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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [19r] (44/396)
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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I
FOE THE lEAR 1915. 27
CHABBAE.
Mr. F. J. Hughes continued to hold charge of the telegraph station and to
British Officials look after tlle in terests of the British
subjects residing at that place.
Mr. Johannes Pater, Collector of Customs, left Charbar on the 11th May.
Persian Customs. ^ successor, Mirza Assadullah Khan,
arrived on the 1st June. The latter was
relieved, on 1st December, by Mirza Ibrahim Khan who has been there since.
Shahdad Abbas and Yusaf Safar were the Walis of Charbar throughout
Wali8 . the year acting under the orders of ^Mirs
Din Muhammad and Mahmud Khan
respectively. The latter chief appointed Sulaiman Dilwush as ioint Wali with
Yusuf Safar, on the 26th October.
In June, Saleh Muhammad, a British subject, was arrested by the orders
Espionage. of ^ Officer Commanding the Military
detachment on the charge of supplying
information of any use to the enemies of the British Government. His house
was searched, nothing incriminating was found but as his presence was undesir
able, in view of the disturbed state of the country, he was deported to Karachi
and handed over to the Police there.
In September, a Baluch, named Q,adi Bukhsh, accompanied by two others.
Slaves. came to Charbar with the object of kid-
, Ila Ppi I1 & Mohtag Sarwash, a manumitted
slave-girl, but she managed to elude them. Later on they caught Jomuk
barwash, also a manumitted slave, and decamped. The matter was referred
to Shai Dost Muhammad, brother of Saiyid Khan, who recovered the bov and
sent him back to Charbar.
The strength of the Military detachment kept here for the protection of
Native Troops, the Telegraph station, was 100 rank and
file under one British officer and one
Indian officer.
The following ships of His Majesty's Navy and Royal Indian Marine
K- aV y. jrisited Charbar during the year :—"Fox",
'Dartmouth", "Pelorus", "Philomel",
Pyramus " Bramble", " Odin " and t£ Dalhousie
GWADUH.
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
Abdul Hahim was Native Assistant during the year.
Shaikh Ghalib bin Ali was removed, on 14th July, from the Waliship of
Waii. Gwadur. He was succeeded by Saiyid
-i * . , , Hamud who remained up to IStfcF October
ofMaskat yPrillCe Salim, hr0theT 0f the preseilt ruler
Seth Muhammad Bahmoo continued to hold charge of the Sultan's
Customs. Customs.
All disputes arising between British subjects were settled by arbitration
judicial. 011 s pot or by correspondence with
me at Karachi.
Thirteen fugitive slaves took refuge in the office of the Native Assistant
Slaves.
during the year. All of them were sent
to Karachi at Government expense.
In July two women and four men, all from British Mekran, arrived
Murder.
from Basrah. Two of the men murdered
,.^+1 i.- c . i one 0 f tt 16 women. Eobbery was appa-
rently the motive. Special messengers were sent out with orders for the
arrest of the murderers who had made their escape. One of the murderers was
arrested by the Naib at Mund. The two men and the woman of the party
E 2
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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)
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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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