'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎107v] (219/616)

2^ ADMINISTEATION REPOET 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.
being the scene of numerous and unusually bloody skirmishes. As
no post from the south reached Shiraz from January 17th to February 19^^
On the Isfahan road, the principal offender was Asghar Khan Arah
infested the Mervdasht plain all summer. ' w " 0
Under these circumstances, robberies were naturally numerous
commonly went unpunished. The Perskn post was looted four times d
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. kasid twice. The principal robberies from British suh* ^
were:—the robbery of a horse and two rifles with cartridges f
Mr. Grahame's camp by Bawi tribesmen ; notes for tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 2,235 f the pro ^
of the Imperial Bank, stolen by a Qashgai from the Political Hesi/ 61 ?
caravan; a rifle stolen on the Kotal-i-Mallou from a sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. of the re 1 I
Tehran escort; opium to the value of tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 3,144, the property of Messrs
a road
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Zeigler and Messrs. Dixon, stolen near Shulgistan on the Isfahan ro d
silver bars and private effects to the value of tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 3,000 stolen near Che
Hahdar, apparently by Ba^iri Arabs; piece goods to the value of tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
the property of Messrs. Dixon, stolen near Dawan on the Bushire road '
merchandise valued at tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 1,300, the property of British Indian subiepf
stolen near Rahdar; property valued at tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 5,000 belono-ino- to /hrS
Afghans, stolen by Arabs on the road to Yezd. 0 3
As an example of the pitch of insolence attained by the nomad tribesmen
the robbery of Captain Heinicke is worthy of mention. This gentleman was
stopped about a quarter of an hour's walk from the Kazeroon Gate of the
town by four men believed to have been Qashgais, robbed, beaten, and finally
stripped. Taken m conjunction with this incident, the various robberies
detailed above, in which the property stolen belonged to His Maiestv's
Government, tend to shew that that divinity which did hedee a European and
especially the property of a European Government, has to a great extent
vanished, and the impunity enjoyed without exception by all the peroetratom
has not tended to restore it. r ^ ^ a
p ha. A very lar^e amount of damage was done by the Qashgais between
Dastarjin and Kazeroon, the employes of the Department being also looted
m more than one instance.
Society. The state was reduced by the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm in
the autumn. They were not replaced, and the staff at the close of tbe Tear
consisted consequently of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton only. Their on I v troubles
occurred m the spring of 1908, and arose out of the disputed ownership of the
house rented hythera, which eventually became so acute, that to protect
them from insult, Mr. Grahame was forced to transfer the Clifton family to
the Eesidency, and occupy their house himself with 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. sowars.
During the year, 15 letters of manumission were granted. All the slaves
but one were sent away after release to destinations selected by them. A
mored'fflcult problem was presented by ten legitimately owned slaves who
frni ^ / e Ti! e j freedom ,' bu,; on the ot, ier hand could not be surrendered
trom bast (Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location. and had consequently to be treated as ordinarv " bastis". Pive
X e J^ » yr - eC ^ 0i1 ^ ^ their Illasters ' but the remainder preferred a
life of idleness in 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 at the end of the year their
remained a question of some dithculty.
the v ^f 0n ^ T/ er,aken . b - V His Ma i est y' s Consul during the year was
the tribes. Mamasenni country, already mentioned in relation to
In Amil T wT™ for ^ n " niber of British officers who visited Pars,
arriwd in Sh^ f' p 11 . Cruickshank of the 32nd Sikh Pioneers
England but fhp e . r ^bas via Lar, The former proceeded to
terval an intP' l* a . er ^^ained till the end of May, performing in the in-
BradtrB,r TP g « ]0U . rney r0U ? d Lakes Mahariu "d Taft. Mr. P. B.
CrostbwAit^Vr,H I f". 3 0 pa . SSe ^ . tllroush in April. Lieutenant J. S.
part of Mav anrf d* t| rm o^T aS i n ?' 1 " az s ' ;u dying Persian during April and
Lrived&rl 27th 0f th f lat ^ month Lieutenant Black, LA.,
Gibbon "Rmral T i h r ema]ning till the end of October, lastly Captain
for Bustoe on f r ^ ed fl0m German on February 16tb and left
Bushire on the 22nd. Of foreign travellers the most notable, besides H ot