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File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [376v] (757/1044)
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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Travel lerg.
Gendarmerie,
Roads,
390. The departure of the National Gendarmerie from Tehran caused con
sternation among Nahib Hussein’s followers. They started building sangars and
collecting their Sowars.
391. Majors Petersen, Lundberg, Moeller, of the Gendarmerie Gouvernmentale
and Captain Klein (German Military Attache at Tehran) arrived from Tehran ( n
12 th March by the Neyzarroad en rowte for Shiraz and left on 16th with a detach
ment of Gendarmerie.
392. Major T. S. Cox, 16th Cavalry, and Lieutenant T. C, Fowle, 40th Pathans
left for Ahwaz en route for India on 13th March.
393. M. Le Comte, French Minister at Tehran, and Colonel Hjalmarsen
commanding the Gendarmerie Gouvernmentale, arrived on 15th March from
Tehran and left by motor car on 20 th for Abadeh, reaching Qumisheh the same
evening. Thence, after some delay for repairs, their car having broken down
they continued their journey in it to Abadeh.
394. A body of 200 mounted and 300 gendarmes on foot (no guns) marching
from Qum via the Neyzar route arrived from Tehran on the morning of 14th
March and paraded in the Maidan-i-Shah on the morning of 15th. This force
started for Shiraz on the morning of 16th.
395. Tehran Road. —There have been large arrivals of sugar, petroleum and
other Russian commodities from Tehran and Kazvin.
%
396. (a). Shiraz Road. —A caravan of 150-200 camels arrived with fruit and
sundries, on 6 th March.
Post of 10 th February arrived 5th March without incident.
[h) Reports from the South were unsatisfactory during the 2 nd week of March
and, as a consequence, the caravans which started for Shiraz during week ending
8 th March were reported to have laid up at Qumisheh or returned to Ispahan,
awaiting the protection of Gendarmerie about to move southward.
On 14-15th March some 300 head of transport chiefly laden with piece-
goods arrived safely, but only after payment of very heavy dues for guards, etc.,
(these are said to have amounted to Krans 65 per mule).
(c) During the week ending 22 nd March, there were no arrivals of caravans.
One caravan of about 70 animals left in the wake of the Gendarmerie on 16th March.
The report received at Ispahan on 22 nd March of a robbery between Lehbid
and Murghab, when 138 mules with their loads were carried off and four tofangchis
killed, is likely to put a stop to forwarding of goods for some time.
{d) There were no arrivals or departures during week ending 29th March.
Shiraz Post of 8 th March arrived 29th safely.
The road between Ispahan and Abadeh is reported clear and safe.
397. \a) Ahwaz Road. Post of 12 th February arrived 4 th March reported road
safe with about J zar snow.
(#) Messrs. Lynch’s reports shewed 407 packages received and 204 packages
despatched to Ahwaz.
Rusiiire.
From 1st to 30th April.
Loeal cffioiala. 398. Azad Beg, an ex-toopchi and a notorious gun-dealer (he is the brother-in-
law of Haji Ali Karam Khan, Deputy Governor of Bandar Ahb&sfvide paragraph ^
below), while in a state of intoxication, quarrelled and threatened to shoot one of
the Governor’s tufangchis. The latter was about to retaliate when by-standers
intervened and separated them. The Governor has dismissed the tufangchi and
ordered Azad Beg to quit Bushire. He left on 29th for Bandar Abbas.
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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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- 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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