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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [91r] (188/396)
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 1917.
9
however, very kindly arranged for H. M. S. " Britomart " to visit Lingah the
following day. H. M. S " Britomart " only remained here about 36 hours.
His Excellency the Darya Begi called at Lingah on the 17th of June
in the Persian Sloop " Persepolis " and expelled Saiyid Shubhar and three of
Irs sons and one or two followers. This action had a very good effect on the
town, and w ; ll no doubt teach the Saiyid and particularly his sons a lesson. The
Saiyidhas for ^ ears been a troublesome character.
A Military Eield Post Office was opened at Lingah on the i6th of March,
and Military and Consular mails for
Condition of roads. Shiraz were run via Basiak and Lar up to
the end of July, when the Service was rlisoontinued and diverted via Bandar
Abbas. When once properly established, the service worked very well. The
average time taken between Lingah and Shiraz and vice versa was about eight
to ten days.
The post w r as again started via Lingah, Bastak and Lar towards the end
of September, but was finally run via Bushire.
There was a very large increase in caravan traffic on the Lingah-Lar
route over 1916, roughly about 12,000 animals entered and left the town.
Owing to the demand up-country for general food-stuffs, prices in Lingah were
attimes abnormally high. In August a bag of sugar weighing 2 cwts. cost
Es. 72-8-0.
No instance of gun running was reported
Arms traffic. during the year.
Eight slaves took refuge at the Vice-Consulate during the year. Five
were manumitted. The remainder, who
Salve traffic. were from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, had not had
their cases settled at the close of the year.
Mail service was maintained by the Persian Customs launch, which plied
between Lingah and Henjam connecting
British interests. with the British India Steam Navigation
Company's Mail steamers at the latter port
Mails were occasionally also brought by His Majesty's Transports, w r hich
visited the port on ten occasions.
The port suffered throughout the year from the scarcity of merchant
steamers visiting the place. Only two steamers of the British iiidia Steam
-Navigation Company visited the port. The other vessels to call here were the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Steam Navigation Company's S. 3. " Zayani on three occasions,
the S,S Paroo " on one and two Japanese vessels paying one visit each.
Two Japanese steamers chartered by Mirza Muhammad Shirazi of the
Abad Line visited the port during the
Foreign interests. year.
Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Deputy Political Hesident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, visited Lingah on H. M, S.
Visits of the Deputy
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.
. "Lawrence," on the 2nd of October,
leaving the same day for Bandar Abbas.
Hear-Admiral D. St. A. Wake, C.I.E., visited Lingah on tw T o occasions
during the year. On the first occasion on
Visits of the Admiral. H. M. S. 14 Lawrence," in June, and again
on H. M. S. " Dufferin," in November, when he was accompanied by Brigadier-
General J. H. Douglas, C.M.G., General Officer Commanding,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
His Majesty's ships visited the port on
Visits of His Majesty's ' ships.' ten occasions.
No new cases of piracy w r ere reported during the year, but the case of
the " Batal Zavar Prasad, which was
Piracy. wrecked off Busati in October 1913, still
remained unsettled.
Several native craft were wrecked near Lingah and along the coast duiing
the year. Four vessels, one of which
Shipwrecks. belonged to a British Indian subject, were
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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