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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [127r] (260/396)
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 lyig.
19
party alone, British support would be withdrawn from him. But Ihtisham-
ud-Douleh's evil influence was too strong, and rather than give him up after
seveial weeks of prevarication and wire-pulling at the Capital, Prince Nusrat -us-
Sultaneli left Kerman on 16tli February, taking with him at least a quarter of a
million
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
m cash and carpets. Kerman breathtd once more.
The efforts of His Majesty s Consul to obtain the appointment of
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 acting Goyernor-General until the arrival cf the Governor-General-
elect, Hishmat-udvDouleh, were unavailing owing to the hostility of the
Democratic Cabinet of Mustaufi-ul-JVlamalik. Kusrat-ul-Mamalik's term of
office was uneventlul, such little governing as was done being in tLe hands of
his son JNusrat-us-Sultan and his nephew Mukhtar-ul-Mulk.
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
and bis family resented the preference shown to the rival Khanzada clan and
were at first inclined to intrigue against them, but desisted at a hint from the
Consulate.
Ilishmat-ud-Douleh, a Tabatabai of good family in Azerbaijan, arrived on
9th Ju-y. He was formerly a friend of the Russians and is a decided Royalist
in sympathies, having been Mohammad Ali Shah's Chief Secretary The fact
that he was nominated by a Democrat Cabinet and was a friend of Mustashar-
ud-Douleh, nowever raised great hopes among the Democrat party in Kerman
who spread it abroad that he intended not to recognise the South Persia Rifles
as a Persian Department, to forbid sale of grain to them and to hamper them
^ ev fT ^ W hatever may have been Hishmai-ud-Douleh's professions and
beliefs m Tehran (and he himself admits having believed all kinds of Demo
cratic slander of the British in South Persia) his ideas underwent a change
very soon after his arrival and he became the open and professed—if not
altogether sincere-admirer and partisan of the British. He is not stron^ either
in character or physique, but possesses both adroitness and savoiv faive, while
thanks to his Constantinople education he is not without knowledge of
European affairs. The fact that he is neither a Prince nor a Bakhtiari with a
large follow injj, one 01 the other of which all his predecessors for several years
have been, detracts from his prestige; though extremely anxious to keep in
with t e Consulate and South Persia Rifles, he is also afraid of the Democrats and
attempts to make up for his lack of prestige by playing each off against the
other Nevertheless he is an improvement on his predecessor, while his
light hand man Muntasim-ud-Douleh, Deputy Governor, is a welcome change
from the selfish and unscrupulous Ihtisham. Above all, the new Governor-
General s relations ^ith
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, Haji Mirza Ali Muhammad, etc., have
so far beer, all that could be desired. During most of the last three months of
the year he was inca| acitated by a serious ear complaint, for which he was
successfully operated on by Dr. Dodson onlW 16th November, and afterwards
bymfiuenza. \
Kamal-us-Sultan remained in office till April, when in spite of His Majes-
Karguzari. ty's Minister's efforts on his behalf he
p.. * was recalled by the Mustaufi-ul-Mama:ik
Cabinet, chiefly because he was regarded as playing too much into the hands
ot the British. Certainly, though weak and without influence, Kamal-us-
ultan did his best to conduct the cases referred to him by His Majesty's Consu-
ate without prejudice to British interests. /In particular he made himself
unpopular with his own Government by agreeing with His Majesty's Consul
on the vexed question of the jurisdiction of the Karguzc.ri in suits in whicti
one of the parties is a British protected Persian subject. This principle, claimed
y His Majesty's Governmpnt under its most favoured nation agreement with
■rersiaand endorsed by long practice, appears to have been consistently denied
y recent Cabinets. In consequence, progress in certain test cases, notably
endun vs. Bahadur-ul-Mulk, in re Shahjehanabad property, and Mirza
uzurg vs. Mukhtar-ul-IIulk in re Khabis water righis, has been extremely
l )0wer ^^ defendants being able, backed by the Ministers of Justice
and foreign Affairs, to obstruct proceedings almost indefinitely so long as the
arguzar himself is on their side Hence the appointment of Mujallal-us-
M h H ^ ^ ace Kamal-us-Sultan. This man's last appointment was at
esned whence he was removed for obstructiveness within three months at the
request of the Russian Government. For several months after his arrival
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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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