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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [98r] (200/616)
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.
became a question either of conniving at the payment of duty by our traders, in
the face of the protests of the Customs Administration to persons with no autho
rity to take it, and thereby theoretically encouraging them in their defiance of the
Persian Government, or, in the alternative, of possibly endangering the safety of
the British telegraph stations and line by preventing our subjects from so
paying. Fortunately the Derya Regi's efforts resulted in the temporary adjustment
of the matter before it became acute.
From the Arab side there is not much
Reports from Arab region. £ or gpg^g] comment.
At Maskat the chief events have been the conclusion of the French Flag
negotiations, already alluded to : the
Maskat ' wreck of the Hamburg-Amerika Line's
Teutonia homeward bound, on the southern confines of Maskat territory and
the subsequent escape of the crew and passengers to Maskat: the incidence of
a new phase of the arms traffic, namely the smuggling of arms from Maskat by
Somalis likely to become a question of some importance owing to the interest
of the Italian Government in its suppression : and finally the loss by the Sultan of
his chief official warrior Sheikh Suleiman bin Suweihm, who was treacherously
murdered during the year.
From the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
except for the Shargah-Abu Musa question, dealt
in the Bushire report, there has been
Truciai Coast. nothing worthy of special record.
At Bahrein the attitude of the Sheikh has much improved and the year has
been politically quiet and uneventful, but
Bahreln - the prosperity of the principality has
suffered both from the slackness in the world's pearl market on which its pros-
peritv greatly depends, and also from a severe outbreak of plague between April
and July 1907 during which some 3,000 seizures and 2,000 deaths were repoited.
Sheikh Ali bin Ahmed the Bahrein exile at Bombay having completed 34
years out of the 5 years banishment to which he was sentenced, his petition for
permission to return to Bahrein under adequate conditions was at the request of
the Sheikh forwarded to Government with support, the state of Bahrein and the
improved attitude of the ruling Sheikh seeming to make that course now unobjec-
tionable. Sanction to his return was expected soon after the end of the year.
Koweit affairs progressed satisfactorily throughout the year so far as our
relations with the Sheikh are concerned
Kowelt • and the latter although a self" .villed potent
ate who requires treating with a great deal of care, has given renewed evidence of
his conviction that his interests lie in close association with the British Govern-
ment.
The contraband traffic in arms to his port has unfortunately gone on sub rosa
as usual but except as a part of the general question the traffic to Koweit is not
endowed with such immediate importance to us at present as to necessitate
specific treatment apart from our efforts to stop the traffic as a whole from the
fquntain head at Maskat.
The Sheikh has acquiesced at our instance in the institution of simple
quarantine measures by our Assistant Surgeon in respect of vessels calling at
Koweit, but it is to be feared that his atti-
Quarantine. tu( j e j n re g ar( j i s no t a very honest one
and may prove a source of difficulty to us in the future.
In regard to the Gulf Quarantine Administration generally it will be seen
from 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.
Surgeon's memorandum that the Home and Indian Govern
ments have improved the service at considerable expense during the year in
order to bring it up to date and to disarm as far as possible the hostile criticism
of our regime which international jealousy so readily generates in this connection.
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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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There is a list of contents at the front of each Report.
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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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