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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [227r] (458/616)
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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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 1909. 37
In June 1909, Shaikh Hanzal, Deputy Governor of Nasiri, was arrested
on a charge of conspiracy against Shaikh Khazal, and imprisoned. It is
difficult to say whether the charge was well founded or seriously believed by
Khazal, hut the occasion was undoubtedly a convenient one to enable the latter
to send his eldest son Chasib, Nusrat-ul-Mulk, to Nasiri as Deputy Governor,
on his return in August from Dizful where he had been acting in a similar
capacity. The change much improved this young man, who had suffered not
a little in health and character from association with men of indifferent
character in Mohammerah.
Shaikh Abdul Majid, a little son of the Shaikh, was nominally Governor
of Fallahiyah, throughout the year, four of the principal Shaikhs acting as
a council of regency under his nominal control.
Another baby son ('Abdullah) of the Shaikh was nominal Deputy
Governor in Hindi an throughout the year, the actual government being
carried on by his mother's father, Mir 'Abdullah of Hindian, who also con
trolled the districts of M'ashur and Jarrahi.
The Karguzar at Mohammerah for the past three years—Saad-es-Sultan
—exchanged posts with the Ittila-ed-Dowleh, Karguzar of Bushire, who had
to leave the latter town owing to difficulties with the Darya Begi. Saad-es-
Sultan had given satisfaction to all classes, and his departure was univer
sally regretted.
His successor accused him of pro-German tendencies, with what truth it
is hard to say : he himself always professed an impartial standpoint with
regard to foreigners, and this attitude may have given rise to the charge
against him.
He was in receipt of substantial presents from the Shaikh and from Haji
Rais, and may have been somewhat pro-German in the days when Haji Rais
was the agent of R. Wonckhaus & Co. in Mohammerah.
Monsieur Leleux was replacel in April by M. Zwinne, on transfer of
n x . - • . • 1. 'the former to Bushire. Although the
Customs Administration. . n rq iij
latter was personally agreeable, and had
the reputation of being perfectly clean-handed, he caused much annoyance to
the Shaikh, and to British and native firms, by introducing harsh and novel
interpretations of the Customs Regulations, enforcing fines, and causing
rigorous and unnecessary searches to be made.
His attitude was probably due partly to a desire to perform his duty
conscientiously, partly to his inherent tendency to adhere to the letter rather
than to the spirit of the regulations, enforcing fines, the insistent demands
for remittances by the Central Government.
Smuggling continued unabated throughout the year. The Customs Ad-
tninistration are powerless at present to check it, and the Shaikh, on financial
and political grounds, is unwilling to assist them.
No cases of plague occurred during the year. Assistant Surgeon G. C.
_ Rehling, I.S.M.D., continued to hold the
Quaran me. position of Quarantine Medical Officer
for the port throughout the year. The service was maintained satisfactorily
and without any friction.
The local Persian Postal Service was satisfactorily carried on, and no
losses or serious outrages were reported.
, 08 s ' A postman was attacked near Kut
Abdallah (Nasiri) in December, but the mails were not touched.
The Arabistan Telegraphs Convention was signed on the 17th June,
and at the end of the year awaited the
Telegraphs. necessary ratification by the Persian
Medjliss-
The Persian Telegraphs worked most unsatisfactorily throughout the
year, and were a source of much annoyance to British firms in Arabistan.
A proposal by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, to join with the
indo-European telegraph Department in running a telegraph wire down
W pipe line and in sharing the cost was not accepted by the Department.
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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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There is a list of contents at the front of each Report.
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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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