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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [57r] (118/616)
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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REVIEW 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.
IN THE PERSIAN GULP.
3
The Concessionaires have continued their labours with the utmost perseverance
in the face of innumerable difficulties, both petty and serious difficulties arising
primarily from the unbusiness-like methods of the Khans and greatly aggravated
by family dissensions among them culminating in a disingenuous attempt on their
part, supported by the Persian Government, to upset the original agreement come
to with the Concessionaires and to substitute another in terms dictated by the
Central G-overnment, who profess not to recognise the existing document. This
manoeuvre however has hitherto been successfully resisted.
His Majesty's Vice-Consul at Ahwaz to whom, in the interests of the Syndicate
the tedious negociations with the Khans, were entrusted by His Majesty's Legation
has had a difficult task in this connection throughout the year, the closer acquain*
tance with the Khans which the events of the last two years have given us, proving
that the thin veneer of western civilisation which they affect supplies but a poor
disguise to characters full of Oriental caprice and unreliability, which make it ex
tremely difficult to conduct business with them on satisfactory lines or to keep them
up to their admitted obligations. In spite of all obstacles, however, praiseworthy
progress has been made ; communications have been provided, plant and workshops
erected and borings commenced. It is therefore to be hoped that success in the
tapping of productive springs of oil will ere long reward their hitherto uphill
labours.
The question of the upkeep of the Lynch Road from Ahwaz to Ispahan has also
Communications; Alwaz-Ispahaa Road. b " een a 8°.°^ in ?yidence. Arrange-
ments which will provide for its systematic
maintenance in good order have still to be devised and perfected, the chief impedi
ment to their institution being the unsatisfactory relations which prevail between
the Khans and Messrs. Lynch. But these are difficulties which will no doubt
adjust themselves gradually, and meanwhile the pressure put upon the Khans
has sufficed to keep the track in a sufficiently passable condition to ensure its remain*
ing an assured artery of traffic.
Owing to the political conditions referred to in the preface, no forward action
Lnristan Roads. ^ been possible in connection with the
improvement of communications in Luristan
either in the direction of Khoremabad or through Pusht-i-Kuh. On the other
hand Brevet Major A. W. Baird, Gordon Highlanders, who travelled from Ahwaz
to Kermanshah by the latter route, reported favourably of the route and of the
friendly attitude of the Wali. Furthermore, 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.
Mukarram, at present
Governor-General of Arabistan-cwm-Luristan. in a recent interview with the Besi-
dent made it evident that he was both fully alive to the great advantages of
opening up communications through this country, and bent upon doing his utmost
in that direction if left undisturbed in his charge. Nephew, as he is, of the Nizam*
es-Sultaneh, one of the most strenuous and enlightened men in Persia at the
present time, whose influence and interests in Arabistan are well known, and com
paratively successful administrator as he has so far proved in this important
province, 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.
seems to be a person whom it will be good policy on our
part to support.
But the degree to which we shall be able to maintain our present interests in
Arabistan and Luristan in the future, doubtless depends a great deal on the nature
of the Anglo-Russian settlement now under negociation and the extent to which
its terms will or will not hamper our enterprise in that province. In this con
nection it may be presumed from the appointment of a Russian Agent at Khorema
bad and the visit of another to Burujird and the neighbourhood, that the region is
one which does not lack interest for our neighbours.
Rumours, usually followed by anxious inquiries from the Shaikh of Mahom-
Karun Irrigation Scheme. merah, have been current from time to time
during the year, alleging the imminent or
actual grant of a concession, at one moment to the Dutch, at another to the
German Government; at another to a Persian Syndicate; rumours which have
never taken shape, but which have been so far well founded in that the subject in
question has undoubtedly attracted a good deal of attention in diplomatic quarters.
Owing to the incidence of our negociations with Russia any special activity on our
own part has been considered inexpedient for the present; at the same time the
overtures which have been made during the year to His Majesty's Government or
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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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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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 folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.
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