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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [94r] (194/396)
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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Foil THE YEAH 1917.
15
CHAPTER IV.
administration report for the kerman consulate for
the year 1917.
Major D. L R. Lorimer, C.T.E., held charge of the Consulate until 21th
n . November. Erom 15th October, when
is . fijes y 9 onsu a 0. Major Lorimer left Kerman, till the end of
the year Mr. C. P. Skrine, I C.S , acted as C odsu I . The post of His Majesty's
Vice-Oonsul was held by Mr. C. P. Skrine throughout the year.
With elfoct from 7th August, Khan Sahib Abdul Alim, Head Clerk, was
gazetted to the newly-created temporary post of Extra Assistant to the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, As this post took the place of that of the Head
Clerk, no substitute was appointed in his place.
Foliticnl History. —During the first three months of the year Kerman
T^oi anvpvnniATif politics continued in the state of unstable
Local Go\ euunent. equilibrium in which they had been since
the return of the Eritish. Responsibility for good government in the province
was divided between the Governor General, Prince Is T usrat-us-Sultaneh, and the
Deputy Governor and Chief Local Magnate,
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Nusrat. The Prince, a
pleasant but vain and obstinate youth, without experience of affairs and com
pletely under the influence of his machiavellian Secretary, Ihtisham-ud-Dowleh,
was jealous of the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
's local influence and of his power to hinder in his own
interests the Governor General's peculations and general spoliation of the
Province. The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
's own chief methods of self-enrichment have alw T ays
been the avoidance of payment of revenue on his lands, and the taking of a
liberal share of the Government money entrusted to him in virtue of the offices,
such as headship of the " Army," he usually holds. His policy is not so much
to make money by taking bribes and blackmail from the people, ss to stand
between them and oppression from other quarters, thereby increasing his own
local influence and authority and strengthening his position against hostile
Governors and Financial Agents. His point of view, therefore, was fundamen
tally opposed to that of a Tehrani Governor General, especially one who was a
Royal Prince and regarded the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
as rightfully his servant. As time
went on, it became increasingly clear that no real reconciliation was possible
between them.
A rapprochement, which resulted in a precarious peace between the Prince
anil
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Nusrat for two or three months, was brought about early in the year
by the appearance of a common enemy in the shape of Mirza Assadullah Kur-
distani, the new Financial Agent. An account of the struggle between this able
and energetic official, assisted by His Majesty's Consul on the one side and the
Governor General and
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Nusrat in unholy alliance on the other, is given
below. As soon, however, as Kurdistani was finally defeated and forced to
leave Kerman, in July, enmity between the erstw-hile allies began to smoulder
once more, and, in September, the Prince recommenced his complaints to His
Majesty's Consulate against the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
. He accused him, probably not without
truth, of mole-like intriguing against the authority of the Governor General,
and showed signs of taking sides against the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
in the Democrat campaign
against him which became virulent in September. Knowing that the British
regarded
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Nusrat as the head cf the Anglophile party in the province,
the
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
did not dare, so long as Major Lorimer was Consul, to
attack the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
openly. No doubt he remembered the ill-success of his efforts
in that direction in August 1916. As soon however as Major Lorimer had left
Kerman, in October, the Prince determined to bring matters to a head and rid
himself of the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
for good and all. He was undoubtedly urged on this
course by Ihtisham-ud-Dowleh, who, besides being hand in glove with the
Democrats, wanted the Deputy Goverrorship for himself, and also knew that so
long as the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
was in power opportunities of profit for himself and his
master would remain limited. The Prince was further influenced by fear of
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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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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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