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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎133r] (272/396)

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 ,918.
31
subjects outf -ide were tried by Commissions appointed by the Governor-General
Altliou^h in such cases His Majesty's Consul was usually consulted both His
Majesty's Consul and Officer Commanding were always careful to insist on
the right ot the South Persia Rifles as a Persian Department to deal direct
with Persian authorities without the official intervention of either Consulate or
Karguzari. This principle, which Prince Nusrat-us-Sultaneh always evaded
was conceded explicitly by Hishmat-ud-Douleh shortly after his arrival unon
representations from His Majesty's Consul. 1
During the Ears crisis of^ May-July, the Kerman Brigade remained
unaffected by unrest or sedition. A very few desertions did take place but
they were due to the men's anxiety about their families durin<* the cholera
Apart from the credit justly due to the British officers of the South Persia
Rifles, this satisfactory state of affairs was due in the opinion of His Maiestv's
Consul"
(1) to the very small proportion of former members of the Swedish
Gendarmerie existing in the Brigade;
(2) to the absence within the province of any powerful unfriendlv
tribes;
(3) to the fact that throughout June and July the entire Brigade was
— isolated in camp three miles from the city owing to the cholera
epidemic.
Messrs. G. F. Nash, J. P. May and E. M. Norris in turn held the
British Interests.
post of Assistant Superintendent,
« tt t ^ m 1 • Indo-European Telegraph Department.
Mr. H. L. G. JayJor continued to manage the Kerman branch of the
Imperial Bank of Persia without jthe assistance of a British accountant.
The Church Missionary Society was represented on the medical side by hr,
G. E Dodson and Dr. Gertrude Westlake throughout the year. Considerable
progress was made with the building and fitting of the new Mission Hospital.
The Eevd. A. K. Boy land arrived from England: on 11th July : owing to
the complete absence of qualified teachers and to other causes, he has been
unable to reorganize the Mission School. The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers
Limited was represented until August by Mr. A E. Wetli who was replaced
by Mr. J. Joannides from Tabriz. Mr. Wetli, who was joined early in January
1919 by his brother Mr. E. Wetli, is contractor for al) local supplies to the
South Persia Eifles.
The total number of cases settled by the Karguzari under Consulate
supervision, including cases in which the interests of foreign subject or firms
and of British-protected Persian subjects were concerned was 10. Twenty-
four cases were pending at the end of the year. No action under the Criminal
Procedure Code was taken by His Majesty's Consul throughout the year.
Miscellaneous. —The Political Fines and Compensations Account was
closed on 8th April and the balance, krans 236,479, remitted to His
Political Fines and CompensatioHB. Majesty s Minister. Of the fines amount
ing to krans 319,228 imposed by General
Sykes in June 1916, krans 303,571 were collected by His Majesty's Consul,
while Of the compensation claims filed with General Sykes by Persians krans
94,800 or roughly 50 per cent, were eventually paid by His Britannic Majesty's
Consul. The balance as remitted included krans 27,707 interest and profit on
exchange on Es. 50,000 deposited with the Bank of Bombay.
The total amount collected by His Majesty's Consul, the Governor-
Red Cnws-Our IW" General and Mr. H. L. G. Taylor on
behalf of the Bed Cross " Our Day"
Fund during the year under report was krans 23,000 (Es 11,795). Of this
total Persians subscribed krans 11,730 and British and British Indian subjects,
krans 11,270. The figures for 1917 were krans 2,700 and 4,771-50 respec
tively, total krans 7,471-50.
Dr. Pilgrim Geologist deputed by the Department of Commerc'e and
Industry, Government of India, to examine mineral deposits in South-East
Persia, arrived in Kerman on 12th August. He examined the old copper

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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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