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File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [454v] (913/1044)
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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4
Local Officials.
Condition
Country.
Arms Traffic.
Foreign Inter
ests.
Miscellaneous,
Local Officials.
568. Pearl Market. —Messrs. Albert Habib and William Rosenthal, arrived by
the SS. “ Malda ” on 10th June from Bombay, to take part as usual in the pearl
trade. Monsieur Victor Rosenthal is not coming to Bahrain this season.
Mr. Habib is not making many purchases and is offering small prices, asserting
that the market will become worse. This may be strategy, but it may only be
caution. Mr. Marx (referred to in paragraph 569 below) asserts that the Rosen
thals lost heavily on the large and rather wild purchases they made last year, and
it is possible that they intend to do a safe business this year. The absence of
Victor Rosenthal probably tends in the same direction, as Mr. Habib is only a
young man of 24, and is probably not allowed as free a hand with the firm’s capital.
However this may be, the local market is dull, and a certain quantity of pearls
are being sent direct to Bombay.
569. Mr. Marx who represented a London Firm here last year in the pearl
business has returned again, and arrived in Bahrain on the 25th June. He is as
before putting up with Mr. Macpherson of Messrs. Gray Paul and Company.
Kuwait.
1st to 30th June.
570. With reference to paragraph 465, Shaikh Mobarek returned from Failiyah
in his yacht on the 21st June.
571. News had been received in the first week of June that the “ Araif ^
had left the Sharif and joined the Ateyba tribe in their summer pastures near
Matrubah on the Riadh and Boreidah roads to Mecca.
752. Bin Saud was said to be still in Riadh but had ordered all the Nejd towns
to be ready with their raiding contingents for his call.
573. Bin Sand’s confidential messenger, Massa’ad Us Suwailim, arrived and
proceeded to Failiyah to Shaikh Mobarek in the 2nd week of June and after his
return to Kuwait left for Riadn at the end of June.
574. Monsieur Ibrahim Elbaz, the French arms dealer in Maskat arrived
from Maskat by the SS. “ Malda ” on the 13th June with Nakhoda Mahdu
Abdullah. He is going about in the bazaar in Arab clothes and living in a hired
house.
575. Alexander Forage, a Baghdadi Christian and an employe of Messrs.
Wonckhaus and Company, who was in Kuwait before, returned from Basrah by
the SS. “ Badrie ” on 17th June. He is said to have come to ship to Basrah
some damaged grain for the firm which has been stored in Kuwait.
576. The 3rd June being the birthday of His Majesty the King-Emperor?
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
flagstaff was dressed and alms in cash .were distributed to some 800
poor. In the evening the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
was illuminated and a reception held by 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.
, at which Shaikh Jabir (in the absence of Shaikh Mobarek), Shaikh
Nasir and other members of the Shaikh’s family and all the leading men
attended. The Shaikh’s flagstaff was also dressed in honour of the occasion.
Mohammerah.
1st to 30th June.
577. Shaikh Mobarek of Kuwait returned from Ahwaz on the 1st June. He
left for Fao on the 6th and returned on the 9th leaving again for Kuwait on the
20th June.
578. Ijlal-es-Suitaneh, the new Governor-General for Arabistan, arrived at
Shushter in the end of May. He visited Shaikh Khazal at Ahwaz on the 6th
and returned to Shushter on the 14th.
579. Ikram-ul-Mulk, Karguzar for Mohammerah, arrived here on the 10th*
580. Shaikh Handzal Khan arrived from Ahwaz on the 13th.
581. The Shaikh of Mohammerah and Haji Rais-ut-Tujjar arrived from Ahwaz
on the 15th.
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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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