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‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1893-94’ [121r] (12/63)
The record is made up of 1 volume (30 folios). It was created in 1894. 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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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 MUSCAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE YEAR 1893-94 11
In July a scheme forjhe taxation of foreigners engaged in retail trades
and industries was annonnced by the Persian Government, and has since come
into force.
The districts near Bushire were again subject to some trouble and disorder.
Khan Ali Khan of Bunder E/ig having farmed Angali and other villages in
Dashtistan was resisted by the inhabitants, and Angali holding out after the
submission of the others, was attacked with the support of a gun from
Bushire. In Tangistan there was a still more serious conflict, and Hyder
Khan, though assisted by a detachment of Persian soldiers and a gun, failed
against the Tangseri tribe who, armed with Martini-Henry rifles, compelled
the soldiers to retreat under their steady fire.
Cholera prevailed in various parts and seriously threatened Bushire, It
appeared at Basrah in May and later at Mohammerah, and spread on the Arab
coast as well as on the Persian side of the Gulf and its islands. Erom the
coast it advanced to the places on the route leading from Bushire to Shiraz,
and thus Bushire became liable to invasion by the disease both by land and
water, its communications by both being very active.
Quarantine was established against Busrah in June, and subsequently
against arrivals from any infected port, and, though the measures adopted were
framed with the utmost consideration for the interests of trade, was eminently
successful.
In consequence of the spread of the epidemic to the neighbouring dis
tricts, quarantine was imposed on arrivals by land in September. Special pre
cautions were also taken to secure the purity of the water-supply, the condi
tions of which— drinkable water being obtainable only from a limited number
of wells at a distance from the town—lent themselves to these efforts. The re
sults were remarkably successful, only one case of the disease occurring in the
town and a few on board ships or at the quarantine stations, and this not
withstanding that a very severe type of the disease prevailed at Ahmedi, only
20 miles distant, and at other places along the Shiraz route.
It is noteworthy that the entire responsibility of devising and controlling
the measures to protect perhaps the most important port of Persia against a
terrible danger, was resigned to a foreign element, for it was solely with
Surgeon- Captain Lumsden,
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.
Surgeon, and his subordinate, that this
burden, in a professional sense, rested, no other medical aid being piovided.
The Persian authorities readily accepted the suggestions made, and supported
the measures declared to be necessary, and the Kesidency Surgeon s leport has
recorded that they " have given every assistance in carrying out the quaran
tine work effectively and without friction." The highest praise was also given
to Haji Ali Dubash, one of the Port officials, for the excellent woik done by
him in carrying out quarantine legulations.
His Excellency Rear-Admiral W. R. Kennedy visited Bushire en route
to Busrah and Baghdad in March, and was received with salutes on arrival by
H. I M S. VeJ V oli 8 > and, on landing, by a battery onshore. His Excel-
lency was visited by the Saad-ul-Mulk, whose visit was returned.
Affairs in Shiraz and the neighbouring districts continued m a very
disturbed state. It appeared that at the beginning of the year order had
been restored by the newly appointed Beglar-Begi in the city ; but the sup
pressed popular excitement broke out sgain in an acute form m the
middle of Mav, when the populace tumultuously assembled at the Telegraph
Office and insisted on transmitting a petition to His Ma3esty the Shah
regarding the high price of bread, the fall in value of copper com, and the
presence of the Baharloos and Arab tribes in the town. Feeling also ran^very
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Administration Report of 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. and Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1893-94, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and 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. at Muscat.
The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:
Part 1 , is a General Summary (folios 118-123r) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and is divided up as follows:
1. Oman-Muscat Coast, gives a summary of political and military developments on the coast with a brief comment on trade matters.
2. Oman Pirate Coast, gives a summary of relations between the various ruling families on the coast.
3. Bahrain, summary of developments in Bahrain during the previous year including news that the Ottoman Governor of El Katif [Al Qatif] had put up notices there asserting Turkish (Ottoman) sovereignty over Bahrain. It also reports a decline in pearl-fishing caused by a cholera outbreak and heavy rainfall that led to a number of fatalities.
4. El Hasa and Ojair, a brief account of tribal movements and gatherings in the area.
5. El Katif [Al Qatif], a summary of events in El Katif; records an outbreak of cholera, the appointment of a new Ottoman governor and other developments.
6. El Katr [Qatar], a summary of events in El Katr during the previous year including details of a confrontation between Shaikh Jasim and forces of the Ottoman Government.
7. Persian Arabistan, a summary of events in the region in the previous year. Reports outbreaks of disease and several other matters.
8. Fars and Persian Coast, a summary of events in the region in the previous year including details regarding a cholera outbreak, an embargo on the export of wheat, the appearance of locusts, serious flooding in Shiraz and several other matters.
9. Persian Baluchistan and Mekran, a summary of developments in the region during the previous year including details of raids and violence on the Perso-Baluch frontier, a large fire at Gwadur and several other matters.
10. Slave Trade, a brief summary of the status of slave traffic in the region that reports no slave dhows were captured during the previous year.
11. Royal Navy Vessels, records movements of British Government ships in the region and reports that Captain J H Pelly of the H. M. S. Sphinx was Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. throughout the year with the exception of temporary intervals.
12. Political Appointments, reports details of changes in staff during the previous year including the appointment of John Calcott Gaskin as Extra Assistant Resident and Vice-Consul in June and Surgeon-Captain P Lumsden as 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. Surgeon also in June.
13. Observatory, points the reader to Appendix A (see below).
Part 1 contains the following Appendix: A) Table showing force and prevailing directions of winds and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the Year 1894-94 (folios 123v-124).
Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate for the Year 1893-94 written by Major James Hayes Sadler, 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. and Consul, Muscat (folios 125-126).
Part 3, is a Report on the Trade and Commerce of the Consular District of Bushire for the Year 1893 written by Fred A. Wilson, Consul General (folios 127-129). Appendix A to part 3 consists of 25 tabular charts related to trade and commerce in Bushire and the surrounding region (folios 129-136).
Part 4, is a report entitled 'Trade Statistics for 1893-4' written by Major James Hayes Sadler, 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. and Consul, Muscat (folios 137-142). The report contains a number of detailed tables related to trade to/from Muscat.
Part 5, is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah for the Year 1893 (folio 143). The report contains a description of the state of trade in Mohammerah. Appendix A (folios 144-45) contains several tabular charts regarding imports and exports to/from Mohammerah and the surrounding region.
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- 1 volume (30 folios)
- Arrangement
The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 117) which list the report's contents.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 116, and ends on the last folio, on number 145.
Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- ‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1893-94’
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- front, 116r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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