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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [124v] (253/616)
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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50 '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.
below, amongst the refugees. The Governor pretended that the refugees h 1
done this themselves in order to throw the hlame on their opponents but tb
contention was quite impossible for the bullets went far too near inhabitel
tents, and the wonder was how no one was hit. ea
On reporting this I receivrd a telegram from the Legation that I
authorised to haul down the British flag from the Consulate and move to the
Bank if I considered that there was any danger to myself. I was, however
quite convinced that the movement was directed solely against the refugees and
so did not take action in the matter. Bullets were so constantly flying about
in the town that as far as that was concerned it did not make much difference
the difficulty was to understand as stated above how no one ever seemed to get
hit*
The Persian Government and the local Governor apologised for the inci-
dent and the strictest orders were issued to the latter informing him that he was
personally responsible for the safety of the Consulate.
The refugees now stated that if they were fired on under the protection of
the British flag what would be their condition outside and unprotected. They
absolutely refused to leave sanctuary.
On the 18th I received a letter from Nazr Ali Khan, ^aih-i-Lashkar, the
father-in-law of Salar-ed-Douleh and chief of his forces to the effect that he
was ready to accept any Governor for Luristan except Mujir-es-Sultaneh who
was being sent there but that if that official were sent he prayed that at any
rate Bakhtiari guards be not sent with him, since they were the hereditary foes
of the Lurs. If the Bakhtiaris were sent he said that he would take to the
hills and his former life of brigandage. He asked that the British should bring
about a reconciliation for him with the Persian Government. I telegraphed the
above to Tehran but his claims were not allowed and he fulfilled his promise
and returned to his old habits. Subsequently a force was sent asrainst him but
apparently without result for at the close of the year Nazr Ali Khan seized the
town of Khurramabad while the Governor to whom he had objected took
refuge in the house of the Imam-i-Juraa. The punitive expedition seemed to
have, in the meantime, vanished into space and I never heard of it again.
On receiving this letter from Fath-i-Lashkar I came to the conclusion that
Salar-ed-Douleh had thrown up the sponge but I was extremely surprised,
when, the following morning, I was informed that Salar-ed-Douleh was in the
Consulate and had been there for the past three hours.
At first I took it for granted that he had come in to accept the terms
which had been offered him through me and in conversation I made reference
to the details of the letter which I had sent him. I suppose that Zahir-ed-
Douleh had offered him similar terms from the Pe rsian Govt-mment direct, for
he answered my reference quite naturally and it \>as not till the letter returned,
having followed Salar a complete round Khurramahad, that I discovered
that he had not received my second letter also. Salar-ed-Douleh made various
demands all of which I forwarded to His Britannic Majesty's Minister;
amongst other things he wrote saying that he wished to leave Persia and to
settle in an English dependency. I did not imagine that the British Govern
ment would be particularly anxious to provide a home for such a firebrand
but forwarded on his letters.
Minister wired me that the cabinet was debating what was to he done
With His Imperial Highness and later that it was most undesirable that he
should remain at the Consulate. On receipt of this latter telegram I
persuaded Salar to accept the terms that had been offered him and to hand
Jhimself over to Zahir-ed-Douleh; before, however, I could telegraph this to
ienran I received a telegram that at a meeting of the Assembly it had been
decided that Salar should be handed over to the Persian Government and I
was accordingly instructed to hand him over to Zahir-ed-Dowleh. I sent for
the latter the same evening, the 22nd of June, and handed over His Imperial
Hignness by night in order to save him the indignity of passing through the
streets by day. Thus the incident closed.
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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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