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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [131r] (266/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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AND THE MASKAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908.
Rudbar has been upside down throughout the year. The Governor who
was there was chased out and the man who succeeded him has been a non
entity when there and has not been there for the greater part of the time. In
the meantime the Khans of Rudbar has been raiding into .Pais and tihe Arabs
and Baharloos counter-raiding into Rudbar and parts of Jiruft and the villages
are almost all deserted.
Rafsinjan and Zarand have been no better off. The Farsis aided and
directed by the Buchagchis have looted all along their borders and the Kerma-
nis there are too weak to counter-raid or protect themselves. The Governor of
Sirjan managed to shoot the chief of the Buchagchis during a Muharram
service, but has only succeeded in starting a blood-feud between himself and
the tribe.
Bands of robbers have sprung up on every road and the posts have been
robbed over and over again. Caravans have practically stopped moving except
in bodies of several hundreds. The usual rice caravan from Shiraz arrived in
Kerman escorted by 500 men, 300 of them armed with Martini rifles.
The Kerman district on the whole has been, like the rest of Persia, in a
state of anarchy and there does not seem to be much prospect of anything
more than a slight improvement until the central government in Tehran really
take a grasp of tilings.
Under the circumstances it is not surprising that the postal service has been posts,
irregular and more than usually uncertain. Parcels unless insured have no
chance of escaping robbery either in the post or outside and even when insured
they are not much more successful in getting through. Letters and papers
mostly come through some time but quite promiscuously and very often open.
There are no roads in the district and the apologies for them have been Communications,
almost unused during the year, except the short track between Kerman and
Yezd. No caravan left Bunder Abbas for Kerman from May to the end of
December. The robbers have been in possession of all the tracks and donkeys
and camels have been carried off within 3 miles of Kerman itself.
The telegraph office in Kerman has become the transmitting station on the Telegraphs,
main Indo-European route since the linking up of the line through Panjgur.
The European staff has been considerably increased and now consists of an Assist
ant Superintendent, clerk in charge, two signallers and an Inspector of the Divi
sion. The much-needed line to Bunder Abbas has not yet been constructed.
The Imperial Bank of Persia's branch here is flourishing under the able Bank,
management of Mr. Simpson and has now got a European accountant.
Mr. Simpson has succeeded in purchasing an excellent site abutting on the
main bazar and is building new premises on it, the completion of which should
largely increase the Bank's business.
The Church Missionary Society hospital has continued to work but its Missionaries,
management is unfortunately neither judicious nor popular and in place of being
a help to my work has become a source of anxiety. I hope to effect a change
in this matter. The other side of the Mission is more popular and if the school
is not yet a large one, I think it is making as much progress as can be expected.
Trade is dealt with in a separate report and I need here only say that in Trade,
spite of all the difficulties the figures show an increase of some five
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
on last year.
The climate both in the summer and in the winter was milder than usual. Climate.
There was very little snow in Kerman itself and the hills round,which usually
have snow on them till June and July, will have none by the middle of May,
The rain was very late in commencing and very scanty till just the end of
the year, since when it has improved and promises now to continue later than
usual and the prospects of the harvest are now good.
The year under report has been politically full of incident and the want of
any competent authority has made the work very anxious and difficult. In a
short time now, however, we shall have a capable and experienced Governor
again at the head of affairs and I hope the coming year will be less full of
incident and more free from anxiety.
C. DUCAT,
Eis Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman,
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The volume contains 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. for 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); 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 Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); Administration Report of 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 the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of 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 the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); Administration Report of 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. for the Year Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); and Administration Report of 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. for the Year 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).
The Reports contain reviews 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.
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