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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [91r] (186/616)
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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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 1908-1907.
71
The suggested fine was realized with the greatest promptitude—one might even
say, with avidity.
PIRACIES.
The hardy annual, Ahmad bin Salman, made his reappearance early in July
1906 when he found two small Bahrain boats on the Dhaharan beach, the crews
of which were collecting firewood. The pirate disabled one boat, and embarked
in the other, a " mashuwa," taking its owner Sultan al Habaishi and its two
khalasis
Used by the British officials to refer to a non-European labourer, especially one employed on a ship.
to navigate the vessel. He was accompanied by about 10 Bani Hajir and Al
Morra Bedouins. The party lay up in Dohat al Buraiqat for about a week, appa
rently from stress of weather, as the Bedouins are said to have suffered much from
sea-sickness as well as from hunger. They then moved on to Dohat ' Ain as Saih,
and from there spied a boat which they failed to catch. In the course of the pur
suit, however, they fell in, on the 14th July, with a Bahrain 4 boom ' which was
taking passengers over to Katif. The latter carried only two guns, but the owners
promptly exchanged shots with the pirates and had the good fortune to kill the most
enterprising follower of Ahmad bin Salman, a member of the Al Braid section of
the Al Morra, and to inflict a scalp-wound upon the pirate leader himself. The
freebooters' ardour was thereby effectively quenched. They made straight for the
mainland, buried their dead and dispersed, cursing their leader. Sultan Al Habaishi
and his crew were allowed to sail their boat quietly back to Budaiya, their home.
The pirate did not again put to sea this season, but he was heard of in the
environs of Doha (Katar) about the middle of August, when he appealed to the
hospitable instincts of one Khalid al Grhanam, a cousin of the Bin Thani Shaikhs,
and remained in his house as a guest for a few days, leaving eventually with a pre
sent of rice and money.
With reference to the suspected case of piracy at Abu Dhaluf in Katar, men
tioned in last year's report, every effort was made to get the Persian complainants
to return to Bahrain and reply to the defendant's explanation of their conduct.
The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
's numerous summonses were however disregarded. It was
therefore considered sufficient that the headman of Abu Dhaluf should be informed
that the charge against his village was regarded as " Not proven," and that he should
be cautioned as regards the future behaviour of his people.
ARMS, SMUGGLING.
There is unfortunately no doubt that the local regulations on the subject of
the Prohibited Importation of Arms and Ammunition are flagrantly disregarded by
a Syndicate in Muharraq, in which the Chief's eldest son is himself financially in
terested, and there is reason to suppose that Shaikh Isa himself is not quite ignorant
of what goes on in this connection. The first instance of smuggling came to light
on the 17th September 1906 through a quarrel over remuneration arising between
a Persian accomplice of the importer of the mail-steamer and a diver who was em
ployed to find a case of rifles which had accidentally been dropped into the sea. The
diver took his complaint; to the Chief, who promptly sent the disputing parties to
the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for investigation, though the actual importer and his rifles got
safely out of the harbour. In the light of after-events it seems probable that the
Chief only took this action in fear lest the affair should reach the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
's
ears from some other source. The importer's accomplice was ostensibly fined
Es. 150, but it is quite possible that the money was returned to him sub rosa.
In November 1906 information was received officially from Bushire that the
Director of the Persian Customs had discovered that a considerable quantity of
arms and ammunition was being regularly smuggled from Bahrain into Persia.'
Steps were therefore taken to have the baggage of passengers arriving by the
mail-steamers from Maskat overhauled by representatives of the Shaikh and the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
On two occasions the Commander of H. M. S. Sphinx co-operated in this
task, and it may be mentioned that Shaikh Esa received the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
's first
proposal for this action with evident distaste. The results, however, proved meagre,
and only two cases of genuine smuggling were detected. In the first case, the Com
mander of the Madura himself reported that four suspiciously heavy packages of
flour were amongst his cargo, and on these being opened five Maskat Marti]li rite
and 500 cartridges were obtained.
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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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