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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [214v] (433/616)
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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12
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP
Priests of Nejef and Tehran to the effect that the British claims were in
order and must be recognised, Seyyid Mnrteza appears to have been mainly
intent upon the spoilation of the Customs and the division of the spoil be
tween himself and his rabble of tufangchis.
From 23rd March to 10th April, when security was restored by the land
ing of a British force, Seyyid Murteza, after causing the Customs safe to be
forcibly broken open, on 22nd March, disposed of close upon the whole of the
nett receipts, namely, about 20,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
The Seyyid, who was assisted in all these doings by certain confederates
(1) Agha Mustapha
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
, a petty local merchant of evil reputation who is
a claimant for British protection but whom 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.
refuses to recog^
nise, and (2) Mirza Ali Kazeruni, also a petty merchant of shady character,
indebted to British and other merchants for some 13,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
; and, it was
believed, sub rosa, by (iii) Mirza Husein, Dragoman of the German Consulate.
The Seyyid himself is a Mullah with no knowledge whatever of affairs of
finance, and in all matters financial the above individuals acted severally or
jointly as his advisers and collaborators.
Naturaljy, as soon as it was noised abroad that the Customs receipts were
being appropriated by Seyyid Murteza and his tufangchis, the cupidity of
the whole country-side became excited and all the more turbulent characters
from the neighbouring villages of Tangistan and Dashti began trooping in
to Bushire, many at the specific bidding of the Seyyid and others on their
own account. According to his own estimate the Seyyid assessed the num
bers for which he professed to need to draw a daily wage from the Customs,
at 3,000 men. It was never really as many as this, but at one time it was
believed to be anything between 1,000 and 1,500.
It will be realised what a menace the presence of these disorderly rustics,
all armed with modern rifles, became to public security in the town and the
Island of Bushire.
They soon got altogether out of Seyyid Murteza's control and the latter,
when any urgent situation arose, forthwith repudiated responsibility, while
there was no one else able or willing to maintain order or guarantee the safety
of the lives and property of British subjects. At nights Bushire town
became a perfect pandemonium of rifle firing. No one slept, the populace
seemed all to be on guard on the tops of their houses, firing promiscuously
into the air or over the roofs of their houses.
Moreover many of these gangs of tufangchis who thus found themselves
cheek by jowl in Bushire, bent on the common object of plunder or appro
priation of Customs revenues, had current blood-feuds w T ith one another in
their villages, which they were inclined to pursue here. Quarrels were
continually occurring between parties of them, and the situation soon again
became so menacing that, with a view of assuring the safety of foreign as
well as British subjects, M. M. S. " Fox " received instructions to move up to
Bushire from Bandar Abbas where the situation had now much improved.
The " Fox " arrived on 2nd April and remained at the outer anchorage.
Meanwhile, things went from bad to worse on shore; the tufangchis
increased in numbers and got more and more truculent and out of hand and,
on the 8th, two parties of them, finding that, owing to a paucity of Customs
receipts, there was no pay left for themselves, forthwith raided the food
bazaar just before sunset, and, during the ensuing night, numerous robberies
were committed including a considerable amount of merchandise and piece-
goods.
The Seyyid now admitted his inability to control the men that he had
brought in, and even asked the Resident's co-operation in inducing them to
leave. The town was by this time in a state of panic.
In the course of the 9th, the Russian, German and Turkish Representa
tives called at 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.
to consult the Resident, and to urge upon him
the necessity for the taking, of some definite measures to provide security.
Almost the whole of the British mercantile community did the same. It
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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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