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File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [254v] (513/1044)
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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of Daulatabad. The parcels were carried off including three for His Majesty’s Con
sul, and some registered letters were destroyed or tampered with.
Some confidential papers forwarded by the Foreign Department, Government
of India, were handed to His Majesty’s Consul on March 23rd by a Parsee mer
chant in the town to whom they had been given without their cover, wlich had
previously been delivered to His Majesty’s Consul by the post office torn and
empty. Part of the original contents appears still to be missing. What other
letters and packets may have been lost will, as in the case of the caravan robberies
at Sarvistan and Dasht-i-Kuch, probably never be precisely known. This is one
of the difficulties of life in Kerman, which has otherwise much to be said for it.
488. The post due from Bandar ’Abbas on March 24th had not arrived before
the end of the month. Nothing is known of the cause of delay, which however
is stated to have occurred between Bandar ’Abbas and Sirjan.
British interesk ^ 489. It should have been mentioned in the summary for January that a school
for Persians was opened in the town by Mr. Boyland of the Church Missionary
bociety on 28th January. It received a warm welcome from the better class in
habitants. and with the slight vicissitudes which a'e inevitable appears to be
prospering. Mr. Boyland is an enthusiastic and very sensible and level-headed
man and is said to have run a very successful school in Yezd for some years.
The school is being attended by both Muhammadan Persians and Parsees
and will be very useful to Foreigners if it succeeds in increasing the clerk
supply.
m 1^-i k as succeeded in obtaining a site for a new Mission Hospital.
1 he building at present used is very cramped and inconvenient. The matter
has been on the tapis since 1907 but its realisation has been delayed by various
difficulties. The site for which the documents have now been prepared, is com
posed of land given partly as a gift and partly at reduced prices by leading Ker-
mams including the Nasrat-ul-Mumalik, the Imam Juma, and also the Farman
Farma and his agent Muhammad Riza Khan. The deed has now only to be re~
gistered at the Karguzari and m view of the important signatures it bears diffi-
culties are not likely to be made. Doctor Dodson, who is an excellent doctor,
is probably the most popular person m Kerman. The Church Missionary bociety
Maiestv^s^onsol fortl J nate ln lts st affi and in the year and more that His
Majesty s Consul has been here he has not heard a hostile word said about it.
turerf 1 wa S hl Ir?e h stt!l l5 ^ of the Oriental Carpet Manufac-
ers, was arrested shortly before the end of the month bv the citv nolice
aLidS SOme bmwl in which intentionally or
w f w dm™ t , tow, g J ; w T ded a man ' The P oMce beat ™ the
Tecused of robbiToroirtW 7 When they arrived there - also
“ ■» -toCH.e a.* be “cS On£
28th he was summoned to the Adlivah for trinl Lj wnen reqmrea. Un tire
condition that he should be brought bach d f n U , J h t a “ ded , over on tbe
authorities refused to give him u g p ag a n tWh^tlf ° f ^ howCTer u tlle
approved that he should be left in k Brakl^ charge. ^ SeemS t0
The Pemiam Authorities had 0 m a d7no r referenceto^h/m S whatever U ^ ^ ^ BrSndly -
of th^ma^beSTtia'l 8 Co y "e 1 bas u P f tbe . cas e on account of the ill-treatment
towards Mr Briindly ’ ° f ° n the P art of tbe Authorities
accusatiomasfinst thennllf WiU “T b<! reinstituted 011 the regular lines, and the
accusations against the police properly investigated. His Majesty’s Consul is actins
of Stetef^Foreisn 6 Affairs ° f ^ mst ™ ctions , i ssued by His Majesty’s Secretar?
Resident in the P?rsitn CnlV f t0 ^ 1S ° ffioe in His Majesty’s Political
resident m the .
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
s letter No. 1570, dated 10th July 1906.
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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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- File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:519v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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