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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [111r] (226/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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AND THE MASKAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908.
81
10. During the last two months the Khans have repeatedly declared their
intention of coming down to meet the Sheikh in his own territory, but tip to the
.end of March they had not made good their words. That such a matter should
have come nnder contemplation is in itself something, and appears significant
of a considerable shifting of their habitual point of view. Formerly only
junior Khans, such as Ynsuf Khan, have visited the Sheikh, and that only in
the capacity of subordinate Agents.
11. Whether owing to merely external circumstances or not, the relations
of the Sheikh with Sheikh Mubarak of Koweit have come into greater promi
nence than previously. The visit of Sheikh Mubarak to Eailiya in conm ction
with the marriage of Chasib, Sheikh KhazaTs son, occurred before thebeoinning
of the period now under review, but only slightly so, and the visit was repeated
during the course of the Beni Turuf campaign.
Sheikh Mubarak is reported to have proffered his active assistance in that
campaign, whieh was, it is said, declined. Hut the attention of the Tehran
Majlis was attracted and a question was asked in that assembly as to the
relations of the two Sheikhs and the presence of Mubarak, an alien, in Persian
territory. There is always an inherent readiness in the Persian mind to believe
in Sheikh KhazaTs desire to emancipate himself from the sovereignty of
Persia, though he has done nothing to justify such an inference, and is probably
not particularly anxious to accept the anxieties of independence were they
placed within his immediate reach.
12. The Turhs. Tho antagonism between Persia and Turkev which, if not
actually caused by the border question at Urumia, has at least been clearly
brought to a focus m that region, has latterly begun to bear fruit in the minds of
the people of South-W^est Persia. It is difficult to give dates, but already in
the beginning of the last cold weather there were rumours of designs of aggres
sion harboured by the Turks, and it was asserted that they intended to
foster unrest among the tribes on their border with a view to precipitating an
invasion into the Hawiza district. These rumours, stimulated apparently by
actual signs of military activity at Basrah and Baghdad eventually developed
m March into circumstantial accounts of orders received by the Sheikh from
Tehran to attack and seize Basrah, and of musterings of his followers com
manded by him with that object.
No breach of the international peace in this quarter has, however, as vet
occurred. J
It is generally asserted by the Arabs here that the Arab subjects of the
Sultan in the neig-hbourhood of Basrah would be only too willing to fall under
the rule of the Sheikh.
The Sheikh moreover has very extensive landed property on the south of
the Shat-el-Arab, and his tenants on Turkish soil amount, on the authority of
Sheikh Hanzal, to 30,000 (men or souls ?).
An outbreak of hostilities in this region may be regarded as a very remote
contingency, but were it to occur the initial advantage would lie with the
Persians, which it would not, it may be presumed, in the north where the
Turks are exerting pressure.
13. Before quitting the subject of the external affairs of Southern Arabistan,
it should be remarked that the Sheikh, tiring of his endeavours to secure the
effective co-operation of the Bakhtiari Khans in the Government of Behbahan
District, threw up his part in that Government, and withdrew Sheikh Hanzal,
who had been representing him at Behbahan. Sheikh Hanzal's return took
place in May, but the formal renouncement of the Government bv the Sheikh
was of a later date.
• 14s ' ■British 4 fairs.—The principal question relating to British interests
in Southern Arabistan, during the period now under consideration, was in
connection with the purchase and sale of wheat.
The harvest of 1907 was a bumper one, and the exports of grain, com
mencing m August, were large. Export was still in full swing in November,
when m favourable seasons the first winter rains are looked for. The early
rams are not essential to good crops in the following year as sowing may take
place any time before the end of January.
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The volume contains Administration Report on 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 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on 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 Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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 Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); 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 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).
The Reports contain reviews 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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 folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.
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