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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [60v] (127/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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persian gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
administration report
a large and constant supply of rupee drafts. At the end of the year, owing
to till scarcity and high price of sugar and other imported articles in the iSorth
of Persia local merchants began to forward large quantities of such goods to
Meshed and even to Tabriz. This gave rise to a large business m bills with
those places which fell largely to the share of the Bank.
Ovvin 0, to the embargo on the return of supeifluous British subjects to
Kerman, no Missionaries were able to
church Missionary Society. come to Kerman and the Missionary Hos
pital and school remained closed.
Mr. Wetli of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited, received
penrissiou to come up to Kerman and
Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited. ^ trave ^ e( J U p w ith Lieutenant IWl's
Column to which he rendered useful services as interpreter and Persian expert,
arriving in the beginning of September. He has been chiefly occupied in
trying to recover property stolen from the Company and to secure the comple
tion of weaving contracts on which the Company had advanced money, lew
or no new orders have been placed. Some carpets and a quantity of yarn
seized and sold by the Germans have been recovered and restored to the
Company, but property of considerable value is still missing,
The Russian Acting Consul, M. Chiriaieff, returned from Bandar Abbas,
where he had spent the winter and spring,
Russian Affairs. reached Kermanin June. Later it was
decided to "withdraw the Russian Consul and close the Consulate, Russian
interests being intrusted to the charge of His Majesty's Consul.
M. ChiraiefF left Kerman for Meshed with his escort of Cossacks in
September having made practically no pretence of handing over to His
Majesty's Consul w r ho was confined to bed at the time.
The withdrawal of the Russian representative has thrown a considerable
amount of vexatious and thankless work on His Majesty's Consul. The
Russians have no subjects and practically no permanent interest in Kerman,
but they maintain a host of Persian Agents in the districts who all frequently
require help and protection in their private affairs. His Majesty's Consul
has received and attended to appeals from Russian Agents in Bam, Sirjan,
Rafsinjan (two Agents) and Anar (a family and dependants). The interest
of two Russian Agents in Yezd have also claimed attention. Many of the
appeals made are such as would not be listened to by His Majesty's Consul
as British Consul, and some of them have been troublesome and have con
sumed much valuable time.
It is unnecessary to w r aste more time on writing about them in detail
here.
The following Foreign non-British firms bare representatives at present
Foreign Busines's Firm. in Kerman Messrs. TfiTshanjiaa and
Messrs. Ginishian, both American-
Armenian firms of New York, and Messrs. Castelli and Kazan. A representa
tive of Messrs. Costikyan of New York has also made his appearance, but has
failed as yet to procure instructions for His Majesty's Consul to extend protec
tion to him. In fact, he is doing no business and is in need of no assistance.
The carpet business has for the time being been almost killed by the
war.
The hot w r eather w T as a very temperate one. In November there w r as a
Meteorological.
sudden burst of extremely severe and
i ^ , T , , wholly unseasonable cold w-hich lasted for
\\o or ree wee s, when it gave way to a spell of mild weather which lasted till
the end of the winter season,
Kerman ;
The 3rd March 1917.
I) L. R. LORIMER, Major, I. A.,
Ris Majesty's Consul, Kerman*
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The volume includes 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 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); 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 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); 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 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); 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 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); 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 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up 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 provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.
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- 1 volume (194 folios)
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The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears 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 folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.
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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:194v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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