Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [256v] (517/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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-Stringent measures of retrenchment and economy resulted in *
surplus" lmpr0Vement in the State ’ s dances and the year ended witS a
The prestige of the State was raised by the submission in MnmU , .
threat °f force of the recalcitrant Bani Bu Ali tribe. Three Sloops onhe
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division, three Royal Air Force Flying Boats a detachment % f
Muscat Levies, and the Muscat State gunboat, were concentrated near Sur
bin Abdulla, the Chief of the tribe, was informed that if he would not nermit ^
establishment of a Customs post at Sur, as a sign of the State’s suzerainty hi!
fort at Aiqa, a suburb of Sur, would be bombarded bv His Majesty’s sinV,
and his tort at Ja’alan SO miles away in the interior, wouMbe bombed P hv
4 fter fi^ hts Royal Air Force Flying Boats had taken place over
Ja alan and warning pamphlets had been dropped, Ali bin Abdulla submitto I
A satistactory result was thus brought about without a shot beino- fired tT *
importance of the incident lay in the fact that other recalcitrant Chiefs elsuwher!
m Muscat territory were watching events at Sur, and—if Ali bin Abdid!! if !
not been taken to task—might in their turn have endeavoured to senarU*
themselves from the Muscat Government, when the wholesale disiiitegratioii of
the State might well have commenced. * 1011
f 11 T - a( ?Z S1 5 es of , tbe Tlie trade on the Arab side is dealt with
fillip m the Trade Reports from the Agencies for the year in question
liade on the Peisian side as far as Bushire is concerned i«? dpnlf n-m *
Seohon 8 of Chapter I of this Report. As far as Souft Per a genera v Is
asTtasaac ' “• r “ r ,r ~ ojsstz
, .y| ril fh general econoi ^ 1( i depression due to extraneous causes was accentuated
b> / if Govornment restrictions on trade, monopolies and control of exchange
and the famine conditions which prevailed in the South owing to the f-eneml
failure of the rams during the winter of 1931-32. 6 ° eneial
Persian side of the Gulf. —On the Persian side of the Gulf the Persian
Government continued with some success its work of disarmino- fL Gu
separate them from their hereditary leaders, and inefeSu^co^rofo^
^ Seenrityin the South was good in the early months of the year but tlia
pievalence of famine conditions led to an increase later in brigandage’
demi-official—was receivld from hi^^’ t T d c ° n «; de ™We assistance-official and
1Lceuea tro m him m the solution of various local problems.
T. C. FOWLE, Lieut.-Colonel,
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.
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the 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. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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