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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [259r] (522/616)
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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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.
PGR 1910.
17
Owing to the constant state of unrest existing in Shiraz and along the
British Commerce and the Bushire-Shiraz Bushiie-Shiraz routes in the Spring,
Eoad - . . summer, and autumn, and the frequent
caravan robberies occurring thereon, the market for British goods between
Bushire and Ispahan continued to be very poor, while the frequent congestion
of merchandise m transit at intermediate points, owing to the dangers of the
road, further spoilt prices. Muleteers moreover were heavily taxed by the
road-side Khans, and the price of transport at the beginning of the year
reached the record figure of 310 krans per 775 lbs. to Shiraz only, though it
fell to 200 krans in June, and stood at 150 krans at the end of the
year. Mules also were comparatively scarce. The caravan route was arbi
trarily changed several times during the year. In January and in February
the Sowlet-ud-Dowleh,
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
of the Kashgais, having undertaken to certain
merchants in Shiraz to hold himself responsible for the security of any cara
van route passing through his tribal territory, altered the route to be used
by muleteers three times within a few weeks, to tracks via the Tang-i-Kalimeh,
then via Husseinabad and Tang-i-Ram respectively, and finally fixed on the
Jirreh-Sar-Mashhad-Daliki road. The Firuzabad route was also used a little.
The frequency of robberies in the autumn in the neighbourhood of Shiraz
gave rise to the British note of October 14th.
After receipt of this note arrangements were come to by the Central
Government with the Sowlet-ud-Dowleh by which the latter was put in charge
of the Kazerun (Telegraph or Shahi) route which was to be declared open to
traffic and its safety guaranteed by the Kashgai Chief. By the time, however,
that this arrangement was announced, the passes were blocked with snow and
it has not therefore been possible to ascertain how far the Sowlet would have
been able to give effect to his undertaking.
About £20,000 worth of recent British commercial claims remain un
satisfied.
Owing to this conglomeration of unfavourable conditions, about £300,000
of' trade left the Bushire-Shiraz-Ispahan route, and was diverted to the
Lynch Road via Ahwaz, but the congestion which resulted on that route
caused merchants even to forward goods to Ispahan via Baghdad! The
increase of trade, noticeable in Mohammerah and Ahwaz statistics, to a cor
responding extent, has resulted.
The credit of small traders remained very shaky throughout the year and
several bankruptcies occurred.
A rainfall of 15 inches, and the subsequent fine crop produced on the
coast-districts were estimated to provide a surplus of 16,000 tons, and led to
a welcome revival in export trade in the autumn of 1911, and about 1,500 tons
were exported. Still heavier exports are in prospect this year and this may
result in a revival of business.
British refined sugar has made excellent headway in the Gulf generally
since its introduction in 1909.
Russian Interests. —Two steamers of the Odessa Line called at Bushire
twice each during 1910. The total im-
Foreign interests. port was 358 packages and one steamer
only exported cargo, namely, 17 packages tobacco from Ispahan. The imports,
save for occasional packages of cotton and dried lemons, consisted almost
entirely of China and glassware* of Russian manufacture, mainly samples.
The insecurity of the roads between Ispahan and Bushire during the
earlier part of the year compelled the Company to send the Persian ' tam-
baku," of which they have the land and sea carrying contract, to Ahwaz
instead of to Bushire for shipment.
But so little business was done locally by the Company that, in the begin
ning of the year, the Russian Agent was transferred to Port Said on Consular
Service and a Persian gentleman left in charge, who also acts as Dragoman
to the French Consul. In September a new agent was appointed, this time
a well-known Maskat arms-dealer named Wram, apparently of Levantine
extraction, who, however, vanished again within a month, the Acting Russian
D
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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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