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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎102r] (210/396)

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,
31
Navy.
In-May Kuwait dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. " Muafiq'^ with a cargo of wood and coffee, etc.,
r from Calicut ran ashore at Kashidi.
'V iec s " Several attempts made by His Majesty's
. ^ ships and by the Nakhuda to bring the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. into deep water failed on account
of bad weather. The major portion of the carsjo looted by the Baluchis was
11 recovered. Some of the cargo was reported to have been robbed by two men,
V su bjects of .His Highness the Sultan of Muscat, and taken to that place. The
1 i Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat, was asked to recover the price of the stolen articles.
H' After several attempts to refloat the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. had Droved futile, a Nakhuda of
^ Charbar undertook to bring the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. to Charbar for Es. 2,500. The arrange
ments were still in progress when the year closed.
On the 22nd December reports were received that two dhows " Fatehul-
Karim" and " Vithalpussa, " owned by two merchants of Karachi, ran aground
it i at Tank on account of a heavy storm.
The following ships of the Royal Navy
called at Charbar during the year :—
"Euryalus," "Philomel," " Pyramus," " Britomart," "Bramble "and
" Muzafer."
Gwadur.
Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Abdur Rahim was Native Assistant, Gwadur, throughout the
year. His retention in Government service was sanctioned for a furthur period
of one year from 1st July 1917.
Saiyid Saif bin Badar has been the
Wal1, Wali of His Highness the Sultan of
Muscat,
The management of His Highness the Sultan's customs has remained in
the bands of Seth Muhammad Eahmoo
CxiBtoms - - Mowji who spends a greater part of the
year at Muscat superintending the customs at that place while his men ^oik
at Gwadur.
All disputes among British Indian subjects were settled by arbitiation on
the spot or by correspondence with the
Judicial. Director at Karachi.
Ten slaves took refuge in Gwadur during the year All of them were sent
by the Native Assistant to Karachi at
Slave8 " Government expense.
In the month of November, Mir Dost Muhammad, a brother of Mir
Ahmad Khan of Bahu, who is subsidised by this Department, came to Gwadur
with some following. He was able to kidnap a freed s ave named Jumak
serving in a country craft owned by a British Indian subject. t appears
that the Wali did not take any steps to interfere in the matter. Ihe Cler -m-
Charge, Telegraph Station at Charbar, is making endeavours to get the slave
back.
Karachi,
The 30th March WIS.
G. E. GUNTER,
Director, Fersian Gulf Telegraphs,
in Political Charge Mekrati Coast.
r x
Mr. A. Cane's report, No. 15, dated the 7th January 191S, on the condition oj
the districts between Biyahan and Bahu.
Petty squabbles of no real or political importance^ have occurred but
will always occur at different times among these half-civilised tribes.
In January there was a slight unrest at Rudbar but nothing of impor
tance occurred.
The ill-feeling between the late Islam Khan and his brothers was a mi c a Wy
settled, or at least moderated, by the former's permitting e J
the revenues of the district, and by bis granting them half o is p ^
in the event of his predeceasing them.

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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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