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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [107v] (221/396)
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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42 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GIJLE 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.
His Highness was thus obliged to give up all hope of relieving his cousin
and the fort capitulated on terms after a seige of five months. Its fall was a
severe blow to the prestige of the Sultan, who thus lost the last fortified place
in the interior which was well disposed to him while ils possession opened up
a new sphere of influence to the rebel party.
Saiyid Taimur had been anxious to obtain the assistance of British troops
in the 'autumn and had previously asked whether, if he could raise a force of
some 2,000 or 3,000 men, the Government would assist him in attacking his
enemy. Indeed, he had not been anxious to move without such help but cir
cumstances and the importunity of those around him had led him to take
action which, in. its result, showed his absolute helplessness to meet alone the
situation in which he was placed.
In the month of May the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
forwarded to the Deputy Political
Eesident a scheme for the better Government of Oman and for the provision
of a force for the Sultan by means of which order could be obtained.
The main features of the present situation are as follows ;—
The rebels, who may fairly claim to have caused a revolution rather than
to have raised a rebellion, are in complete control of the interior of Oman and
it is only the existence of the Indian Regiment at Muttra and the presence of
His Majesty's ships which prevents them extending that control to Muscat and
the rest of the coast line of Oman. They have never acknowledged the present
Sultan whose dignity they consider to be, under the rules of their religious
constitution, an elective and not a hereditary position The movement, though
partly due to the objection of the Hinawis to the present branch of the Abu
Said family is also due to three generations of bad and weak rule.
This condition of affairs the present Sultan has shown no sign of desiring to
improve. While the Government of the Imam is making obvious efforts to
rule well according to their lights, and every attempt is made to enforce justice
in His Highness' country, the complaints which are made have only too much
foundation as will be seen from the notes on his Administration.
The Omanis and the people of the coast hold the British GoTernment
responsible for his bad rule since, so they say, if it were not for this support
they would not be obliged to undergo it.
The Sultan is now so absolutely dependent upon us that an unvarnished
exposition of the situation to him would leave him no alternative but to reform
were that made a condition of our continued support of him. Owing to the
lack of officials referred to elsewhere there would appear to be no alternative
to the employment of British trained officials in the re-oiganisation of his
system.
As stated above His Highness' administration leaves much to he desired
Administration of His Highnw tho Sultan. A 011 !? 11 te lias made considerable improye-
ment in the disposal of cases of British
subjects.
Unfortunately such improvement is only maintained under continual
pressure for the whole system is at fault.
His Highness has no
Wazir
Minister.
and no Minister of any kind. It is obviously
impossible for him to do all the work himself and he does not appear to under
stand that a State requires somew T hat more organisation than that which is re-
sufficient for the village of a small Arab Shaikh.
For many years the Sultans have been obliged, owing to the ignorance and
want cf education of the native material at their disposal, to use Indians for
the control of the Customs and lor Secretarial work connected with finance and
w ith India, and it is this difficulty which makes it practically impossible to
suggest any method of improvement from within, the more so since those "who
might assist him to rule on purely Arab lines are opposed to his very existence
m any form of authority.
Xlis TV alis in the districts, most of them members of the ruling family> arf*
unreliable and their rule is bad 8
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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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