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‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1895-96’ [257r] (8/92)
The record is made up of 1 volume (43 folios). It was created in 1896. 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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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
i
MASKAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for
1895-90.
P akt I—GENERAL SUMMARY.
1.—OMAN MA.SKAT COAST.
At the opening of the year Oman had barely emerged from a serious
convulsion. A treacherous and very formidable insurrection against the
Sultan had reduced him to dire straits, when, shut up in the forts which
dominated a part of the town, His Highness had to submit to the presence
of the rebels in his palace and to their possession of the greater part of his
town for nearly a month.
The report for the past year has been compiled by Major J. H. Sadler,
and follows as part II.
The repair of the damages caused by the hostile occupation, improvement
of the defences, and a strengthening of the armament of the forts was the
first matter demanding the attention of the ruler. On our part it was necessary
to examine into, and to determine as closely as might be possible, the losses
intiicted on British subjects during the outbreak, and to consider the means
for indemnifying them'. The loss and injury had been great, there had been
pillage which was not confined to the acts of the Sultan's enemies, and wanton
destruction had been caused by incendiarism. The enquiry into these matters
was very laborious and resulted in sn assessment of over seventy-seven thousand
dollars as the total amount of the losses sustained by British subjects, and to
meet these the Sultan was authorised by Government to impose on the produce
of the tribes, to whose excesses and violence it was due, a punitive tax to
provide compensation, the term for the complete liquidation of which was
fixed at three years.
The working of this tax was very far from satisfactory, the proceeds
came in slowly and fell far short of the estimate that had been framed,
every device was adopted to evade the taXj the despatch of the date produce
to the coast for export was delayed, part of it was shipped at Sur to escape
payment and much of it was doubtless, as loudly complained of by the Sultan,
passed through the customs at Maskat and Muttrah as the property of friendly
tribes. These causes no doubt accounted for a large part of the failure, but the
general weakness of His Highness , authority, his inefficient customs organisa
tion and a want of firm and energetic effort were also responsible in a great
measure for the unsatisfactory result. The Sultan's attitude throughout this
matter has not been commendable. His Highness appeared unable to realise
the extent of his responsibility for the disastrous injury to the important British
interests resulting from the defects of his rule, and seemed to regard his
liability as confined to the results of his attempts however feeble to recover
indemnity from the actually offending tribes.
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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 Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1895-96, 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 257-261) 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. , that provides a summary of regional developments during the previous year and is divided up as follows:
1. Oman Maskat Coast
2. Oman Pirate Coast
3. Bahrain
4. Nejd
5. El Hasa
6. Persian Arabistan
7. Fars and Persian Coast
8. Persian Baluchistan
9. Slave Trade
10. Piracy
11. Royal Navy
12. Official Changes
13. Observatory
Appendix A to part 1 (folio 262) contains the following two tables:
Table No. 1 - Table showing the force and prevailing directions of wind and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the year 1895-96.
Table No. 2 - Abstract of meteorological observations for the year ending 31st March 1896 taken at the 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. Observatory, Bushire.
Part 2 , is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1895-96 (folios 263-264). The report is written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, 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, Maskat and provides a summary of developments in Maskat during the previous year.
Part 3 , is a Report on the trade and commerce of the consular district of Bushire for the year 1895 (folios 265-266). The report is 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and provides a summary of trade developments during the previous year. It is followed by Appendix A (folios 267-281) which contains a series of 25 statistics tables related to several aspects of trade in and around the port of Bushire during the previous year.
Part 4 , is a Maskat Trade Report (folios 282-293) written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, 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, Maskat. The report contains a series of statistics tables related to trade to/from Maskat during the previous year.
Part 5 , is a Report on the trade and commerce of Mohammerah for the year 1895 (folio 294). Appendix A (folios 295-297), that follows the report, contains a series of statistics tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah during the previous year.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (43 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 256) 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 255, and ends on the last folio, on number 297.
Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/V/23/69, No 338
- Title
- ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1895-96’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 254v:298r, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence