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'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [75v] (150/212)
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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138
(Ixxv) Complaints preferred by British Indian subjects and people belonging to
Bahrein and Ras-el-Khyma against Persian authorities cf Luristan and Bandar
Abbas, 1892-94.
498. We shall give below some instances of claims of British subjects and
subjects of Bahrein and Trucial Chiefs
External a., February 1894, Nos. i -8. against the Persian Government, showing
the procedure adopted by the British officials and the tactics of delay and
obstructiveuess pursued by the Persian officials.
Complaint against the B kni M alik tribe on the coast under the administration
of F ath A li K han, Begler Begi of Lar is tan.
Case of E sa bin H amada, a subject of the Chief of Bahrein.
499. On the night of the 22nd June 1892, Esa bin Hamada of Bahrein,
nakhoda of a boat belonging to Ibrahim bin Hassan of Bahrein, was at anchor in
the boat in the roadstead of Tibbin,*
• On the coast somewhere near Naband. ^ a dependency of KaS r Kunar, in
the district of Gaobandi, under Fath Ali Khan, Begler Begi of Laristan. The
boat was attacked at night by 11 robbers, reported to have been of the Beni
Malik tribe, who seized and bound Esa bin Hamada, stabbed a passenger on
board, afid carried off R 800 in cash with other property valued at R 80.
500. The nakhoda and owner of the boat made a formal complaint before
the Kazi and the Chief of Bahrein. The Chief forwarded it to the Resident, who
on the 5th August 1892 informed the British Agent at Shlraz, and requested
him to move the Governor of Fars to obtain redress. His Royal Highness the
Rukn-ud-Daula (then Governor-General of Fars) sent an order on the 13th
August 189a to Fath Ali Khan of Laristan, directing him to trace the robbers
and recover the stolen property.
501. In October 1892 the Resident reminded the Government of Fars through
the British Agent at Shiraz, and in reply was informed that a special messenger
would be sent on the subject to the Begler Begi of Lar.
502. Nothing further was heard or done till the beginning of July 1893,
„ , .. „ „ when a somewhat f similar outrage, com-
t Case of Ah bin Darwish. Note E. j i >1 t -> • i \/r r 1 * 'u
mitted by the Bern Malik tribe upon
another Bahrein boat wrecked off Blsatin on the Laristan coast, was brought
to notice. The Officiating Resident (Major Sadler) wrote about that case and
also the Tibbin case, to the Nizam-es-Sultaneh, Governor-General of Fars. The
latter replied on the 23rd July 1893, saying that., although both the cases referred
to had occurred in the time of His Royal Highness the Rukn-ud-Daula, he had
ordered Fath Ali Khan of Lar to punish the offenders and obtain compensation.
503. On the 4th September 1893 the Officiating Resident (Mr. Crawford)
telegraphed to the British Agent at Shiraz to find out how these cases stood.
Thereupon (9th September) the INizam-es-Sultaneh informed the British Agent,
and wrote to the Resident, that he had sent Fath Ali Khan to Laristan with
strict orders to enquire into the cases on the spot and settle them.
Complaint against the B eni M alik tribe on the coast under the administration
of F ath A li K han, Begler Begi of Laristan,
Case of M a G hu- BIN -M uja, Hindu trader, a British Indian subject, living at
Bahrein.
504. In September 1892 Maghu Banya went from Bahrein to the Persian
1 Lat. 27° n. • Lone. 32" e. coast for P ur P oses of t rad e- He Stopped
' at Naband,} on the coast of Laristan, in
the house of Esa bin Saad, intending to take a boat from there to Bahrein. On
the night of the 18th September, Esa bin Saad being absent, 15 men broke
into the house, dragged Maghu out, beat and wounded him, and carried off his
property, which consisted largely of pearls, and was valued at 26,479 krans
(=Rio,592).
505. Maghu applied in vain for redress to Rustam Khan, son of Fath Ali
Khan, Begler Begi of Laristan, who is his father's Deputy at Gaobandi, and
also the Shaikh Ahmed Khan, Chief of Asalu, who replied that he knew the
robbers, but had no power to recover the property from them. Maghu had
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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).
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- 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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- front, front-i, 2r:34r, 35r:50r, 51v:56r, 57r:86r, 87r:91v, 92v:105v, back-i, back
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