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File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [8v] (25/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 17 Mar 1921-29 Mar 1926. 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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Foreigners.
Blum a Vaclav, Czecho-Slovakian,
arrived at Bushire on the 1st Irom
Tehran. He gave out that he was travel
ling to India, China and Japan. His
passport bore a transit visa tor India
granted by His Majesty’s Consul-General,
Tehran. He left for India on the 8th.
Baron and Baroness Bodman and two
children and| Hr. and Iran Mental,
Germans, arrived at Bushire on the 11th
and proceeded up country on the 13th by
motor.
Nicolai Gedeonoff, Russian, arrived at
Bandar Abbas on the 18th from Birjand
in a destitute condition. He applied to
His Majesty’s Consul for monetary
assistance alleging that he was an ex-
officer who "had fought in General
Kolchak’s Army and had migrated to
Persia about two years ago owing to
Bolshevik persecution. He stated that he
had lived in Meshed for about eight
months, had worked there and at Birjand
on road construction and had made his
way to Bandar Abbas in the hope of
securing suitable employment.
M. Prister, an Italian commercial
traveller from Trieste, pushing the sale
of medicated wines, arrived at Bushire on
the 24th from Basrah and left on the 29th
for India.
Health, Persian Ports.
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■996. The health of the Persian ports
has been good.
Aerial.
20 $,
9#?. Colonel Marquis E. de Pinedo, in
the Royal Italian Naval Seaplane
“ Savoia , on his return flight from
Australia, arrived at Bandar Abbas on the
afternoon of the 1st. He left Bandar
Abbas on the morning of the 3rd, landed
at Bushire about 11 a.m. and resumed his
flight the same day to Baghdad.
Elections to the Constituent Assembly
998. The following Deputies from
Rushire have been elected to the Consti
tuent Assembly in Tehran :—
(1) Mirza Hasan Ali, Gulshan.
(2) Agha Saiyid Husain Behbehani.
(3) Mirza Jewad Ferahman, Pais-i-
Adlieh.
(4) Muhammad Ali Khan Muntasir,.
Karguzar of the Gulf Ports.
It is alleged that the method in whictC:
the elections were conducted was not-
above-board, but the result evoked no pro
tests. The Karguzar left for the Capital
on the 26th, the remaining Deputies a
day later.
The Deputies returned from Bandar
Abbas are:—
Agha Syed Muhammad Baqir, Dast-
i-Ghaib, Deputy for Bandar
Abbas in the present Mejlis,
and
Mirza Nasrullah Khan, Aliabadi.
It is said that the Governor and the
Pais-i-Qushum had received instructions
from the Capital to insist on the return
of the abovementioned candidates.
Prohibition.
XIO.
■9^9. On the 14th the Karguzar forwarded
officially to His Majesty’s Consul-General
a copy of a Government notification pro
hibiting the sale in Persia of intoxicating
liquors and requested that British subjects
be warned to refrain from such sale. At
the same time he intimated unofficially
through the Interpreter of the Consulate-
General that no action would be taken
against British subjects who sold imported
wines and spirits provided that their
business was conducted discreetly for some
days.
The stocks of a Persian trader, A. J.
Goolzad (Armenian), were placed under
seal by the police.
Military.
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Amir-Lashkar Mahmud Khan
Ayram, General Officer Commanding the
Southern Division, arrived at Bushire from
Muhammerah on the 2nd and left for
Shiraz the next day.
Sart ip (Brigadier-General) Prince
Muhammad Hussain Mirza, K.C.V.O.,
JVaib Sarhang (Lieutenant-Colonel) Amir
Hussain Khan Atapur, Naib Sarha/ng
(Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel) Karim
Khan Hidaiyat and Sultan (Captain)
Hidaiyatullah Khan, of the Imperial
Persian Army, left Bushire on the 16th
for Karachi to attend the Indian military
manoeuvres as guests of the Government
of India.
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This volume mainly contains copies of printed monthly summaries of news (Bushire 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. Diary entries) received by the British Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and 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. Political Department minute papers prefacing and commenting on the news summaries.
The news summaries cover the period January 1921 to December 1925 (there is no summary for February 1921). Summaries from January 1925 to July 1925 cover fortnightly rather than monthly periods. The summaries 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 Arthur Prescott Trevor, Acting 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. Stuart George Knox, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite, respectively).
The summaries cover areas in Persia [Iran] including: Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Dizful [Dezful], Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Ispahan (Isfahan), Shiraz, Behbehan [Behbahān], Bushire, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Kerman, Mekran [Makran], Shushtar, Bakhtiari, and Lingah. They also cover Muscat, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Bahrain, and Kuwait.
The summaries cover various subjects, including: movements of British officials, Persian Officials, non-officials, and foreigners; health; Persian ports; arms traffic; military affairs; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Shaikh of Mohammerah; and roads.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (240 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1749 ( 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. news summaries 1921-25) consists of one volume only.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 237; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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