'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎520r] (15/73)

Slnhkuh Area. —Shaikh Mohamed bin Ahmed Khalfan who ''f't'n'iied to
Persia from Arabia in November 1931 renewed bis resistance to the Central
authorities. He occupied Shiyu in January. He made Teben m the Shibkuh
area his stronghold and withstood all attacks. In May he visited the Arab coast
but was not cordially received by the Rulers there. Accompanied \ ^ -
followers he returned to Persia and occupied Asalu m June. At the end ot the
vea r lie was still resisting Persian attacks though he announced his willingn ..
io come to terms and pay up arrears of revenue provided the large sums expended
hinfas douceurs to the Persian military authorities were offset in the calcula-
11011 Persian Uekran (Jask and Charbar).-In February 1932 Mir Barkat Khan,
m • p f ti.o ttadVikird district who had been arrested by the Persians, as
brought to Bushfre en route for Tehran. His brother Mustapha Khan thereupon
deciifed to harass all Persian Baluchis who had assisted the I ersian Government
decidec , , T tlier w i t h his sons he had several not very successful
against Mu Barkat ln Mav thev were forced to the Arab
in June to'continue their attacks on
tribesmen friendly to the Persian Government forces.
Tll p.iy afte r combining with Abdul Hussain of Remiskh, another rebel.
in duB, arte iho villa^e of Old Jask and besieged the small Persian
t ! 1Cya,ti nWe a Tt next daf they retreated in order before the arrival of
ganison • Mustapha Khan eventually agreed to give up some old
Ms tns hav\„ P g crossed to the Arab coast in the autumn
\bdul Hussain of Remiskh continued to harass his following numbered
fiOO 700 hi September when he installed himself at Mehan and announced ns
intention of leaving Persia should the Persian Government continue to trouble
him.
SECTION 7.
During 1932 the following slaves were manumitted by order of the Honour
able 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. .
Slaves who escaped from the Tracial Coast and took refuge a
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Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. • • • • * ’ ’ * ^
Muscat Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Shargah ( 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. Agent)
E. H. GASTRELL,
Captain,
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.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
SECTION 8.
Trade and Trade Facilities.
Tt was generally believed at the end of 1931 that conditions were as bad
It was generau speedily dispelled any hopes of an early revival m
as they con i , 7 _ , themselves to the continued depression which,
trade f d “. e f^ showld no sS of improvement. The almost monthly
throughout the y ‘ > surcharge and the continual amendment of laws and
Nations re^cedtSomsX?s and merchants alike fo such a state of com-
plSe bewilderment that it would indeed have been surprising had trade not come
to a standstill. , , . , , , ,
Trade restrictions, monopolies, exchange control high customs tariffs, road
liacie resmob » ' i -maPp loo-ifipjate trading almost impossible,
l ,ier lodt ^hht' attcmptslo ^develop heStlly^rade have been practically
"v th i lj !fthe st™gglo for existence and in the effort to find the most
abandoned in ■ ^ on The na t n ra? oatcome of the restrictions and pro-
profitable foi n +} ‘aeveloDment of a flourishing and profitable illicit trade
'v. 011 S * lifer ^heraew* Persiai? Navv nor the Customs Preventive Department is
^ present capable of suppressing: Generally speaking it is understood that
the control posts along the coast have their price and so long as they find it
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