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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [161r] (328/396)
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 191 9 .
io
Condition of road«. r i lie road between Linorah and Lar
the year t0 be Safe f0r trade tllrou S llo "t
Aviation landing grou-ids. Emergency landing grounds have
C h e r na f epared at Asaiu itogham and'
Fourteen slaves took refuge at this Consulate during the year, twelve of whom
Slave traffic. Were manumitted. The remaining two
, , . f+i ri f fii i -p 4? Were ^ rom
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
have not
had their cases settled at the close of the year.
The mail service continued up to the month of June to be maintained bv
British interests.
the Persian Customs launch which plied
mwt, ti t q i \r rv ' + arl( l Henjam connectino-
^ith the B. I. S. N. Coy, s steamers at the latter port. This was discontinued
on the resumption ot the subsidiary mail service.
Since the renewal of the mail service there has been a large increase bo+h
of exports and imports for this port.
„ B -Ooy.'s steamers have called at this port on 29 occasions, the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
S. JN. Coy. s steamers on two and Government transports om 18
occasions during the year. * r
Foreign interests. ^ ^ steamer of Poreign nationality
called at the port during the year,
Turkish. —Salim-el-Khawja who posed as Turkish Consul here before the
war and who had been detained at Shiraz arrived on the 28th January,
He now professes pro Hijaz sympathies.
German.—R^]i Ali Germany, a former employee of Messrs. Wonckaus and
Company who had been a prisoner of war in Indi?, was released by the Govern
ment of India and arrived on the 19th September.
He is behaving well.
1 he late Mr-. J. H. Bill, C-IE., I.C.S., visited Lingah on H. M.S.
Visits of the Deputy Political Residenta. "Lawrence" on the 21st March and on
the 7th May.
Visits of tbe General Officer Comflandinff, Brigadier-General Elsmie visited
ire Force. 0 ' Lingah on the 7th May.
Vigits Of His Majesty's Ships. His Majesty's ships visited the port
on 21 occasions.
Piracy. No new cases of piracy were reported
during the year.
e ,,i 1 tlie " ^atal Zavar Prasad " which was wrecked off Busati was
ilea by Shaikh Mazkur Khan of Gaobandi undertaking to pay Rs. 10,000 in
wo instalments. The first instalment of Rs. 5,000 has already been paid and
the second is due in the month of March.
A sailing boat named u Pateh Mubarak ' T owned by Haji Abdul Husein
shipwrecks. Hyderabadi of Charbar was wrecked off
■n , Kalat on the 14th August on her way to
sran with a cargo of chandals. A representative of the Vice-Consulate was
scene i n order to safeguard the owner's interests and the salved
an als were handed over to the consignee's agent at Lingah.
On the 3rd March the Shaikh of Sirri reported that a steam launch with
Stranding of l. t, 29. nobody aboard had drifted on to the rocks
ppnro i i- • . wes ^ t ^ ie His Majesty's
holp^ 8 ! 1 * ^ ]ie soene and found the launch to be L T. 29 badly
sent ^l 11 ^ 1U ^ wa ^ er * ^ re P or t was made to D. N. T. O., Basrah, who
towed to B^ 6 S h ^ ^ 0wn ejected temporary repairs and the launch was
The local Madresseh has, with the introduction of a headmaster from India,
Education. made satisfactory progress, especially in
English.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:194v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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