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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [386v] (777/1028)
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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12
CONFIDENTIAL.
CHAPTER III.
Summary of Events and Conditions in Fars during the year ended March 31st
1930. ’
The abolition by the Central Government in March, 1929, of the Qawam-ul-
Mulk’s hereditary governorship over eastern Fars (Fasa, Darab, Lar, Sab’eh
and the small Gulf Ports north of Lingeh) and the Khamseh ’Arab tribes was
effected right at the end of the previous year (March 1929). Its consequences
became apparent at the very beginning of the year under review. The Qawam
himself, surmising that his people would object to the change and that he would be
suspected of fomenting them, promptly asked for leave to quit Persia. He went
to Berlin, Paris and London, etc., and is now understood to have settled down
in Bey rout, where his sons are completing their education. His foresight was
justified : had he stayed in the country he would undoubtedly have shared with
Saulat-ud-Dauleh the unpleasant experience of incarceration in a Tehran
dungeon.
2. While the Qawam was on his, way to Europe, Sartip Abul Hasan Khan
Zandieh, who had been appointed Military Governor of Fasa, Darab, Lar and
the Khamseh Arab tribes arrived at Shiraz. Like the Qawam, he suspected that
the people of his new Govemorate would not be well disposed towards, the new
regime which he represented. He therefore asked Sartip Muhammad Khan
Shahbakhti, Officer Commanding the Fars Independent Brigade, to give him an
escort of 300 soldiers. This request Sartip Shahbakhti refused, and when the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
arrived at Shiraz in May the two Sartips. were still at loggerheads.
Meantime the Qawam’s men were not idle. The Khamseh Arab tribes, among
whom the Baharlus were the outstanding element, in alliance with the people
of Lar and Sarkuh and with the approbation of the settled population in Darab
and Fasa, rose against the Persian Government. They drove the Persian
Government officials out of Darab at the end of April, and advanced on Fasa
which they took on May 9th.
4. Sartip Abul Hasan Khan left Shiraz with a small force on May 12th and
proceeded to Fasa which he retook ; but shortly afterwards, the rebels rallied, and
he was surrounded and besieged in Fasa. Sartip Shahbakhti with a large force
went out from Shiraz to relieve him. Together they re-established order in
Fasa for a time : but Darab and Lar remained in the hands of the rebels
V\ hen the troops returned to Shiraz, the Baharlus again advanced on Fasa, which
they retook on June 25th. Soon after they took Niriz and Istahbanat and
began to approach Shiraz by two lines, via Sarvistan which thev occupied on
July 4th, and via Kharameh which they took and few days earlier ; but thev
got noiuithei, for at this juncture Sartip Abul Hasan Khan was recalled and
i . Mllhai P inad Khan Arab appointed Governor of Fasa and Lar He
] ett Shiraz with 1,000 men on July 30th and advanced towards Fasa, sometimes
negotiating and sometimes, fighting. With the help of his influence over the
Khamseh Arab tribes he was able to reach Fasa on August 12th. He was re
inforced there by 700 men on August 21st. Early in September he advanced
towards Darab, which he occupied after defeating a Baharlu force. The
Baharlus then appealed to the rebels of the Sarkuh district for assistance, but
the combined forces were caught between Yavar Muhammad Taqi Khan’s army
a / 1( r a f )0< Q q °. 7 * ^torcements newly arriving from Shiraz and suffered a severe
“ S f elkl i H f' s » n Sarkuhi fled, but most of his followers surrendered.
1 Imharlus also tendered their submission. Later, in the winter, troops were
j c • t0 Lai , lts . fcK and re-established Government authoritv there ; schools are
SlT ned ’ .T 8 i e< 2 ected ’ and the rebels of yesterday are adopting Pahlaid
hats and new stvle clothes. r &
-r ii° Vei i n T nt / n 1 ight have dealt ^ dth the rebellion in eastern Fars more
R i R -L >i C ' i M< ncd ^ een en £ a ^ e d elsewhere. Unfortunately for them, the
IVfIlifn ai r eS ' a airaed ^ ) 3 r I TP 0r ^ s that Sultan ’Abbas Khan, the oppressive
R ad ’ fleeced ^em with a very heavy hand, had been re-
dinriVoW <l] r f /he Government intended to number and tax their sheep,
piL ? R 111 0 ? th eir ri h es > and make them settle down in villages in northern
D-ndLl . 1 Ri reVOlt rrr mC L er R aders hip of ’Ali Khan, the Saulat-ud-
mit info o-n i i ^ R ( R d ie Raulat himself who was in Tehran, was promptly
Ludlow « by tl l e P , ers l an Government, who kept him in a damp cell too low
was q]ao t°i S . aR d ^ Tas t r Khan, the Saulat’s eldest son,
^ t m flu an ; but Malik Mansur Khan, the second s t on, a scholar
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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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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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