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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [490v] (985/1028)
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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successor, Ahmad Khan Nekpar (Mufakhan-ul-Mulk) arrived on the 19th
November, and took over charge from the Karguzar He is a far abler man
than either of his two immediate predecessors, and is determined to keep
up his position, as opposed to the Officer Commanding Troops. He is pos
sibly somewhat narrow in outlook, but seems friendly to the British, lie
is a gentleman and therefore more easily dealt with, and has travelled m
England, and talks English well. He was in Bushire eighteen
years ago, as Mir Panj (Military Commander) and had the reputation ot
being the one honest man in Persia, but a subsequent post in Isfahan pro
vided temptation too strong to be resisted, and it is merely a question now
of how many noughts there were in the amount he amassed.
Karguzar .—Muhammad Mirza Ali Khan, O.B.E., (Muntasir-
ul-Mulk), was Karguzar throughout the year. He has maintained Ins good
relations with the British, and has been agreeable and helpful. He otti-
ciated as Governor during the leave of Mirza Jafar Khan Nun, and was
popular among the merchants, who wished him to be appointed permanently.
His assistant, Muhammad Ali Khan (Sadid-us-Saltaneh), has not, as far as
is known, relapsed into pro-Russian activities.
Finance Department. —Hakim-ul-Mamalek was replaced in May by M^
Yahva Khan, an Armenian. The former was said to have a deficit ot
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
2,000 in his accounts. His successor is an abler man m many
ways, and speaks English. In February the Persian Government imposed
a compounded road tax on all imports and exports. This was to take the
place of all the petty taxes collected in the past along the road by munici
palities. It has proved a heavy financial burden for Bushire, and not
even a blessing to towns in the interior, in whose interests it was supposed
to have been enacted.
Major M. Hall, one of the American advisers, was posted to Shiraz,
as Finance Director for Pars and the Gulf Ports, during the year. He
visited Bushire in December and toured in the district in connection with
the revision of the revenue derived by the Government from land, and the
methods of taxation.
Section 5.
Military.
Naib Sarhang Muhammad Quli Khan the Bakhtiari
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Bahadur
and brother of the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Asad, the Shah’s supporter who has held posi
tion in the Cabinets remained in command at Bushire throughout the year
He distinguished himself by exacting heavy bribes from our old friend
Haidar Khan, Zabit of Hayat Daud, collecting in all about
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
7.000
In June he arrested Haidar Khan’s son, Allah Karam Khan, on a charge
of interfering with telegraphic communications, brought him in to Bushire,
and sent him up to Shiraz. There was no doubt of his innocence of the
charge, but he was kept in imprisonment until after trial by a military
court. ' When his innocence was established he was allowed out on bail,
and ultimately freed. He reached Bushire on the 10th September on his
r way home.
In June, owing to a clamour throughout the country against excessive
militarism, orders were received for the abolition of the military regime
and the substitution of civil government. The military governors of Bandar
Dilam and Dashti and Dashtistan were accordingly replaced by civilians.
In October operations were started against the tribes in Dashti and Dash
tistan. Naib Sarhang Atapur took 240 men from the Bushire garrison to
Borazjun, and in December Naib Sarhang Muhammad Quli Khan, who had
lately returned from several months’ leave, took 50 more men and 2 machine
guns. The Chief of Staff of the Division had also taken a large detachment
of men from the Shiraz garrison down into Dashti further to the south-east.
Negotiations for disarming the tribes were in progress at the end of the
year with whomsoever the military could find.
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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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