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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [228v] (461/616)
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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4
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
between Braim and Bawardeh with a frontage of 2,000 yards on the Shatt-
el-Arab was leased to the Company for £650 per annum payable ten years
in advance. They further acquired a strip of land for a right of way across
the island, and the right to acquire more land free of date trees elsewhere,
should the above site prove unsuitable, and another 100 jaribs adjacent to
the above site, at the same rate if asked for within two years, and at the
local fair current rate if asked for after that time. Land for the laying
of the pipe line and for pumping stations, etc., was also granted, as well as
an area of ten jaribs at Ahwaz above the rapids, for the purposes of the
Company. The period of the lease was for the period of the concession or
for any extension or renewal thereof, but in the latter case a rent of £1,500
per annum was to be paid. The lease was to be binding on the Shaikh and
his heirs, successors and tribesmen, and was subsequently signed by tribal
heads.
It was also found necessary to give the Shaikh a separate confidential
assurance to the effect that if, when the concession expired, the Persian
Government claimed the buildings, machinery, etc., on the land leased from
the Shaikh, he would be assisted to arrive at a favourable settlement with
that Government by His Majesty's Government.
By the end df December some 6,000 tons of material for the Oil Company
had arrived and of which 4,000 tons were landed on Abadan Island at
Braim, whence it was to be slowly removed up country by the R. S. " Malamir,"
S. L- " Ishtar," and the R. S. " Blosse Lynch," Messrs. Lynch Brothers having
contracted to carry 8,000 tons within three months.
It is early to say much as to the prospects of the Company. All that
can be said is that they appear to have plenty of oil and that their difficulties
will commence when they attempt to sell large quantities of oil in competition
with American and Russian Companies. The cost of production of their oil
seems likely to be high, and Mohammerah is not near to any large market for
oil.
Mr. C. Ritchie, of J. L. Weir, Limited, Glasgow, spent three months
during the summer surveying and examining the country between Masjid-i-
Sulaiman and Mohammerah, and Mamatain and Ahwaz, with a view to find
ing the best route for the pipe lines, for which his firm has the contract.
A proposal from the Company, in 1909, to join with the Indo-European
Telegraph Department in erecting a telegraph line to run down their pipe
line, from Ahwaz to Mohammerah, bifurcating off a few lines above Moham
merah, one line crossing the Karun and entering the town, the other con
tinuing to Abadan, was rejected by the Indo-European Telegraph Depart
ment.
It was intended in November to sink the " Dwina," an old lighter be
longing to Messrs. F. C. Strick & Co- of Basrah, on the mud at low
water mark on the bank of the Shatt-el-Arab near Braim to act as a pier for
ocean steamers when discharging pipe line material. Unfortunately, how
ever, the mud proved too soft to sustain the weight of the " Dwina" when
she was filled with mud in order to sink her, and breaking her chains she
slipped down the bank into 8 fathoms of water, 200 feet from the bank, a
total loss. Fortunately, the wreck does not lie in the fairway channel and
is not a source df danger to navigation.
The year has been a bad one for internal trade, owing to the failure of the
wheat crop, following on a failure in
Commerce. iQOB, and owing to the continued in
security in Central Persia. The effects, however, have been largely neutral
ized, as far as Mohammerah and Nasiri are concerned, by the increase in
transit trade due to the disturbances on the Bushire-Shiraz-Ispahan Road
{vide " Customs " and " Navigation " supra)- This circumstance, and the
advent of the Oil Company, has led several British firms now established in
Basrah to consider the advisability of commencing branches here, and m
articular Messrs. Gray, Mackenzie & Co., under instructions from
ome, have been enquiring into the possibilities of trade here.
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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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