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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [80r] (166/396)
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 tear 1916.
81
reputation. And we all expect from Your Honour accord with us and a meet
ing with us on this basis, because we believe in your Arabian zeal, and because
such a meeting will have a beneficial and desirable effect and an auspicious
result for all cf us.
You should explain to us all that is in your mind and we will put our
selves in your place in regard to all matters affecting you which concern you
in respect of honour and interests. If then you accept our veiws as above,
this is the object of our desire : if not, we shall be absolved from responsibility
for we have explained matters to you by way of advice and guidance and we
pray to God for a satisfactory and auspicious result. This is what had to be
explained. We request you to convey our salaams to brothers. Here the
respected friends already referred to salute you.
And may you be preserved safely.
(Seal) Abdul Aziz ibn Abdur Rahman al Faisal.
Dated the 25th Muharram 1335.
Translation of set of instructions to be communicated to and imposed upon the
D ha fir, Shammar and Ajman.
With the consent and. approval of Ibn Saud and the Shaikhs of Kuwait,
November 1916.
1. That until the end of this universal war it is incumbent on the tribes
which are in friendly relations with the Bri f ish Government to sink their inter
tribal differences and enter into an agreement with one another in order to
co-operate with the British Government. On these conditions the Dhafir tribe,
and those of Ibn Tawala, and the Ajman tribe, should adopt a united attitude
and should abandon differences existing between them with a view to earning
the satisfaction of the British Government.
2. The Ajman are not to raid the inhabitants of al Aarid, either townsmen
or nomads, and similarly the people of Aarid are not to raid the Ajman.
3. The Ajman shall not raid the Arabs dwelling in the Nigrah {i.e., from
Kuwait to al Hassa) with the exception of the tribe of Umtair nor shall the
said tribes raid them (the Ajman).
4. All tribes who are subjects of the Amir Abdul Aziz Al Saud (the
near and far), who ply to Kuwait with caravans, shall be free from molestation
ooth going and coming, even the tribe of Umtair.
5. Outgoing and incoming caravans of Najd, which carry away merchandise
from Kuwait to all towns of Najd, shall not be molested.
6. Should any of the Ajman who are with Ajaimi start raiding, the
friendly Ajman shall not allow them to come near them nor help them in any
way and shall not mix with them and none of them shall join the raiding
parties of the friendly Ajman, except those who may come over to live with
the latter and become part of them.
7. The tribe of Umtair, both those who are located at their own camping
places and those who go on raids from those places, are not prohibited from
raiding the Ajman and vice versa.
8. Should the Ajman seize any of the Umtair trade caravans exporting
goods from Kuwait, they must restore the same completely and if Umtair seize
Ajman's caravans they must likewise make restoration.
9. None of the friendly Ajman shall send any of the goods ^ which ^ they
get from Khamisiyah, Zubair and Kuwait to the Ajman who are with A jaimi.
10. They shall not be friends with enemies of the British Government,
such as Ajaimi and the Shammar Aabdah, but shall raid them.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:194v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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