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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [175v] (357/396)
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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42 ANKUAL REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULP 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.
.
Local Police. —Sheik Chassib Khan, Nusrat-ul-Mulk, Deputy Governor
of Mohammerah, took up the question of policing the town, and in April
called for volunteers to enlist in the Force. Two of his trustworthy Arab
servants were appointed Inspectors. The idea was to have a police force and
station in the town. There has been a steady development, and the number
now totals about 150. These men are being instructed in drill and discipline
bv one Izzaf Effer.di (Turkish subject and resident of Basrah), who has been
eiven the rank of Captain by the Sheikh and whose designation is Commif-
sioner of Police, Mohammerah. Since the formation of the police force
robberies, etc., in the town have been reduced to a minimum.
Adliyeh.—ln December Sheikh Chassib Khan, Nusrat-ul-Mulk, Deputy
Governor of Mohammerah, notified this Consulate officially that he had insti
tuted a Judicial Court for the purpose of enquiring into police questions,
under his own supervision. The Court is comprised of 8 members, 4 represent
ing the town, 1 the Arab tribes, 1 Modei-el-Umum, 1 Mustantiq and the
Sheikh himself.
The ^uard consisting of one non-commissioned officer, and six
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
,
which was provided by the Military
Consular escort. Authorities at Basrah, was withdrawn in
June with the approval of the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia.
Two local Persians have now been engaged, and act as guards during the
day. The night guard is furnished by the Sheikh's Ghulams.
This department worked under Monsieur Andreiux as Director through
out tbe year. Several confiscations were
Cut,tom9 made during the year, the most important
being a consignment of opium worth £T 750, which was being smuggled by
some Chinaman crew of a merchant ship.
A petition signed by practically ail the leading merchants of Mohammerah,
complaining against the general working of the Customs and its employees,
was submitted to the Deputy Governor. ^
Two of the Customs employees, one an Italian subject, were also reported
to Teheran by the Director for alleged misappropriation of Customs money.
One, a man named Paul (an Armenian of Isfahan), who was at one time a
Director of Customs at Shushtar, was dismissed, but the cases against the other
two have not been proved.
Worked satisfactorily during the year. The new offices are now occupied.
A telephone line has also been laid to
Pcet and Telegraphs. Basrah by the Telegraph Department.
This, however, has been hired solely to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limi
ted, for their private use. The other British firms have protested against this,
the contention being that facilities should also be extended to other Britisu
firms, and that it is detrimental to British Trade and British firms that any
single firm should have the monopoly of the line.
Anglo-Fersian Oil Company Limited. —The Company's operations in the
, past year include a very heavy programme
Bnlisn interestb. 1 p , ■ i A, rvf
of extension work, the completion 01
which will probably double the marketable products at the present time
available.
The through-put capacity of the present pipe lines is being increased oy
means of additional pumping stations, the erection of which are being rapidly
proceeded with at Mulla sani, Kut Abdullah and Doru -u-Qwain, early in the
new year, and alone will increase the crude through-put by approximately one-
third of the quantity at present available.
A new ten-inch pipe line is also in course of construction from ^'ais to th&
Oil Fields at Maidi-i-Naftun.
At the Company's Refinery at Abadan large extension work is in progress.
An additional site has been secured at Barwarda, some miles below Aha an,
where wharfage is being erected together with tankage adequate for the storag
prior to export of the more dangerous petroleum products, at a safe qist&nc,
from the main Works,
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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