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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎289v] (583/602)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 1884-1906. 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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12 ADMINISTRATION EEPORT ON THE PERSIAN SULP POLITICAL
mfeotion reached Shiraz, for its arrival was quickly followed by a general
exodus of the Persian community which was maintained until the end of
August, when the town was declared free from disease.
t -oP e f sistent l ev y 0 f Rahdari dues in one form or another in the province
ot Jars has been a constant cause of complaint during the year, and the matter
has the attention of His Majesty's Legation.
The opium crop in and around Shiraz sufPered a good deal from the severe
cold winch was experienced this winter, but fortunately the damage done is
likely to be more than counterbalanced by the fulness of other crops.
Zingah'—It was found, when the divers returned from the pearl banks,
that their take during the season was only f that of last year and that the
average prices fetched were about 25 per cent. loss.
In January 1904 two inhabitants of the Island of Sirri, who were passen
gers rrom Shargah on the pirate coast in a Dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. belonging to Kishm, over
powered the crew and shot them and their fellow-passengers dead, except one
small boy, who saved himself by jumping overboard. Among the murdered
men was a Xhoja British subject.
In T f0rniati0n 0f tlie niurder reached the Deputy Governor of Lingah
through the small boy referred to who had managed to gain the shore unhurt,
and the two culprits were thus traced and subsequently arrested.
As they were now in Persian custody and in Persian territory, the Local
government were asked to have their punishment carried out without prejudice
to the question of the ownership of Sirri Island. To this the Persian Govern
ment agreed, and His Excellency the Darya J3egi was instructed to have the
murderers taken out to. sea and drowned. In the meanwhile, however, they had
been allowed to escape by their guard at Lingah. One has now been
re-arrested and put to death in the manner ordered; the other is still at large.
The Customs Administration reduced the salaries of some of their emploves
at Lingah owing to decrease in the revenue of the Port. In this connection
the cash receipts for the six months ending 22nd September were reported to
amount to about 45,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , as against 56,000 realised for the c )rrespondino-
period last year. 0
The Vice-Consulate at Bunder Abbas has now been raised to a Consulate.
^ Bunder Abbas. Captain A. P. Trevor, held charge of the post from the
begmmng of the year up to tne month of August, when he took up the duties
or i^irst Assistant Resident at Bushire. Lieutenant Sliakespear, who was
appointed to succeed him, did not arrive till 20th November.
During this interregnum on 21st October, the British Commercial Mission
about to tour m Persia arrived in Bunder Abbas and, in the absence of a
British Consular representative, had to put up with much obstruction from the
Local Customs representative, which was only withdrawn after considerable
A e il grap i 1C corres P ondence - every important place visited except Bunder
Abbas they were treated with much courtesy and attention. The Belgian
oJacial, who was responsible for what occurred, has since been transferred.
, Ma i or p - M - Sykes, C.M.G., continued to hold the office of His Britannic
Majesty s Consul, Kerman, until a few days before the close of the year when
he proceeded to officiate as Consul-General at Meshed during the absence of
Colonel Minchin.
In May 1904 Monsieur Miller arrived as Consul for the Eussian
Government.
His Highness Zaher-es-Sultan was again appointed Governor.
The most important event which occurred within the scope of the Kerman
consulate was the advent of the Commercial IMission to Kerman and Eastern
ersia under the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Mr. Arthur Gleadow-Newcomen representing
piimari y the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, with whom were associated
r ; • • Luffman as Assistant Delegate and Mr. P. P. Byan as Secretary.
h ^ re ^ re ^ ed the two Parsi Delegates, who were at first nominated
oy tne .Bombay Chamber of Commerce, were subsequently withdrawn, and their

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The volume contains printed copies of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Reports. The Reports are incomplete (according to the introductory letters and lists of contents). Some of the Reports bear manuscript corrections. The following Reports are represented :

The Reports include a general summary by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (covering the constituent agencies and consulates that made up the 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 topics such as the slave trade, piracy, the movements of Royal Navy ships, official appointments, and the weather); meteorological tables; separate reports on Muscat (also referred to as Maskat); reports on trade and commerce; and a number of appendices on special topics, such as supplementary notes on the care and culture of date trees and fruit (Report, 1883-84), historical sketch of the Portuguese in eastern Arabia (Report, 1884-85), notes on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Al Dhahirah] by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles (Report, 1885-86), notes on cholera in Persia (Report, 1889-90), report on the cholera epidemic in Maskat, Matrah, and Oman (Report, 1899-1900), and information on individuals and tribes.

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1 volume (299 folios)
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The Reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an introductory letter/table of contents at the front of each Report, but these show that the Reports are not complete.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 3 on the second folio after the front cover, and continues through to 299 on 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.

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