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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [104v] (215/396)
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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86 ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE PEUSIAN GULF 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.
In June a case of alleged pilferage from Messrs. Lynch Brothers' li lif
was referred by the Consulate to the Karguzar. The Karguzar tried and n j
judgment in the case. Two of the Nakhudas of the lighters were senteno 1
10 years' imprisonment, and a Persian Tally Clerk in the employment of fW
firm, who was also implicated, to a fine of Rs. 5,000, or in default to 2 »
imprisonment. ^ ear8
In June a Blockade Police Post was established and still exists at th
Blockade Pciice. Eahmanshir, about 2 miles from Moham!
. . merah. Ihe Post consists of two Britu.
^ on-Commissioned Officers, one Interpreter and six local o« uar( j s ar
by the Shaikh. All sea-going craft are stopped and searched at the post
The British and Indian Convalescent Dep6ts still continue at Moham
Military Convalescent Depots. f! 61 ' 8 ,' 1 - l hu Imperial Bank of Perek
t t t , kindly offered their Accountants IUi
autho r Ua rS ^ a P ' W ch 0lfer was acce pted by the Medical
His Excellency the Shaikh visited both Dep6ts during the vear anH
greatly impressed by all that he saw. 3 7 ' aild wa8
It would not be out of place to mention here the two generous conHhn
tions made by His Excellency the Shaikh on his own behalf and on behalf of his
sons, Shaikh Chasib and Shaikh Abdul Hamid,
(1) Rs. 15,000 to the Eunds of the British Red Cross Society.
(2) Rs. 10,000 to the " Maude Memorial Hospital" at Basrah.
Haji Rais also made a liberal contribution of Rs. 1,500 to the former.
Assistant Surgeon C. H. Lincoln held the post of Quarantine Medical
Quarantine and Health .
Officer throughout the year. The Charit-
be well attended. There was an outbreak of plague,^March X Xn^and^
few cases of cholera occurred during the months of October and November.
Exchange. The average bazaar rate was Krans
215—220 per Rs. 100 during the year.
C. H. LINCOLN,
Sis Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul
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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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- '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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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