damage to the crops this
proclamation was later rescinded and nothing taken.
Wassmuss at the beginning of the year remained with Nasr Diwan near
Jirreh, but left him for Tehran about the middle of March.
The political history of the Bushire Hinterland, i <?., Dashtistan, Tangistan
D .. , , and Dashti is more full of incident, but
ns ure m er an . the position still remains unsatisfactory.
The source of all the trouble is the continued existence of the tw^o last
remaining rebels, Shaikh Hussain and Zair Khidhar.
At the beginning of the year the Darya Begi supported by Indian troops
and aeroplanes took military action against Zair Khidhar and drove him out
of Khaviz and Hassan Khan's (our nominee) tufangchis w r ere placed there
and still held the Khaviz-Ahram valley at the end of the year. The result of
this expedition beyond the evacuation of Khaviz was practically nil. About
the same time the Deputy
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.
went to Khormuj with a large
escort, taking with him Zair Abdullah, formerly head of the Customs House
tufangchis, Bushire, and a Dashti by birth, the man designated by the Darya
Begi to be Zabit of Dashti. The aged Jamal Khan was captured in Khormuj
and Zair Abdullah installed in his place. He has managed to maintain him
self there by the support of Faqi Zain-ud-Din, a kinsman of his, with 800
tufangchis, and he was able to remit the maliyah for the Khormuj valley
north of the Mund river. He, however, was unable to bring the remaining
Dashti Khans to order.
Though they have not been openly hostile^ they have helped the rebel
Khans with tufangchis, and have persistently refused to come in and meet
the Deputy Governor or Darya Begi.
In March Ali Khan, who had been put into Daliki in place of Nur
Muhammad, having proved a failure was relieved of his duties as headman
and Kal Ismail Hakim of Daliki was installed in his place.
Early in April a gathering of local Khans was called at Borasjun to
attend the ceremony of investing llaidar Khan of Hayat Daud witn the
C.I .E. Twelve Khans, as well as the Imam Juma of Bushire and several
tig Bushire merchants were present. After the ceremony the assembly were
entertained to lunch, sports and a display by the Air Force. Such a gathering
is unique in the history of South Persia.
Shaikh Hussain and Zair Khidhar continued their petty raids but on
April 28th Zair Khidhar over reached himself. He occupied the village of
Baghak 7 miles from Chagadak and the Railway. Early information reached
Bushire and a column promptly made a night march arriving at Baghak
early in the morning and surrounded the village. Out ol the party of 40
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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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