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'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [90v] (180/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 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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tion of grain was unchecked. Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires accordingly
induced the Persian Government to withdraw the embargo on the following con
ditions :—
(1) That the amount of grain exported monthly was to be reported to
the Persian authorities and registered by them.
(2) That 40 days' notice was to be given when it was intended again to
prohibit the export.
(3) That export was only to be allowed from Bushire, Bandar Abbas and
Bandar Rig, and that no export would be allowed under any
circumstances after the 40 days in the event of an embargo being
again laid on the export.
623. The Governor of Bushire, however, supplemented these orders of the
Shah's Government by a prohibition of his own that no more than 7 or 8,000
bags of corn were to be exported monthly.
624. When these restrictions were brought to the notice of Her Majesty's
Charge d'Affaires, Mr. R. Thomson, the latter wrote to the Moatemid-ul-Mulk,
who replied that the Provincial Governor was better able to judge of the resources
of his Province than anybody else and that the amount of grain (8,000 bags)
which was permitted to be exported was not small.
625. The Charge d'Affaires then wrote saying that there were the following
grounds of complaint against the Fars authorities:—
(1) That they had illegally seized and detained Messrs. Paul, Gray and
Company's wheat-cleaning machines.
(2) That they had interfered with foreign trade without the sanction of
the Supreme Government.
(3) That they had illegally attempted to regulate the amount of grain to
be exported.
(4) That they had closed the port of Bandar Rig to British merchants.
626. On receipt _ of this letter, Moatemid-ul-Mulk issued orders to the
Governor of Fars forbidding him to restrict the amount of grain exported and to
prevent British merchants purchasing grain at Bandar Rig, provided they exported
it via Bushire.
627. From further correspondence it was found that the export duty of
5 per cent, at Bandar Rig was a local import, which went into the pockets of the
local chief ; that formerly this payment exempted the exporters from fresh pay
ment of duty at Bushire in case the grain w^as brought there for export; that the
new arrangement involved payment at Bushire of the duty formerly paid at
Bandar Rig with the result that the farmer would benefit thereby, and the Shaik of
Bandar Rig would try to make up for the loss by some other impost, which would
practically put a stop to the export of grain from that place.
628. Further the Governor of Bushire, ignoring the orders from Tehran,
again intimated to the Resident his intention of restricting the amount of grain
exported by British merchants to 4,000 mans a month on the ground that there
was scarcity in Bushire.
Prohibition of export oj grain in j88g.
629. On the 22nd April 1889 the British Minister telegraphed to the Resi-
Extemai a., j.me 1889, Nos. 52-61. d r ent ^ on account of scarcity the export
of grain was prohibited from the south.
The British merchants at Bushire protested against this prohibition without
notice, stating that grain was plentiful and that they held considerable quantities.
On the representation of the British Minister, Amin-uI-Mulk directed the Gov
ernor of Bushire not to interfere with the export of grain purchased before the
prohibitory order was issued.
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This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906.
The volume is divided into twelve chapters:
- Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16);
- Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands of Kishm, Angaum and Ormuz and the town of Bandar Abbas and its dependencies (folios 17-30);
- Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. British Expedition to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Karun River (folios 31-34);
- Various attempts made to establish Persian influence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1887-1905 (folios 35-39);
- 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. appointments, establishments, and guards and buildings on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 40-49);
- British extra-territorial jurisdiction on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 50-62);
- Questions of Status (folios 63-69);
- Claims of British subjects and protegés against the Persian Government and Officials and Persian subjects (folios 70-80);
- Certain miscellaneous affairs with regard to British relations with Persia (folios 81-87);
- Infringement of British Commercial Rights (folios 88-94);
- Introduction of Belgian Customs Administration and new Tariff, 1900-1905 (folios 95-100);
- Persian interference with the British Postal arrangements (folios 101-103).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (106 folios)
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B'
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- front, front-i, 2r:34r, 35r:50r, 51v:56r, 57r:86r, 87r:91v, 92v:105v, back-i, back
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