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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [77v] (161/396)
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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76
PERSIAN GTJLl? ADMINISTRATION REPORT
November and part of December. He called at the Mission House on several
occasions, the last time being on November 21st, when he brought Bin
Saud and the Shaikh of Mohammerah out to see the mission buildings and
equipment That the hospital is appreciated by at least some of the Shaikh's
family is evidenced by the fact that one of the Shaikhs was an in-patient on
two occasions during the year.
One hundred and twenty visits of a professional nature were made to well-
to-do families, while with reference to the dispensary, as is true all over
the world, most of the patients were from middle nnd poorer classes. The
popularity of the medical work as a whole is undoubtedly growing.
The school has attracted people of the middle class chiefly, a workin®
knowledge of English being the main attraction. The total number of pupifs
enrolled was 39 of which 80 were Moslems.
The number of boats proceeding to the pearl banks was 500. The catch
Tbe oearl fsberv WaS ^ UnUSUalI y g 00l J the mid-
season prices favourable. The Bombay
pearl market, however, fell towards the close of the season and, up to date
h large amount of pearls are still being held in hopes of a rise. One result
of this state of affairs is the dearth of drafts referred to above and another
is an intense desire on the part of the pearlers for peace, which they imagine
will at once restore the pearl market.
Political events of far-reaching importance to the future of Arabia, in
Arab affaiig which Kuwait played a prominent part,
occurred in the latter half of 1916.
The rebellion of the Sharif and cap lure by him of Mecca, in July, opened
the eyes of the Arab world to the realization of the long-wished-for independ
ence of their nation Henceforward, the idea of an independent Arabia
under provincial rulers, looking to Great Britian for guidance and preservation
from foreign interference, began to gain ground among the more thought
ful of the Arabs and became at the same time the avowed aim of ^our
diplomacy. Owing to rivalries and age-long feuds among the tribes, it was
difficult to secure unanimity or any sort of cohesion among them, but the
Shaikhs of Kuwait, whose interests, chiefly commercial, have always consti
tuted them the peace-makers of this part of the Peninsula, lent themselves
readily to the furtherance ot this policy. It seemed quite appropriate, there-
foi^e, that Knvait should take its olace as the meeting-ground of the leading
Princes of ^ioith-East Arabia, assembled to proclaim their sympathy with
the cause of the fehaiif and their adhesion to Oreat Britain and the Allies.
^ possible to give a short and concise account of recent
political moves as they affected, and were affected by Kuwait and vet, on
the other hand, a Kuwait Administration Report for the year 1916 ' which
omitted to give a comprehensive account of them, would be incomplete. In
these circumstances I have thought it best to append a verbatim extract of
Memorandum No 2, dated 12th January 1917, from the Chief Political Officer,
to e ^irec jr, la ) meau, Cairo, which gives this information as concisely
thP rpl^- 088 f ?i p • • i n Memoranrlum ^ primarily a precis, regarding
the relations of the Bnt.'sh Government with Bin Saud, but itshousthe
connectnn of Kuwait with the politics of the Peninsula (and as a link with
pprspeXvTthan r iffhp 6 SQat . t : el " Arab ) more clearly perhaps, and in truer
KmS narrative were given the narrower point of view of
Extract of memorandum So. 2, dated
lolmcal Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force "It," to the Director, Arai
JJureau, Cairo. •
letter toIbn'srud^d^troftd^eT 1<Jth 4 W )' th m j az question in a
■ He pointed out how important it waste
Arab Bureau, 24th October 1916. Arab Cause, which it WBS the policy of
the great Arab chiefs should work to^the,"™? ? 0vernment . tosu PP ort > t ! iat
0 ttnei and m co-operation with us m the
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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