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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [267v] (539/616)
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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32
ABMINISTEATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
On October 7th Sarim-ul-Mulk, having been informed that his father had
been dismissed from the post of Governor-General and that he himself had
no longer any official status in Kerman, left for Yezd, plundering the villages
on his way thither.
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Nusrat, commander of the local forces, was
placed temporarily in charge of the government, and held charge until the
end of the year. He has a sense of responsibility and has not spared himself
in executing the duties of his office, but owing to lack of resources has been
able to effect but little.
The province has thus been without a Governor-General for nearly the
whole of the year, and its conditions may best be described as one of anarchy.
Baluchistan, which has paid no revenue for over three years, is virtually in
dependent, and no Persian official will accept the Governorship of the pro
vince. Not only is the province disturbed, but the Khans from time to time
raid the eastern districts of the Kerman province, plundering villages, slay
ing men, carrying off women and children into slavery, and causing much
misery, and there is no force capable of resisting, much less of punishing
them.
Recently the districts of Rudbar and Jiruft have shewn some symptoms
of an inclination to follow the example of Baluchistan. Payment of the
revenue has been withheld and, in October, Mehdi Kuli Khan, the Deputy
Governor of JirufJt, was murdered by a gang of men headed by one Pahlvan
Muhammad Khan of Jamalbariz. The murderers are still at large.
On April 7th two Mujtabids of Kerman, Mirza Ismail and Mirza Mah-
mud, brothers, were arrested by the police for preaching in inflammatory terms
against the British. A telegram was received from Tehran ordering their
deportation, but, owing to the protests of the Muj tabids of Najif and the
townspeople of Kerman, the sentence was reversed on conditions that the two
Mujtahids refrained in future from preaching openly against Europeans.
The action of the police has had a very salutary effect on the Mullas of
Kerman.
During the month of April one Abbas Kuli Daragai raided the Afshar
country in the Kerman province. After remaining there for about a month
and plundering the country he was driven out by Gunj Ali Khan, the Afshar
Chief, but he took his booty with him.
Muhammad Khan, ex-Governor of Jiruft, who was on bail in Kerman,
awaiting his trial <for acts of oppression committed by him in Jiruft, was
seized by Nusrat-us-Sultan and flogged and tortured without trial. On
August 6th he took refuge in the British Consulate where he remained for
more than a month. The necessity for extending protection to a man who
had undoubtedly behaved, 'as Governor of a district, in a brutal and oppres
sive manner, was unfortunate, but as he had been punished without trial and
without reference to the judicial authorities he could not be refused admis
sion. He left on receiving assurances from the local authorities.
v . sitorg No traveller passed through the Ker
man province during the year.
The Postal Department in the province is well managed on the British
Pogts system by the Provincial Postmaster,
who has many difficulties to contend
with. The contractor for carrying mails between Kerman and Yezd was
unable to meet the requirements of the postal authorities, and the Postmaster
now arranges departmentally for the carriage of the posts on that line. Posts
have been most irregular for a long time past, but this is due to the insecurity
of the roads and not to any mismanagement on the part of the Postmaster,
T any posts, both outgoing and incoming, have been intercepted and destroyed
jy robbers, and many more have been delayed owing to robbers.
The Telegraph Department has worked well under great difficulties. The
, Persian authorities are unable to pro-
eegrap s. ^ safety of the line between
Bam and Kuh-i-Malik-ShiaH and much wilful damage is done both by Balu-
chis and by gangs of Afghans returning from the coast, who, having been dis
appointed of the loads of arms which they expected to bring back with them,
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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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