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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [283v] (571/616)
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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64
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
\
No official visitors passed through the district during the year under
Visitors review, except Sir William Willcocks,
who, accompanied by Mr. Storrs and
Lieutenant Wilson, His Majesty's Acting Consul, Mohammerah, had come to
inspect the Kut Nahar Hashim lands, with a view to irrigation. The project
was favourably reported on by Sir William W T illcocks.
Dr. and Mrs. Carr of the Church Missionary Society, Ispahan, visited
Ahwaz, Mohammerah, Shushtar, Dizful and Ram Hormuz on a medico-mis
sionary tour in January and February.
Mr. David Fraser, correspondent for the Times of India, passed through
the district in January, having visited the Oil Fields en route, from Ispahan
to India. s
Mr. Hale of the Imperial Bank of Persia, and Lieutenants Noel, 44th
Merwara Infantry, and Gray, R.E., passed through the district towards the
end of the year, the former en route to Shiraz, the latter two to India.
In October, Prince Troubatskoy, a Russian, passed through en route to
Ispahan. He gave out that he was travelling for sport and pleasure.
In addition to the above, various other travellers of minor importance
passed through the district.
As foretold in the paragraph on this subject, forwarded at the request
of His Majesty's Acting Consul, Moham-
P r ?f ress of Constitutional Institutions in mera h, for inclusion in the Moham-
the Anwaz District. i, -r» j.
merah Consulate Administration Report
• for 1909, Constitutional Institutions in the towns of Northern Arabistan and
Ahwaz have made no progress whatever, their retrogression being such that
they are now only noticeable by their absence, which also is applicable to
Behbehan; and in the meanwhile reactionary views are daily expressed more
freely and openly.
The nomadic Arabs and the hill tribes of the Ahwaz Consular District,
with the exception of the Bakhtiaris, are still unaffected by and unprovided
with Constitutional Institutions. Among the Bakhtiari tribesmen however
the spirit of unrest and independence is spreading rapidly, with the result
that the tribes are rapidly losing their former fear of their Chiefs and their
power to coerce them.
The Bakhtiari Khans are now reaping the first fruits among their own
tribesmen of the '* azadi " (freedom), which they themselves planted and
tended so assiduously in 1909—and a bitter fruit it is proving to be.
Crops. —The rainfall in the winter of 1909-10 and the spring of 1910
proving sufficient, good crops were ob-
Misceiianeous. tained^and wheat for export plentiful.
Meteorological. —Total rainfall 14*68 inches.
Maximum temperature 116-6° in August.
Minimum temperature 35-6° in January.
Ahwaz Consulate Agents, etc., in Arabistan and elsewhere in the Con
sular District of Ahwaz.—K Secret Service Agent was maintained throughout
the year, in charge of the Dizful Consulate House, and friendly relations
were maintained with many of the leading men of both the towns of Shushtar
and Dizful, notably among whom were Shaikh Muhammad Hussein, Chief
Mujtahid of Dizful, Shaikh Muhammad Baqir (Dizful), Mirza Tahir Khan
Mustafi (Accountant-General) of Shushtar, Seyyid Abdulla Imam Juma ot
Shushtar, and Mirza Abdulla of Shushtar, the latter corresponding with His
Majesty's Consul as unpaid Secret Service Agent.
In April 1910, Mirza Ali Akbar of Burujird was appointed "News-
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
" and Secret Service Agent of the Ahwaz Consulate for Lunstan,
which post he continued to hold throughout the remainder of the year, and,
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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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