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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [17r] (40/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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FOR THE YEAR 1915. 23
Commerce was practically suspended throughout the year. The Hindus
Commerce. managed with difficulty to import sufficient
quantities of ordinary commodities such as
oil, tea, sugar, etc., to supply the demands but prices remained very hi^h,
lowards the end of the year a few consignments of carpets were despatched O to
Bandar Abbas and unfortunately two of these were captured in Jiruft bv the
Baluchi raiders. Excepting just during the Baluch raid into Jiruft the roads
irom the coast were safe and the lew caravans which used them were un
molested.
The Hospital was managed by Dr. Dodson with the same skill and success
Church Missionary Society. ^ ^ P reY j ( iUS years. It Was kept WOrk-
I'f 1*0 Ko ■; i i i -, ln ^ 1 ^ s capacity all the time and
-n sincerely hoped that the damage done by its sojourn in the hands
of the Democrats will not be _ irretrievable. Mr. Borland's school was flourish-
mg until the change of administration and the amount of " kultur " imbibed
by the pupils is not likely to be sufficient to do them any permanent injury.
There was no internal event of any importance in the European com-
The European Community. mumty. The Europeans were naturally
41^ , .' made somewhat anxious bv the suenpss nf
the German propaganda m Ispahan, Shiraz and the West of Persia but they
lefused to beneve tha, Kerman would join the movement. They did not realise
that Kerman was only the scene of the play, that the actors were a company
t Tehram Democrats, tutored and supported by two Germans and that the
Kermams were simply supers paid for or intimidated into^aying tL ncce s !
sary banner-bearers and mob. His Majesty's Consul had tried without
wn them ' t0 , S et the community to unostentatiously put things
together a bit in preparation for a hurried evacuation but they put him down
as unnecessarHy nervous and when the crisis came they were quite unprepared
y did however manage to get their necessary travelling kit together and pack
a ™ ount tileir belongings and they all got down safe and well
to the coast where a transport met them and took them on to Bombay.
The weather was perfectly normal throughout the year. A little snow
Meteorological. ^ January and Eebruary with a little rain
j . . * after, and the usual hisrh winds and dnqf-
temperatures =^1^°^ 0f ^ ^ ^
any d^magr^ 6 tW0 0rthree shocks of earthquake but not severe enough to do
C. DUCAT, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Bis Britannic Majesty's Consul. Kerman.
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.
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- 1 volume (194 folios)
- Arrangement
The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.
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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:194v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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