File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎23r] (58/494)

CONFIDENTIAL
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 No. 11, for the period 1st.to 15th June
1925.
Movements.
117. British officials .—The Hon'Uc Lieu
tenant-Colonel F. B. Prideaux, CC S. L,
C.I.E., handed over charge of the 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. and Consulate-General to the
Hoh’ble Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. Crosth-
waite, C.B.E., on the 2nd and left Bushire
for Basrah en mute for England via the
overland route on four months’ leave. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Prideaux.
Captain B. Stuart Horner, Secretary to
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. , accompanied Colonel
Prideaux to Muhammerah en route for
Ahwaz on tour.
Persian officials .—Abb s Quli Khan has
been appointed Rais-i-Nazmieh of Muham
merah vice Murteza Khan, who has been
appointed Acting Commissioner of Police
for Khuzistan, with his headquarters at
Ahwaz.
Mirza Muhammad Reza Isla (Dirisi),
Head Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. of the Military Governor of
Muhammerah, has been appointed Assis
tant Military Governor, Muhammerah.
(This individual was until 1918 subsidiz
ed by the German Agent, Wassmuss, to
publish inflammatory articles in the Persian
press against the British Government. In
February of that year, however,' he agreed
to withdraw from politics and reside at
Bombay for the duration of the War in
exchange for a subsistence allowance of
Rs. 255 fer mensem. He was sent to
Bombay in Mny 1918. jHe was free to
return to Persia after October 1921 but
elected to remain on in Bombay until he
was deported in February 1923).
Mirza Ali Akbar Khan, Deputy Gover
nor, Lingah, and brother of His Excel
lency Viqar ul Mulk, Governor of the Gulf
Ports, arrived on the 2nd at Bushire en
route for Tehran. It is said that he intends
to try at the Capital for a better appoint
ment. Sadid-us-Sultaneh, ex-Karguzar
of Bandar Abbas, acts for him during his
absence.
Non-officials .—Reference paragraph 105.
Homi (Hormuz) Rustam Mistry has left
for Shiraz with Abbas Agha, representa
tive of Haji Muhammad Husain Nemazi.
Karl Haegele, an indigent German me
chanic, bearing passport No. 14084 Wurtem-
burg (Stuttgart, dated 10th October 1923),
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applied on the 4th to His Majesty’s Vice-
Consul, Bushire, for a transit visa for
Sumatra via India. He was refused the
visa. He has travelled overland from
Germany through Austria, Hungary,
Roumania, Asia Minor, Caucasia, Tehran,
Isfahan and Shiraz.
118. Health, Persian Ports. —The health
of the Persian ports is good.
119. Opium. —Reference paragraph 99.—
The S. S. “ Tai Tak ” left Bushire on the
5th with the following consignments of
opium for Keelong :—
131 cases shipped by Haji Ghulam Ali
and Haji Muhammad Baqir
Behbehani.
50 cases shipped by Haji Seyid Mu
hammad Reza Kazeruni and Sons.
The Master of the S. S. “ Kibi Maru ”
left on the 7th for Shiraz.
120. French interests. —M. Sudreau, the
French Consul at Bushire, has proceeded
on eight months’ leave and has handed
over charge of the French Consulate to
Father Bernard, a local Roman Catholic
priest.
In 1916 some correspondence, intercepted
by the censor, from Father Bernard to a
friend in India contained questionable re
marks on British policy in Europe.
Father Bernard on being taken to task
regarding these remarks indignantly denied
that he was anti-British.
Muhammerah.
121. British interests. —Mr. D. W. Jones,
an employee of the Anglo-Persian Oil Com
pany at Abadan, was driving his car on the
9th May, when a labourer rushed across
the road in front of it and was run over and
killed. The occurrence was purely acciden
tal and no blame attached to Mr. Jones.
However, a Court of Inquiry was held at
the Karguzarate and the Karguzar decided
that Mr. Jones should pay compensation to
the extent of Krans 5,250. The British
Vice-Consul has not concurred in the deci
sion and has informed the Karguzar accord
ingly, adding that he is willing to discuss
the" payment of some compensation on
compassionate grounds.
122. Customs. —On the 18th May, on the
receipt of news that a flock of sheep was
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' INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
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