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Political Diary of 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. for the month of April 1914.
1. Maskat
2. Tracial Coast
3. Bahrain
4. (a) Kuwait
(b) Fao
5. (a) Mohammareh
(b) Ahwaz
(c) Ispahan
6. (a) Bushire
(6) Shiraz
7. Lingeh..
8. (a) Bandar ’Abbas ..
(6) Kerman and Bam
Kerman and uam
9. Kerniaushali
Arab Coast.
.. Paragraph 386, 1st to 30th April.
„ 410, 1st to 30th April.
„ 411, 1st to 30th April.
,, 414, 1st to 30th April.
Nil.
Persia.
.. Paragraph 422, 1st to 30th April.
y
.. Not received.
.. Paragraph 428, 25th to 31st January and 29th
March to 4th April. (8th Feb-
. y ... .. ruary to 28th March not
; l • Ai received.)
«. ,, 430, 1st to 30th April.
„ 439, 15th March to 11th April.
„ 447 {a), 1st to 30th April.
„ 456, 1st to 30th April.
„ 460, 1st to 31st March. !
„ 503, 1st to 30th April.
,, 560, 27th March to 16th April.
Maskat.
(From 1st to 30th April.)'
[Furnished by Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. E. Benn, C.I.E.]
386. With reference to paragraph 226, His Highness the Sultan spent the Condition
greater portion of the month at Barka and Qaryat, visiting Maskat occasionally couatr 7*.
for the purpose of taking away supplies of arms and ammunition, money, and
other stores. J?
387. With reference to paragraph 24^, Saiyid Dthiab returned from Bombay
on the 30th of March and proceeded to Barka on the 31st idem to join His Highness
the Sultan and Saiyid Nadir. He remained at Barka until the end of the month
388. In the early part of the month, after the fall of Nakhl, His Highness
collected a large force, mainly Baluchis, at Barka with the intention of marching
against the rebels. His Highness wrote to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. that he would him
self proceed to Nakhl. His men, however, refused to proceed saying that they
had been enlisted for the protection of Barka and not to march against the enemy.
389. On the 6th His Highness was able to persuade about 500 men headed
by the Wali of Matrah to advance towards Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maawal to occupy a position on
the road to Nakhl. The men after a short distance deserted the Wall in a body,
50 onlv remaining loyal. With these the Wali returned to Barka and reported
that the whole district was disaffected. His Highness was much disheartened
at the disloyalty of his followers.
390 On the 7th the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. proceeded to Barka on board H. M. S.
“ Alert returning to Maskat the same evening. His Highness, who was
at Barka, also returned to Maskat the same evening m the Nur-ul-Bahr and
left again for Barka on the 8th, taking with him money and provisions and 15
Persian gunners who had arrived from Shiraz.
391. On the 10th His Highness wrote to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. from Barka
reporting the presence of the enemy in the vicinity of Barka. The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
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