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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [58r] (122/396)
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 1916.
37
The town Police, in spite of various changes of their chief, have been
fairly satisfactory, and since the sappres-
Pohc0, sion of an outbreak of Democrat " Night
placards" and of housebreaking, in September, there has been little crime in
the town.
Reference to these has already been made. The value of the force is
" purely negative. They do little or no-
Qarasuran (Roadguards . thing to prevent robberies, but if Qara-
suran were not maintained, and if pay and allowances ostensibly for maintain
ing Qarasuran were not made to certain tribal chiefs, such as Ghunj Ali Khan,
Afshar, who receives about 400
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
4 ! per mensem, it is probable that
robberies of travellers and caravans would be even commoner than they are.
That the postal service should work at all is, considering the
means employed, something of a
The Post office. miracle, but the miracle is tantalising
and insufficient. On the Yezd-Tehran line the posts have frequently been
held up for weeks, when they have escaped being robbed. The average time
now-a-days which letters take to come from Tehran is 5 weeks. In 1913 they
used to reach London from Kerman in the same number of weeks, or less.
From the British point of view the Bandar Abbas^ postal service is
much the most important, and it has reached a degree of inefficiency which
is unparalleled in the past. In November and December incomplete mails
were taking 35 and 40 days to come up from Bandar Abbas to Kerman. The
average time in 1913-14 was 16 days, which was quite unnecessarily slow.
His Majesty's Consul has been agitating the question since November, both
locally and in Tehran, with as yet but slender results. A rapid service by
ridinc camels which was to carry the post from Bandar Abbas to Daulatabad
in 4-5 davs and cost 150
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per mensem was promised, but it was no
sooner instituted than it broke down. It is now (in March) being reorganised
by the South Persia llifles. On the upper section a direct service from
Daulatabad via Baft to Kerman was sanctioned and after much pressure on
the local authorities has been realised. Formerly the post lost^ several days
by going round by Saidabad (Sirjan) and Bahramabad. A subsidiary service
from Baft now supplies the needs of Sirjan and Bahramabad. These changes
have incurred an increase in the expenditure Budget of GO
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per
mensem raising it from 75
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
to 135
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
The actual work of the post office at Bandar Abbas has given rise to
much dissatisfaction. Letters and parcels are^ often delayed in despatch and
those of one week are sometimes received in Kerman before those of the
preceding one. Postage is also frequently charged on articles alieady su -
ciently stamped. Redress is almost impossible owing to the slowness and
uncertainty of the post itself, and the shortness of life It is absolute y
necessary now that Kerman wdth its Military and commercial interests should
have a reasonably rapid and reliable postal service, and this will on y le
obtained by placing the conveyance of the mails in the hands or the feoutn
Persia Rifles, when they are ready to undertake it. This is not a case m
which we can afford to study the susceptibilities of Persian inefficiency.
Baluchistan has long lain outside the control of the Governor-General of
" Kerman and Baluchistan," and m such
Baluchistan. relations as existed in recent years Balu
chistan played the active and the Kerman province the passive part, for Baluch
raiding parties j early visited Jiruft, Narmashir and Khabis and sometimes
penetrated as far as Tahrud on the East, and Eawar on the North, of Kerman
citv. This vear the Baluch have been provided with entertainment nearer
home by General Dyer and his troops, with the result that Kerman has
enjoyed on this side such peace as had become a myth of the b-olden age.
When General Sykes arrived in Kerman our forces were operating in
the East of Baluchistan. Bahram Khan of Bampur had not come within
range of their military operations, but he was alarmed, and began writing,
apparently in June, to the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Nusrat and
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Mujallal expressing fear
that the British intended to annex Baluchistan and professing willingness on
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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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