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'Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75.' [62v] (32/46)
The record is made up of 23 folios. It was created in 1875. 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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28 administration ileport 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.
The Persian opium, it is said, is not much liked in China owing- to
its having' a peculiar flavour caused by the mixture of a large quantity
of oil during process of preparation, and owing also to its being some
times found adulterated.
It however finds a somewhat better market in London, inasmuch
as it contains, on an average, a large quantity of morphia.
The greater part of the Persian opium taken to London is thence
sent to the Continent and to America.
Prior to the opening of steam communication in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
some opium used to % be sent from Persia by land to Constantinople,
vv hence it found its way to the Continent. But that route has since
been altogether given up.
About 100 cases of opium (in cakes) are brought annually to Persia
from Herat. This is taken to the Yezd market. From Yezd also a
quantity of opium prepared in the shape of small sticks or cylinders is
sent for consumption in Herat.
A small quantity of stick opium is consumed in Persia itself.
No opium whatever is known to be imported into Persia from other
places.
(Sd.) G. Lucas,
B ritish R esidency , B ushire, ""i Uncovenanted Assistant Resident
Ike loth January 1875. J in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
A.
Estimate of the quantity of opium cultivated annually in Persia between the years
1868-69 and 1874-75.
Province or district
whereiu cultivated.
1868-69.
1869-70.
1870-71*.
1871-72.*
1872-73.
1873-74.
1874-76.
Rbhabks.
Cotes.
Catet.
Caeei.
Catet.
Cages
Cases.
Catet.
Khorasan...
100
100
80
60
80
100
100
a
c8
Kerman ... ...
100
160
60
30
60
100
100
be
Yezd ...
600
860
360
260
460
660
660
c
Ispahan ...
700
1,300
660
460
700
1,000
1,000
a
o
Neerecz in Fars
80
100
60
60
60
100
100
Sfl
Shiraz and Kazran
Districts
70
100
40
30
60
100
100
a
o
o
Shushtcr
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
«
.3
1
Total
1,660
2,610
1,230
870
1,400
2,060
2,060
o
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Annual Report on the Administration 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 Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the Year 1874-75 , printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1875.
The report consists of a number of subsections, as follows:
- An administration report 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, with notes on personnel changes, Royal Navy vessels serving in the region,disturbances on land, The Maritime Truce, weather and winds, Bahrein [Bahrain], the coast from Kutr (Guttur) [Qatar] to the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al ʻArab], the Persian coast, the town and district of Bushire, postal services, and the slave trade (folios 49-52);
- A report on trade, also written by Ross (signed and dated 18 June 1875) (folios 51-52);
- Twenty-three tables and statements of trade statistics and data, including a memorandum on the opium trade, written by George Lucas, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 25 January 1875 (folios 52-63);
- A memorandum on the trade of Muscat, with six accompanying tables of trade statistics and data, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Miles Barrett, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul at Muscat (folios 63-69).
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The report is arranged in sub-sections, those relating to the Bushire 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. appearing first, those related to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat appearing second. There is a table of contents (folio 48) that gives page references.
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