"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [و‎‎٦] (٣٩٦/١٨)

v
ANNUAL
ADMINISTRATION REPORT
op the
PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY
for the yeah
1915.
CHAPTER I.
ADMINISTRATION EEPOET FOE FAES AND BUSHIEE FOE THE
YEAE 1915.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Z. Cox, K C.S.I., K C I.E., held charge of the office
Personnel. Political Eesident, Persian Gulf,
throughout the year, but as he held the
additional office of Chief Political Officer with the Indian Expeditionary Force
" D " he was absent from Eushire the whole year except for one brief visit in
December.
Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Knox, C I.E., held the appointment of Officer on
Special Duty at Busliire Eesidency and His Majesty's Acting Consul-General,
Bushire, up to 7th April. On the 19th April he was succeeded by Major
A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., who continued to hold charge of the appointment, the
st y ^ of which, in September, was changed to Deputy Political Eesident in the
Persian Gulf, until the end of the year.
Captain W. G. Neale held the office of First Assistant Eesident, up to 18th
April, when he was relieved by Major E. E. A. Hamilton. This officer was
transferred to Mesopotamia on 12th May, and the post of First Assistant
remainsd vacant until 8th August when Captain M E. Eae assumed charge
until the end of the year.
Captain E. W, C. Noel continued to be 2nd Assistant until 5th April when
he was relieved by Captain J. G. L. Eanking. This officer was unfortunately
killed in action against rebellious tribesmen on the 12th July. After his death
the post of 2nd Assistant was held from 20th July to 20th October by Mr.
Duncan illey, an Assistant Political Officer from Mesopotamia, andirom 20th
October to the end of the year by Mr. Newton Worrall, His Majesty's Vice-
Consul, Ispahan, who had been compelled to leave Ispahan owing to the unrest
and anti-ally feeling caused by German intrigues.
Mr. Vice-Consul H. G. Chick held charge of the Vice-Consulate through
out the year. Mr. C. J. Edmonds, Consular Assistant, was transferred to
Mesopotamia, on 28th April, and the post of Consular Assistant subsequently
remained vacant until the end of the year.
Major J. McPherson, I.M.S., was Eesidency Surgeon and Chief Quarantine
Medical Officer in ihe Persian Gulf throughout the year-
Major . F. T. O'Connor, C.I.E., remained Acting Consul at Shiraz up to
the 10th November, when, owing to the intrigues of the Germans, he and the
rest of the British Colony were arrested by the rebellious Gendarmerie. Major
0 Connor and the male portion of the Colony are unfortunately still prisoners.