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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [300v] (605/616)
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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98
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
sent some influential men to induce the Towashes and others to return. He
also wrote to the Shaikh of Bahrain asking him not to give them asylum, and
addressed the offending Towashes promising them good treatment in the
future. The letters not having produced the desired effect, Shaikh Mubarak
sent his son. Shaikh Salim, in his launch to the pearl banks and Bahrain as
envoy, and he succeeded in inducing all to return with the exception of Hilal
Umtairi, the wealthiest man in Kuwait.
The season was a good one, the catch though not extraordinarily large
was above average quality and prices ruled high.
No pearl divers were required at the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries during
the year and therefore no passes were issued for them.
The British India Steam Navigation Company's slow fortnightly mail-
Shipping steamers have continued to call at
(Kuwait. Only one fast steamer called
in the year, as a special case, to accommodate Shaikh Mubarak's Bombay
Agent. The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
launch " Lewis Pelly " has regularly run to and from
Fao fortnightly with the Kuwait mails. The arrangement is a costly one to
Government but has worked well.
The British India slow mails were very irregular towards the close of
the year thereby causing great inconvenience and loss to merchants.
The Bombay-Persia Steam Navigation Company's vessels, since Septem
ber, discontinued calling at Kuwait for want of cargo.
Only two steamers of Bucknall's Steam Navigation Company called
at Kuwait; one brought for Shaikh Mubarak 400 tons coal and the other to
load dates. No other Company's vessels have visited the port.
Shaikh Mubarak's relations with shipping Companies and their
Agents have been friendly. The British India Managing Agents would,
however, do well to avoid irregularities in the calling of their vessels if they
do not desire a repetition of the boycotting to which the Shaikh has before
subjected them.
Early in January Mr. Zeytoon, of Messrs. Zeytoon, Livingstone & Co.
„ . j m 11 0 f Bushire, visited Kuwait to settle
Foreigners and Travellers. . n „ ., , ^ TT ,.
accounts with the firm of the late Haji
Muhammad Taqi, an arms merchant of Kuwait.,
Visits of Messrs. Vram, Nichan, Hagasse and Elbaz have already been
noticed under "Arms traffic."
Fateh Ullah, a Baghdadi Christian, arrived in February to practise as a
dentist, but left for Maskat after a month. He usually visits Kuwait in the
winter months.
In April, Mr. R. I. Money, Consulting Engineer to the National Bank
of Turkey, and his companion-interpreter, Faud Bey, a Turkish Foreign office
official, arrived in Kuwait. They called on the Shaikh at Sirra where he was
then camped and also visited Kathama bay in the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
's company.
Mr. Money severely criticized the terms of the Baghdad railway concession
and was not enthusiastic over the commercial possibilities of Kathama bay as
a terminus. They left for Basrah on the 10th by the overland route being pro
vided with transport by the Shaikh. Their visit to Kathama bay created
some wild gossip, even the Shaikh being so v far carried away that he built a
shed to secure the best site on the foreshore there.
In the same month, one Abdul Messih Antaki Bey, the proprietor otf the
Cairo newspaper " A1 Amran," came on a begging visit and left for Basrah
after a few days stay.
A surprise visits was paid to Kuwait, on the 14th of June, by M. Serge
Toukholka, Russian Consul at Basrah, accompanied by his dragoman and an
orderly. They came by a native boat armed with a letter of introduction
from the Wali of Basrah to Shaikh Mubarak. The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
showed
him the sights of the town and the same evening he was persuaded to return
by sea, though he desired to travel overland. Shaikh Salim, who represented
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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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