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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [12r] (30/396)
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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FOR THE YEAR 1915.
13
chapter 11.
administration report eor the lingah vice-consulate
eor the year 1915.
Mr. "W. R. Howson held charge of the Vice-Consulate throughout the year.
TLe headquarters of the Vice-Consulate
•were removed to Bandar Abbas on the
8th March on Mr. Howson's appointment to hold charge of the Bandar Abbas
Vice-Consulate in addition to his own duties. Khan Bahadur Agha Badr,
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.
Agent, took charge of the current duties at Lingah and the Vice-
Consul himself visited the place four times during the year.
Mirza Abul Kasim Khan held the office of Deputy Governor till the 12th
of October when he left for Bushire
Local officia s. where he was dismissed by His Excellency
the Darya Begi and Mirza Mahmood Khan appointed in his place. Mirza
Mamood Khan arrived in Lingah on the 27th October and continued to hold
charge till the end of the year.
Mirza Abul Kasim Khan throughout adopted an attitude of unfriendliness
and obstruction towards the Vice-Consulate and particularly towards the Resi
dency Agent. The Deputy Governor performed the duties of Karguzar during
the year.
Throughout the year Muhammad Khaja posed as Turkish Consul and
Muhammad Tahnun hold the nominal
Foreign Representatives. position Of Agent to His HighnCSS the
Sultan of Maskat. Both men exhibited anti-British tendencies.
Monsieur Willemsens held charge as Director of Customs up to the 17th
Cugtomg July when he proceeded on leave to
Europe. He was relieved by a committee
of three subordinates till the arrival of Monsieur Graux who took charge on the
29th August. M. Graux was in turn relieved by a committee of three till
Monsieur Cattersell's arrival on the 22nd November. Relations between the
Vice-Consulate and Customs Department have been most satisfactory.
The Customs Department continued to collect the Land Revenue till the
^3rd May when the Einance Department
Lan Revenue. con t r ol. Asaf-ul-Mulk Was
appointed Einance Agent and he continued to hold the office till the end of
the year.
The province of Lar enjoyed complete immunity from pillage and disorder
„ ^ , throughout the year.
Condition of the country. 0 "
No inter-tribal quarrels were reported on the Shib Kuh coast.
Early in the year His Excellency the Qawam-ul-Mulk marched with a
strong force towards Gaobandi to compel Shaikh Mazkur Khan to pay his
arrears of Revenue. Three years' Revenue were overdue, but the Qawam-ul-
Mulk showed a disinclination to have recourse to force of Arms and did not
even enter Gaobandi. He contented himself with obtaining payment of but
one year's revenue and promises of future payments. The expedition cannot
be said to have been a success either financially or morally, as the expenses of
the undertaking must have greatly exceeded the amount recovered from the
Shaikh and he was left to defy the Persian Government as soon as the Qawam's
back was turned.
The town of Lingah caused a certain amount of anxiety during the year.
Two incidents are deserving of record.
The Customs Department decided to erect a flagstaff to replace the old
one which had become unserviceable. The Deputy Governor hearing of the
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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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