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ADMINISTRATION REPORT

OF THB
PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY

for nu< MUR
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CHAPTER L

administration report for pars and bushire for the
YEAR 1918.
The Hon’ble Major-General Sir P. Z. Cox, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., continued
to hold charge of the office of Political
Pertonnd.
Resident in the Persian Gulf, but was
absent throughout the year in London, Mesopotamia and Tehran. Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Wilson, C.M.G., G.I.E., D.S.O., officiated for him at
Baghdad.
Mr. J. H. Bill, I G.S., continued to Hold the post of Deputy Political
Besideat in the Persian Gulf, and His Majesty’s Acting Consul-General,
Bushire, throughout the year.
Major M. E. Rso was First Assistant Resident throughout.
Mr. Vice-Consul Worrall held the post of Second Assistant Resident until
20th Jannary, when he was relieved by Captain H. J. C. Msckarness vTho was
relieved by Captain D. de M. S. Fraser, on 29th November, and the latter was
succeeded by Captain W. F. Q Shuldhara, on 18th December.
Mr. Vice-Consul H. G. Chick, C.I.E., was in charge of the Vice-Consulate
until he proceeded on leave to England, on 23rd May. He was succeeded by
Hr. Vice-Consul Worrall, and Major H. C. Pulley was specially employed in
corresponding and maintaining our relations with the local Khans, until he
was attached to the Bushire Force as Assistant Political Officer, on September
28th.
Major J. McPherson, LM.S., was Residency Surgeon and Chief Quarantine
Medical Officer throughout the year.
Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. K. Gough was His Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz
until 25th September, being relieved by Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. B. Hotson,
LC.8.
The Russian Consulate-General was closed on the departure .of Monsieur
Loiko, on 5th May. •-
Foreign JS«pieaentatiTaL
Monsieur R. Vadala 'was Vice-Consul for France throughout the year.
The Turkish and German Consulates remained closed.
His Excellency Ahmed Khan Sardar, Darya Begi, was Governor of the
t«u OoragiH. gulf Ports throughout the year; and His
Highness Suleiman Mirza remained in
charge of the Finance Department up to the date of his death, on the 19th
October, subsequent to which the duties were discharged by Mirza Abbas
Khan, the Departmental Accountant. The experience and local knowledge
the Governor, combined with his steady attitude of friendliness, were
valuable assets to British interests.
His Royal Highness Farman Farms held this important post throughout
the whole year, and continued to maintain
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his steadfast friendship to the British
in very trying ciroumstailces.