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AOTUAL REPORT
OP THE
PEIiSIAN GULF RESIDENCY
FOR THE
NINE MONTHS ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 1908.
Keview by the Political Eesident.
The Annual Reports of the offices in the sphere of the P.,if
Residency have been furnished by the following officers ersian Gulf
1. Bushire and Fars .
2. Arabistan
3. Kerrnan
4. Kermansliali
5. Bunder Abbas
6. Persian Mekran
3 fiST* 1 0man * * ' '• BytbelesHen^ 011 ^ 1 * 0 ' 8,
tKr : : : : :
only^hlnl?wh^hTnv!. h fL Sin0esub ™ ission of ^st year's report the
oiuy cnanges which have taken place in the personnel of the Agencies and
kflt n H P a r e that Mr. Holland has assumed charge of the Agency at Mas-
«CliXta. tt L S1 " ,,e ' |,e " reIi " ,ed i Ga£
Op„ n A S regards the personnel of the Residency, Captain R. L. Birdwood
KySttnlnlM E W Rae 0n ^ ^ 30th April 1908 ' and Was relie ^
Bah/efn^V 0 / 600 ^' howe y e f' that s i, nce the dose of the year the Arabistan,.
Bahrein and Koweit appointments have all been vacated by the officers
work^htrw ^ c * eate them ' after P each case, five years of valuable
anH infl resulted m a very material enhancement of British prestige
and influence and promotion of British interests. 1S
t ,„„ r .^'j e 7? ar 19 ^ has . beca a troublous one for Persia. In May the Shah •"J
contiWH f oy f n ^ 0 Y m Sthe Majlis at Tehran. The Nationalists, however, Pal "-
■ dominate the situation at Tabriz and the close of the vear
found their position all over the country greatly improved.
p ^ t !1 t T he . ti ™ e ^ writing (March 1909) most of the principal towns in
£hlv. ln , he 1 hands of the Nationalists, and it seems probable that the
Shah will soon be brought to his knees by want of funds.
stao-tflnf 1 th | co . ndition , of affairs, the year has naturally been a
ta & nant one for foreign trade, the anarchy prevailing having greatly
P ersia.
By the Eesident and Mr. J. H. Bill, I.C S
Majesy's Acting Consul, Sliiraz.
By Captain D. L, P,. Lorinier.
By Major C. Ducat.
By Captain L. B. Haworth.
By Captain W. H. I. Shakespear.
M'-H, Whitby Smith, Director, Persian
Orulf Telegraphs.
A rabia.