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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎122r] (248/602)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 1884-1906. 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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KESIDKNCY AND MUSCAT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR 1891-92.
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Early in the year representations were made by British Indian merchants
at Meshed regarding the unsatisfactory manner in which customs fees were
levied from them. They asserted that the 5 per cent, leviable by treaty did not
suffice to clear their goods in transit through the interior, where they were sub-
jected to various local impositions up to a total of 8 or 9 per cent. Similar com
plaints were received from the merchants at Bundar Abbas, where an attempt
was made by the Governor of Bushire to introduce the treaty rate of 5 per cent,
at the port of debarkation, instead of the old rule of paying 3J per cent, at the
port and 1^ per cent, at destination. The effect of this, without special arrange-
ments with the various Governors en route, would have been to impose an extra
IJ per cent. duty. The matter is now under discussion between Her Majesty's
Legation and the Persian Government, with a view to the prevention of further
dues being levied up-country after payment of the authorized 5 per cent, at the
port of debarkation. It is still undecided as numerous vested interests have to
be considered before any uniform system can be introduced.
His Imperial Majesty the Shah sanctioned the establishment of a tidal
observatory at Bushire, and the necessary excavations are being made prepara
tory to placing the instruments in position.
10.—PERSIAN BALUCHISTAN.
In July 1891 Mir Abdul Nabbi Khan, the headman of the Jask district,
who has been responsible for the telegraph line in his district from Sadeck to
Jask, commenced levying the tax on grain and date produce on the plea that
he had not been'paid his dues by the present farmers of the district. The
Governor of Bushire thereupon sent the Naibs of Minab and Shamilah with
2,000 men to collect the revenue and to capture Abdul Nabbi, but they were
unsuccessful.
In January 1892 Abdul Nabbi again obtained the control of the country
round Jask from the Deputy Governor of Bundar Abbas. The holders at first
refused to give up the district, and some desultory fighting occurred, but with
no definite result.
Locusts proved very destructive round Charbar and Geah in July 1891.
Mir Abdulla Khan son of Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Dilawar Khan having refused in August
to pay the Persian Government taxes unless his father, who was imprisoned at
Kerman, was released, a force marched against him but was beaten off. Ab
dulla Khan then took post in a fort in Dizak whence he tried, but without suc
cess, to obtain terms, the only Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. siding with him being Mir Path Maho
med Khan, Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of Bampusht. In September he was captured and sent to
Dizak.
11.—SLAVE TRADE.
No slave dhows were captured during the year by Her Majesty's ships.
Some reports of the importation of fresh slaves into Kishm were declared
by the Governor of Bushire, after enquiry, to be without foundation.
Information that several cargoes of slaves had passed up the Shat-ul-Arab
for disposal in the villages along its banks and at Busrah was not confirmed
on further enquiry. A dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. with twenty-nine negroes on board was detained
at Pao by the Mudir, and they were sent to Busrah. The Wali, however, satisfied
himself that they were not slaves, and they were allowed to return to the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. .
In the course of the year the Turkish Consular Agent at Lingah received
from his Government a proclamation against slave traffic, issued in accordance
with the Slave Trade Treaty between the British and Ottoman Governments,
for publication amongst Turkish subjects at that port. ^

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The volume contains printed copies of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Reports. The Reports are incomplete (according to the introductory letters and lists of contents). Some of the Reports bear manuscript corrections. The following Reports are represented :

The Reports include a general summary by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (covering the constituent agencies and consulates that made up the 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 topics such as the slave trade, piracy, the movements of Royal Navy ships, official appointments, and the weather); meteorological tables; separate reports on Muscat (also referred to as Maskat); reports on trade and commerce; and a number of appendices on special topics, such as supplementary notes on the care and culture of date trees and fruit (Report, 1883-84), historical sketch of the Portuguese in eastern Arabia (Report, 1884-85), notes on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Al Dhahirah] by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles (Report, 1885-86), notes on cholera in Persia (Report, 1889-90), report on the cholera epidemic in Maskat, Matrah, and Oman (Report, 1899-1900), and information on individuals and tribes.

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1 volume (299 folios)
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The Reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an introductory letter/table of contents at the front of each Report, but these show that the Reports are not complete.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 3 on the second folio after the front cover, and continues through to 299 on 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.

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