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‘Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muskat Political Agency for the year 1878-79.’ [104v] (15/146)
The record is made up of 1 volume (72 folios). It was created in 1880. 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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6 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
POLITICAL
South. —Wadi-Sabey,
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-Sbahran,
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-el-Dowasir.
31. At the zenitb of tbe Wabbabfs power tbe political corresponded
in extent with tbe geograpbical Nejd, but it need not be said that at
present the representative of the Amirs may claim at most to be the
ruler of the town Rmdh. •
32. The Turkish Government having occupied El-Hasa and the
seaports of El-Katif and 'Ojair, ■'Abdallah-ibu-Feysal is completely cut
off from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and the sect of Wabhabis, with the temporal
rule, is fast on the wane; the tales of their fierce doings have become
stereotyped history of the past.
33. The reported negotiations between 'Abdallah and the Turkish
Authorities mentioned in the last Annual Report came to nothing. His
nephews, however, the sons of Sa'ood-bin- Feysal, endeavoured to raise
a rebellion against the Turks, or were induced to lend their names to it,
and Katif was closely invested by BedoUin bands, by land and sea, and
owed its relief, primarily, to the appearance of Her Majesty's Ship
Vulture cruising against pirates. Later large re-inforcements were sent
from Baghdad and Busrah, and the insurrection was quelled.
34. Sa'eed
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has been appointed to the vacant post of " Mutaser-
rif " or Governor of El-Hasa, which now forms a province of the Valayet
of Busrah. He is reported an officer of some intelligence and activity,
but, in common with so many high officials of his nationality, has been
the subject of insinuations somewhat depreciatory of his earlier career
and the services which gained him patronage.
35. The Mutaserrif of El-Hasa has control of the entire sphere of
Turkish jurisdiction in this quarter, the Deputy Governors of Katif and
Ojair being subordinate to him. His residence and seat of Government
is usually at El-Hasa some 50 miles inland. The word " Hasa " means
water found by digging through sand, and the plural form is Ahsa.
Both forms are used in designating the district, El-Ahsa being most
used locally.
36. The seaports El-Katif and ^Ojair or 'Okair, forming, as they do,
the natural outlets, are under the existing regime by force of circum
stances included in the province of El-Hasa. But it may be interesting
to note that, according to Arabian writers, the name Bahrain, now re
stricted only to the islands so called, once extended to a tract of mainland
including El-Katif and El-Katr.*
37. The disturbances which occurred during the summer in the
vicinity of El-Katif were accompanied and followed by a renewal of piracy
on a serious scale all along the coast from Katif to El-Bidaa. The
principal offenders were, as usual, the irrepressible Beni-Hajir Bedonuis.
These freebooters, who, as stated in the previous report, had been dis
turbed from their former place of resort, ^Odeyd, transferred their opera
tions to the neighbourhood of Kateef in Turkish territory and operated
with much boldness and success from Dhahran, Dareyn, &c. Tbe most
daring of their exploits was conducted by their best-known leader
Kaeed-bin-Mohammed, who crossed the Gulf in a captured vessel from
* The following passage is from Beladzori; —
" It is said the apostle of God removed 'Ola from office and placed Abban-bin-said-
bin-Assi hin-Omeyah over El-Bahrain. Others say 'Ola was over that part of Bahrain
which is El-Katif, and Abbun over that in which is El-Katr; but the first accouut is
more probable."
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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. 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 Muskat [Muscat] Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1878-79, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of the 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 Report (folios 102-107) written by Edward Charles Ross, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that gives a summary of developments in the region during the past year. It is divided up as follows:
1. 'Oman;
2. Arab Coast;
3. Bahrain;
4. Nejd, El Hasa [Al Hasa], El Katr [Qatar];
5. Southern Persia;
6. Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū];
7. Establishments;
8. Slave Trade.
Part 1 contains the following appendices (folios 107v-115):
Appendix A: contains a number of meteorological tables in Bushire and Shiraz during the previous year.
Appendix B: 'Description of the Bahrain Islands' by Captain Edward Law Durand, First Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Appendx C: 'Memorandum on the Topography, &c., of Khuzistan or Persian Arabia, by P J C Robertson, Esq., Assistant 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. , Busrah [Basra].
Part 2 , is a Report on Trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for 1878 (folios 116-119) written by Edward Charles Ross, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It also contains a Memorandum on the Opium of Persia written by George Lucas, Uncovenanted Assistant to 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Part 2 contains the following appendices (folios 119v-159):
Appendix A: Memorandum on cultivation of a village in one of the Boolooks (districts) of Shiraz.
Appendix B: Three tables related to the number of vessels engaged in trade in Oman, Bahrain and from Lingah to Dayer.
Appendix C: A series of 29 tabular statements relating to numerous aspects of trade in the region.
Part 3 , is an Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Muskat, for the year 1878-79 (folio 159v-160) written by Samuel Barrett Miles, 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, Muskat. The report provides a summary of developments in Muskat and the surrounding region during the previous year.
Part 3 contains the following appendix:
Appendix A: 'Memorandum on Geography of 'Oman' by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, 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, Muskat.
Part 4 , is a Muskat Trade report written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, 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, Muskat (folios 162v-169). The report contains a number of tabular statements related to trade to/from Muskat during the previous year.
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- 1 volume (72 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 (folios 100-101) that lists the report's contents and uses the report's own pagination sequence.
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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 98, and ends on the last folio, on number 169.
Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- ‘Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muskat Political Agency for the year 1878-79.’
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- front, 98r:169v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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