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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [129r] (264/396)
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 1918.
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and before the end of the year he had nominated another Democrat election
candidate, Agha Saiyid Jawad m Agha Tanya's place. A remarkable li<»ht is
thrown upon 1 ersia s ntness for Parliamentary institutions bv the fact that
there is actually nothing in the law to prevent a candidate for'election being: 'i
member of the Election Committee, nor does anyone from the Governor-Gene
ral downwards see anything unusual in the spectacle as it were, of one of the
parlies to a suit sitting upon the judge's bench.
The Democrats had by the end of the year great hopes of electino- at least
four of the six Musulman members for Kerman city and districts, namelv
Asaf-ul-Aiama^ik, Agha Yahya, Muayid-uMslam and Agha Saiyid Jawad'
while the Moderates, though they had collected a fair show of candidates on
paper, w r ere not really hopeful about more than three, namely, Prince Nusrat-
ud-Douleh (Minister of Justice in Wusuq-ud-Douleh's Cabinet), Rifat-iid-
Douleh (brother 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) and Haji Mirza Murteza. Three of the
above named candidates (Muayid-ul-Islam, Nusrat-ud-Douleh and Eifat-ud-
Douleb) were at Tehran and likely to remain there, but the Persian Parliament
ary laws allow of absentee candidature.
* At the time of writing (February 10th) the position has improved consider
ably. Asaf-ul-Mamalik has been won over by the Moderates and has made a
compact promising the Prime Minister his support in case of election, Throuo-h
him an alliance has been concluded between the family 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 and
that of Nusrat-ul-Mamalik, known as the " Khanzada " family, and the old
rivalry between the " Sheikhis " and the " Balasaris " on which the Democrats
were counting is temporarily in abeyance. The Democrats have ceased even
to hope for the eleciion of more than three candidates, namely, Agha Saiyid
Jawad, Muayid-ul-Is 1 am and Saiyid Mustafa. The Moderates have good hopes
of securing the election of Haji Miiza Murteza and Asaf-ul-Mamalik for
Kerman and neighbourhood, Shariat Madar for Eafsinjan and Zerind, Prince
Nusrat-ud-Douleh for Sirjan, Eif'at-ud-Dauleh for Jiruft and Aqta, and Adl-us-
Sultaneh (son 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) for Bam and Narmashir^.
Condition of Country.—Owing to the drought which had lasted since the
The food supply. spring of 1916, grain supplies were at a low
ebb at the beginning of the year and prices,
which six months previously had been standing at 12
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per Kharwar
for wheat and 8 for barley, in January stood at 28 and 22 respectively. Even at
these prices bread was only obtainable with the greatest difficulty, and by the
spring the inhabitants of most of the villages were barely subsisting on millet-
meal and berries. On two or three occasions the South Persia Eifles came to
the rescue with such stocks as they could spare, some 400 Khar wars altogether
being delivered to the local authorities at prices 6 or 8
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
below the current
rate. On the departure of 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).
, who had been exploiting the
situation in various ways—he made at least 6
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per Kharwar, for instance,
—on the grain he allowed to be exported to Yezd from the Eafsinjan district,
against his own strict orders—the supply improved a little and the town held
out till July when a harvest distinctly above the average was reaped. Eor a
week or two wheat and barley prices dropped from 35 and 22 to 20 and 16
respectively. But owing to the long continued scarcity the new harvest had
been heavily mortgaged, particularly b} 7 the South Persia Eifles w r ho had been
forced to safeguard their future position by large forward contracts. In these
contracts the buying prices had perforce been left open, to be decided accord
ing to the market rates current after the harvest had been brought in. Con
sequently, not only the bigger landow^ners such as Nurullah Khan, Bahadur-ul-
Mulk of Mashiz and others, but local groups of small owners and speculatort,
combined to keep stocks off the market; the intention being, firstly, to force up
post-harvest market rates so that the South Persia Eifles should pay as high a
price as possible for grain purchased in advance, and, secondly, to starve both
town and South Persia Eifles into paying still higher rates later on in the season.
r ihe result was that from the beginning of July till the end of October the
price of wheat rose steadily at the rate of a
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per week to
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
38 per
Kharw r ar, with barley at 28. Bread was dearer, worse in quality and no less
difficult to obtain in the autumn of 1918, after a good harvest, than it was in
the spring after two years of drought ; nor were the new Governor-General's
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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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