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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎97r] (200/396)

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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FOR THE TEAR 1917.
21
Persian Government's request, of the four Kermani enemy agents who fled to
Shiraz in the summer of 1916 and were arrested there was considered a great
triumph for the Democrats.
The invasion of the public offices by Democrats was latterly most marked.
His Maiesty's Consul prevented the nomincition of the Demociat leadcij
Muin -ush -Shariya to the post of Rais-i-Adliya, in August, but the Muin
afterwards obtained a subordinate post in the same department. Practically
all the clerks in the Revenue office are now Democrats. The most striking
Democratic success of all was the appointiiient, under protest from His Majesty s
Vice -Consul, of Agha Yahya, formerly Democrat member of the Majlis for
Kerman to the headship of the Education Department. ^ This gentleman
solemnly promised His Majesty's Minister, before lea\ing Tehran, not to mix
in Kerman politics ; this promise he proceeded to break almost immediately on
arrival. , . • ^
Generally speaking, the Democrat party, not only m Kerman but m other
towns of the province, notably Rafsinjan, gained considerably both m numbers
and confidence during the latter half of the year. There is little however,
to fear from anv active expression of their hostility so long as the bouih
Persia Rifles remain, as it is at present, uninfluenced^ by Democratic pro
paganda. The most they can do, and are doing, is to increase tne difeculties
of His Maiesty's Consul by undermining the goodwill of the officials and
others with whom he has to deal, and by influencing the Persian Government
to hamper his efforts on behalf of British interests.
Pollowing on an exceptionally dry season in 1916, little or no rain fell
0 untilthe very end of tne year, and only
Condition of Country. a fraction of the usual amount of snow
covered the hills in the spring. Locusts ravaged the high-lying cultivated
lands of the Aqta Afshar and Sirjan during the winter and spring,, but thanks
partly to the destruction by the local authorities of a large quantity oi eggs and
partly to the ever-increasing drought, the pe&t was stamped out. Owing to
these causes, however, the summer crop was at least 50 per cent, below the
average. In June the price of wheat at Kerman had risen from 12 to 19~2(
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. a Khar war (650 lbs.) and of barley from 8 to 12-13 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , y
December the shortage was marked, the nominal price of wheat as nxed by
the local authorities being 22 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. per Kharwar while in reality it was
difficult to obtain at Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 28 or 29. Owing to the weakness ot the local
government little was done to prevent hoarding, or to secure for Kerman a share
of the stocks which undoubtedly existed in the Rafsinjan and Bam districts.
Measures were indeed taken, the theory being that of the 30 Kharwars re
quired by the city per diem, the local government supplied the bakers wit
20 from its own ambars. In practice, however, bread was often unobtainable at
mosthakers 5 shops, and the unsettled condition of popular feeling during the
latter part of the year was partly due to this. Only the remarkable timor-
ousness and lack of spirit of the average Kermani prevented bread riots ; for
though the price of bread did not reach the heights it attained elsewhere, the
margin of subsistence is also much lower at Kerman than a iraz,
Ispahan, Tehran, etc., and the people are generally much poorer.
At Bam the price of wheat rose from 7 to 16 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , though m the
autumn the Kerman Government fixed it at 12 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. ; t is rise, as as
appeared since, w r as mainly due to hoarding.
The fodder shortage resulting from the drought was even ser10 ^ 9 '
owing to its effect upon the cost of transport. Towards t e en o e y ar
very few camels were being used upon the roads, while the cost per ^
of freight by donkey rose enormously owing to the fa-ct tha caravans
roads had to carry all their own barley for the whole journey. n
Abbas road freight rose from 2a Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. ^O and even 80 Romans P^karwar
during the 2nd half of the year, and owing to oouth Persia i es p
it was extremely difficult to procure even at those figures. e P™? • ^ x j
and firewood in Kerman and to a greater degree still the prices o a ^ n f n
commodities were affected by these conditions. Loaf sugar rose rom
18 and even 20 Krans a Tabrizi man (-Rs. 1-4-1-10 per lb. according to

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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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