File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [100v] (205/1044)
The record is made up of 1 volume (518 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1912-5 Apr 1921. 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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During the uncertain situation of Abadeh, Dehbid and Shiraz His Majesty’s
Minister sanctioned the establishment of a censorship at the Persian telegraph
office. Communication between Tehran and the local democratic wirepullers was
m consequence considerably reduced, and their ardot additionally damped by the
Covernor-Generars line of action. A J
_ Yumn-us-Sultana, who came with*the latter as Rais-i-Adliya, is a personal
friend of the President of the Cour d’Appel in Paris, where he has spent ten years
in studying the h rench legal system. He .has already begun to reorganise the
Kerman Department of Justice by the formation of a sessions court consisting of
nve judges, two secular and three religious. °
Lingah.
Four hundred and twenty donkeys which had been requisitioned by the Deputy
Governor and despatched to Bandar Abbas on June 29th for the use of the South
, e ^ sia ^ 1 ^ es Wer e driven off at Dashqun to Harang by men from those villages
but recovered and sent on again by the Soulat-ul-Mulk, who put the robbers in
This incident is of some interest, occurring as it did during the investment
o S iraz, as Soulat-ul-Mulk of Bastak has hitherto maintained a scrupulously
independent, and not always friendly, attitude towards the British.
ARABIA.
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t en( ^ of t* 16 month the Sultan visited Sur in his yacht and settled £
feud disturbance there by deporting 26 of the ringleaders of both factions to th(
fort of Qaryat in which he has left them imprisoned.
. Bahrain.
The battery of saluting guns presented to the Shaikh by the Government oi
India was set up for him by the Commander of H. M. S. “ Bramble,” and formallv
mu* h gratified 1 ^ ^ °“ presence of a lar g e ga^ring. The Shaikh was
Koweit.
. Two caravans for Anaizah and Boraidah respectively left on June 29th and
were raided at Warrah, about 25 miles south of Koweit, by a party 300 strong said
^ onKiml a U The b “ Subllan and Asl r, -re P h e ad 7 edTyTb 0 n n K-
took 100 camik Thf^ tl ! W fr unloaded at time but the raiders
tooK too camels. The Shaikh sent out horsemen to arrest the offenders.
Bushire ;
24th August 1918,
J. H. BILL, LC.S.,
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.
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Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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The file consists of reports of news received by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. (the ‘Political Diary’ of the 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. ) relating to various areas of Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , for each month from November 1911 to December 1920 (there is no report for June 1914). The parts of Persia covered by the reports include: Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Ispahan, Bushire [Bushehr], Shiraz, Bunder Abbas (Bandar Abbas), Lingah (Lingeh) and Kerman (Kirman). Other countries in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. covered by the reports include Maskat [Muscat], Bahrain and Koweit [Kuwait]. The reports were compiled by the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox), or in his absence by the Officiating 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. , 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. or the First Assistant Resident.
They report on matters including: local officials; arms traffic; Customs; local government; British interests; foreign interests; the movements of HM Representatives; and the condition of roads, the telegraph and the postal service.
The file also includes 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. minute paper cover sheets.
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- 1 volume (518 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2297 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. Monthly Reports. 1912-20) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/827.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 520; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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