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File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [423v] (851/1044)
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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1169. (a). About 800 pilgrims returning from Kerbela to Ispahan, Kashan,
Yezd, etc., were attacked by a section of the Qalkhani Guran under Kambar Sultan
and his brother, Assadullah Beg, at the Taq Pass and stripped of everything they
possessed ; some five being killed and twenty wounded. The Farman Farma has
asked the townspeople to raise a subscription to send the destitute pilgrims to their
homes.
(b) This band has also robbed several other caravans of goods and pilgrims.
1170. Some 1,000 pilgrims for Kerbela, who are in Kermanshah, asked the
Farman Farma what they should do. The latter advised them to go to Karind
and to engage guards to see them through to Kasn The next day he instructed
the Cossack officer to go with 50 Cossacks and 50 levies to Karind and arrange with
Ihtasham-el-Mamalik Karindi to send 300 of his regiment every week to Kasr to
pass pilgrims through. The Cossacks has telegraphed to Tehran for permission.
1171. The Government is losing all power, and every night there are robberies
by armed men in the outskirts of Kermanshah. Officials are unable to go outside
the town without a force.
U72.— Hamadan .—The Bakhtiaris have left for their own country, robbing
as they go. The Governor of Hamadan has advised merchants not to forward goods
till the Bakhtiaris have left the neighbourhood.
1173. On the night of November 11th, a large caravan of camels leaving Ha
madan for Ispahan was rushed on by the police near the town gate; many shots
were exchanged and a policeman wounded.
1174. All roads are unsafe except that to Senneh. The
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
is said to be
in rebellion, but is in communication with the Farman Farma. There are frequent
Sr4ra°h a f nd 0ad8 ’ robberies on the Bisitun road. Posts fairly regular twice a week, but the Baghdad
Postal service. post is still a chaos.
1175 .— Hamadan .—On 5th some carts wdth cargo were robbed on the Kussian
road to Kazvin, about four miles from Hamadan. The robbers at Darajizin, near
Hamadan, are said to number 500 horse and foot.
1176. On 6th merchants telegraphed to the Minister of the Interior that the
road to Sultanabad was very unsafe, whereupon the Bakhtiaris were ordered to
restore order, but they refused. The Governor of Hamadan, Muzaffar-i-Mulk, then
telegraphed that he would undertake to restore order on the road. On 9th a Zanjan
caravan was robbed and robberies of Malayer and Sultanabad caravans report
ed.
1177. On 13th four fjT^jsakhs from Hamadan on the Malayer road, 120 loads
were robbed. On the same day, a caravan of pilgrims from villages near Hamadan
leaving for Meshed was attacked by robbers. They fought for some time, when
assistance arrived and the robbers fled. Three robbers and one pilgrim were killed.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel,
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.
,
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G. M. Press, Simla.—No, C-627 F, D.—6-U3.—20.—J.N.B.
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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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