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'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [9v] (18/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 1906. 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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Kowwan-uI.Mulk, 1895.
(Governor of Bushire and Gulf ports.)
Hissam-es-Sultaneh, 1895-96.
(Appointed on the fall of the last with Rukn-ed-DowIeh at Shiraz,)
Iktedar-us-Sultaneh, 1897.
Itemad-ul-Sultan, 1897.
Imad-i-Nizam, 1897.
Said-ul-Sultan, 1897.
Mazuffur-i-Nizam Muez-ul-Memalek, 1897.
Darya-Begi, 1897.
Salar Akrom (Salar-I-Moazzim), 1901,
Darya-Begi, March J904.
C.—Governors of Bandar Abbas,
Ahmed Shah Khan of Minas, died in July 1876.
Nasir-ul-Mulk, 1876.
Mahomed Hassan Khan, 1882 (Saad-ul-Mulk).
Mahomed Hussan Khan, 1883, brothers of Saad-ul-Mulk, 1883,
Mahomed Hassan Mirza, 1885.
IV.—Famine in Persia: The Famine Relief Fund, 1870.72.
5' In 1870-72 a fearful famine raged in Persia, and caused immense soffering
Political a., August 1870, Nos. 321*323. and mortality. In June 1870 Sir C. Alison
r . , , informed the Foreign Office of the imnenH-
mg famme on account of the scarcity of rain. He apprehended serious trouble
and riots of the hungry mobs. The Persian Government was not prepared to
meet the emergency even to a small extent. ^
6. On 18th June 1870 Mirza Said Khan addressed a letter to Mr. Alison
Political A., August 1870, Nos. 217.319. siating that information had reached the
harbours of Pars that no rain having falle^theTcardty^f h^d'was^so great
laHn" 1 Th ' Qt ln ^ ab ^ ants of those districts had scattered from fear of star-
Ihn K f J t S G , 0 . ve . rn a ment therefore requested that the British Resident
exporting
grab
Shallow vessel with a projecting bow.
^ ' ' e " Ce t0preVent the English g rain merchants from
7. Bushire had been for some time without a Governor^ when under the
Political A., August 1870, Nos. 174-175. pressure of a prospective famine a mob
iThtX)' l3 """' <si ' witCJ
8. The British Resident (Colonel Pelly) was prepared to hand over all the
Political A., January 1871, Nos. 280-300. g r ain in the granaries of the British
there was no authority at the time who receive k' t IT r ? t Ut ^ rities J but
were then induced to^ell their grain to rpopXe^UoJ rates ofpZ
sale was kept up for a month when a Governor aonpareH n„ l P 7- he
was handed over the stock left with the British merchants 311 t0
9- Writing in March .87., Colonel Pelly states in the Administration Report
Volume 1—92 of 1871. ^-"0 Gulf ^
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This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906.
The volume is divided into twelve chapters:
- Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16);
- Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands of Kishm, Angaum and Ormuz and the town of Bandar Abbas and its dependencies (folios 17-30);
- Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. British Expedition to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Karun River (folios 31-34);
- Various attempts made to establish Persian influence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1887-1905 (folios 35-39);
- 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. appointments, establishments, and guards and buildings on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 40-49);
- British extra-territorial jurisdiction on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 50-62);
- Questions of Status (folios 63-69);
- Claims of British subjects and protegés against the Persian Government and Officials and Persian subjects (folios 70-80);
- Certain miscellaneous affairs with regard to British relations with Persia (folios 81-87);
- Infringement of British Commercial Rights (folios 88-94);
- Introduction of Belgian Customs Administration and new Tariff, 1900-1905 (folios 95-100);
- Persian interference with the British Postal arrangements (folios 101-103).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (106 folios)
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B'
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- front, front-i, 2r:34r, 35r:50r, 51v:56r, 57r:86r, 87r:91v, 92v:105v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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