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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [169v] (345/396)
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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SO ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULP 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.
ia direct traffic to Yezd and Meshed via Rafsinjan and goods for Sirjan and
other outlying districts, is as follows :—
—
Impoeted into Kebman.
Impoeted
into Bam.
Weight in
Kerman
maunds.
1 inaund
= 6'785 lbs.
V alue.
£
Weight in
Kerman
maunds.
1 maund
= 6-785 lb».
Value.
£
Kerosine oil » . . .
7,450
3,968
Piece goods ....
195,275
27,684
.11,615
15,890
Grocery . . , , ,
42,700
68,320
...
• ••
Metals .....
...
...
1,185
2,252
Tobacco . , . , .
...
■ 9«
50
28
Pepper .....
2,875
1,725
...
Sugar . . , . .
882,875
214,410
54,155
29,066
Tea , , . ...
43,700
52,440
1,200
1,362
Ghee ....
3,200
3,200
• • •
Yarn .....
13,600
27,200
• • •
...
Haberdashery ....
5,075
4,060
1,025
855
Candles .....
22,675
8,755
3,100
1,168
Indigo .....
800
12,800
• • •
Rice, etc. • . . .
33,200
13,280
100
I
3&
0\\id g to the war, to the American prohibition of carpet imports, and
Carpets. the great loss of life amongst the
+ ,3 4- 4.u . weavers from cholera, influenza, etc., the
traae at tne end of last year was at a very low ebb. Formerly there were
approximately 7,000 looms in Kerman town and neighbourhood, and this
number has now been reduced to about 1,000. At the beginning of the year,
J 0 .^i e car P e ^ trade began to improve. At first, there was some
i cu y m obtaining transport and manufacturers w r ere also afraid of losing
Af 61 - 1 con signments owing to the depredations by robbers. His
^ajesys Consul was able to assist the manufacturers in obtaining transport
f 11 t ) 6 ^ P ^ ou th Persia liifles to have their consignments safely
landed at Bandar Abbas. &
Unfortunately in July, the Customs authorities at Bandar Abbas began
»o . a 0 P 0 8 ructive measures on account of aniline and to prevent carpets
being exported without paying a heavy deposit of 9 per cent. At the time of
wri mg is report, the Manager of Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited^
y ff r0Ce fu ^? Ildar abbas ' bas reported that he has been able to
F t >.a e authorities that the carpets of his firm contained no aniline and
TlWa a t owe , sbl P whole consignment free of paying any deposit..
Minister subject of correspondence with His Majesty's
DecmbJ mo fs £5^328. eXp0rted from Kerm aii from 1st January to 1st
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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