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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎183r] (370/602)

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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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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 MASKAT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR THE YEAR 1896-97.
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was promptly complied with, and a threat from Sheikh Jasim of a general
attack upon the Beni Hajar, failing their restoration of the plunder, had the
desired effect.
In December Haji Esa Effendi was replaced in the Kaim Makamship of
Katif, wbich he had held for six months, by Mohamed Eakib Be 01
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6.—KOWAIT,
Sheikhs Mohamed A1 Sabah and Jarrah, the former being the
ruling Sheikh of Kowait, were assassinated about May by their brother
Mubarec, who had failed to get their recognition of his claims on the joint
family property. The sons of the murdered brothers effected their escape, and
a report of the incident in due course reached, and is said to have caused some
stir at, Constantinople, where pretensions to a sovereignty over Kowait appear
in some sort to be maintained.
Mubarec would appear to have found little difficulty in meeting the
enquiries of the Turkish authorities, if any were made, and in satisfying their
scruples in respect of his act, and the Porte is understood to have decided to
ignore the case of assassination, and to recognize Mubarec's assumption of the
Sheikhdom,
7.—PERSIAN ARABISTAN.
The tracts included under this title have been seriously disturbed, and the
year has witnessed much disorder and violence. At the opening of the year
the Nizam-es-Sultaneh was continued in the Governor-Generalship which he
had held, and remained in office until events compelled his recall some months
later.
Tribal conflicts were rife, and the irregular operations which the Governor-
General had, at the close of the previous year, directed*against the Eeni Truf
of the Howeizeh district, led to continued hostilities. These included the Beni
Saleh who were also in arms against Syed Kaamahj. the instrument of the
Governor-General, and the situation became more strained, till the influence of
Sheikh Mizzal, Muez-es-Sultaneh, was invoked to procure a temporary truce, in
order that the harvest might be gathered in. In November and December
Sheikh Mizzal again intervened on these tribal conflicts being resumed.
Complete disorder and revolt prevailed for some time in the tracts about
Dizful and Shuster, the Arab tribes under various Sheikhs joining in a com
mon resistance to Persian authority.
In June the Bakhtiari II Khani, who had been employed by the Nizam-
es-Sultaneh to coerce the insurgents, was defeated by them, and panic ensued
in Shuster, where the people, seeing the Governor helpless, proposed, in concert
with the rural population around, to pay their revenue to the Arabs, on the
ground that the Government was powerless to afford protection.
The Lurs helped to swell the tide of disorder, raiding the country towards
Dizful, where the Governor's representative was quite unable to check them.
Shuster and Pizful were themselves the scene of faction fights and colli
sions with authority. At Ahwaz there was an affray between the people and the
soldiery, who, at that place, have notoriously been the cause of frequent
disturbance, rather than the supporters of order and authority. In fact the
tale of anarchy, conflict, and violence, is well nigh continuous.
In June a midnight attack, of a most brutal and murderous character, was
committed upon Mr. Tanfield, an employe of Messrs. Lynch Brothers, by a
Persian in his service, the final escape of the victim with life, though fearfully

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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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