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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [20v] (45/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL
Shiraz and
Ears.
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Several visits were paid to the Trucial and Northera Oman Coast and
two interesting land journeys were undertaken, the first during October an 1
November from Bunder Dilam to Behbehan, thence along the course of th
Hindiyan river to its mouth, and onwards via Mashoor and the Jerrahi river
to Buziyeh and Pellahieh. Pinally the Bahmashir Canal and the ruins of
Guban were explored and the expedition, in which the Eesident was
accompanied by Lieutenant C. H. Gabriel and a surveyor, terminated at
Mohammerah.
In the following December an expedition was made from Bas-al-Khaim
on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
to Baraimi in the Dhabireh and thence to the coast at
Sohar where the Lawrence was in waiting. The primary object ofthi
journey was to fix accurately the latitude and longitude of Baraimi with 8
view to the correction of the map in preparation for the new gazetteer Tr ^
Resident was accompanied by Lieutenant C. Scott of the Indian Marine 6
Sixty-three slaves who had taken refuge at Bushire, Bunder Abbas
Slave Trade. liingah and Bahrein, were manumitted
during the year.
As was anticipated in last year's report the grain crops were excellent
Harvest. r th tbe P^n of barley, of Which a
less quantity than usual was grown
This probably resulted from the fact that many of the peasants, taught bv
the experience of the preceding year, bad sown large areas with millet and
maize, which they reserved for their own use. A satisfactory sign was the
appearance of flourishing cotton crops in the immediate vicinity of Shiraz
Shiraz was in a constant state of anarchy and unrest throughout the
political Situation. the direct result of the oppressive
. . TT . and unscrupulous Government of His
Imperial Highness the Shoa-es-Sultaneh, the second but favourite son of His
Majesty the Shah. In his Vazier, the
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.
-i-Akram, he seems to have
found a congenial colleague if not a guiding spirit throughout the course of
intolerable misgovernment into which he threw himself.
Early in June a fanatical movement directed by Mirza Ibrahim a leadin*
Mulla, was started against the Jews, who for five or six days in succession were
assaulted in the Moslem quarters of the town and their felt Kulahs fcansV
torn to pieces, the Moslems demanding that the community should wear i
distinctive head dress. vyc<u a
On 4th June these assaults were brought to His Majesty's Consul's
notice and he at once addressed a note to the Governor-General and naid a
visit to the Jewish quarter*
On 2 2nd June a Jew was shot dead in the immediate neighbourhood of
Bhiraz andhis co-religiomsts on attempting to take the body to the Palace were
prevented with considerable brutality by the Governor's Perrashes.
as wiutrcSy U be 0 se 0 en JeWS COntinUed intermitteilt, y throughout the year
„ 1905, by order of the
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.
-i-Akram two raids were
committed on the village ot Kushk-i-Bidah belonging to Prince Jamal-ud-din,
a great grandson of Path-Ali-Shah residing at Shiraz. The pretext ffiven
k a PP arellt ly fallacious, was that the villagers had killed a Persian cossack
vilu* of been , Sent ^ t0 effect an arre8t - 111 these ra ids, crops to the
rise to mn h t h an 20,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
were destroyed, and the incident gave
rise to much popular indignation in Shiraz. gave
Mun^i 11 ^ 6 1 vi 61 0n 'i at the i be f innin S of September, Mirza Agha Hakim, a
l of the Kawam-ul-Mulk, was arrested and put in
that liT ^e^QO Krans demanded from him on the grounds
mi -5 a ® sls ^ e ^ Kawam in appealing to Tehran against the
misappropriation by the Governor-General of lands held by him in fief.
from th\ Z ^^o!?"of d ^ Wle - h ' ^ "i' 6 I ir( r eedin S June had been ousted
tlip t 1 t , llkhani of the .Kashkais in favour of his younger brother
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.
-TAkram^ 0 Ti alld had si " Ce been under ^Pervilon in The
orderTo ThpToi n' "th September thrown into chains by the
the Governor-General and closely confined, on the pretext that he
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The volume contains Administration Report on 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 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on 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 Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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 Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); 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 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).
The Reports contain reviews 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.
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