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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [173v] (351/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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Gimlam Ali Sabz the notorious renegade Eoad Guard referred to in last
year’s Administration Report as having been persuaded to return to the fold
and assist the authorities in their disarmament work, committed a murder in
the course of a private dispute. The local officials got rid of him by the time
honoured, cheap and efficient method long approved of in Iran. One of the
leading men of Chahkutah was made to invigle him into his house and there
shoot down his guest in cold blood.
A gang of malefajctors of Chahkutah a village on the Bushire-Shiraz
road was dealt with in the same way.
A Deputy Governor was appointed in Bandar Big as Governor of Hyat-
Daoud, Rud-Hilleh and Liravi and the chiefs of the districts namely :
Allah Karam Khan,
Ali Khan, son of Ali Khan,
Muhammad Khan,
Aqa Khan,
were ordered to proceed to Shiraz forthwith. One of them namely Allah Karam
Khan complied with the order but the others are trying to obtain permission
to remain at their homes.
Persian Mekran, Jask and Charbar .—At Jask the Cable and Wireless
employees complained of encroachments on their area by the local Persian
authorities.
At Charbar owing to complaints by British Indian subjects, who were in
difficulties with the local Persian authorities over the question of their nation
ality, under instructions from His Majesty’s Minister, the Interpreter of the
Kerman Consulate visited that port in June and in November Dr. Lincoln, His
Majesty’s Consul, Kerman, visited the same place in connection with the same
complaints and was there at the end of the year.
Up to October the administration of Jask and Charbar was carried out by
the Chief Police official stationed there. In that month, however, a Governor
for each port was sent down from Tehran. ,
The Persian authorities, in spite of all their efforts, do not appear to be
capable of coping with the turbulent inhabitants of this Province and the condi
tion of the country remains disturbed and unsettled.
Chirag Khan and Murad Khan, sons of Mustafa Khan (to whom the Wire
less and Cable, Ltd. pay a subsidy for the protection of their lines) combined
with another Chief called Kamaran Khan and raided in July Gerog, Jagin,
Bahmadi and Yakdar. Ten persons were killed or kidnapped. Huts belonging
to friendly Baluchis were destroyed, and several hundred camels, sheep, goats
carried off. In the same month the raiders also looted a Customs post at
Sadich, wounded 2 Customs officials and decamped with merchandise worth
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
400 and 4 rifles.
r Discontent was rife at Charbar, Jask and districts as a result of the high-
•v^ rea ^ men ^ ih® people received at the hands of the Iranian civil
an j ™ 1 i 1 ^ ar ^ officials. Many of the inhabitants migrated to the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and Gw a du r. 250 families dependants of Bahut Gul Muhammad went to
Gwadur alone.
As a result of numerous complaints received at Tehran an Inspecting
Mission visited Charbar in February to investigate grievances. Enquiries were
instituted and some of the Persian Baluchis v r ere persuaded to return to their
February the Persian Consul, Quetta, went by aeroplane to Gwadur,
and then by camel to Jiunn, Pish-Khan and Suntesar where he tried to per
suade I ersian Baluchi emigrants to return to their homes but without success.
+ I- 1 ^? arc 1 Brigadier-General Mehdi Khan, Officer Commanding, Baluchis-
^an district, marched a large force to Iranshah Leshar to disarm the tribes
m those districts. Several of the leading Chiefs were invited on the usual
sw orn promise of safe^ conduct and free pardon to come into camp, make their
peace with the authorities and surrender their arms.
• 0 V ly 1 one Dhief named Ashraf Khan apparently an unsophisticated
individual was taken in by the fair words of the Iranian Commander. He and
a number of his followers surrendered themselves and gave up their arms.
I hey were all immediately placed under arrest.
The general result of
Mehdi Khan was poor and
this “ drive ” for arms carried out by General
few rifles and ammunition were collected."
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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