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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎9r] (22/488)

The record is made up of 1 volume (241 folios). It was created in 1912-1915. 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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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. FOE 1911.
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The lawlessness which characterised Luristan and the hinterland last
Lin ah year was fully maintained, although
Saiyid 'Abdul Husain Lari did not take
a prominent part in public affairs.
The activity shown by the Navy at the upper end of the Gulf in connec
tion with the Arms Traffic favoured the growth of anti-foreign feeling,
which was stimulated by the reports of Russian aggression in the north.
Up to the end of the year, however, this feeling had not evinced itself in any
violent form, although throughout the Gulf the existence of it added greatiy
to the difficulty of maintaining normal relations with the local Rulers.
Nabil Zia, the Turkish Consul at Bushire, visited Lingah in August,
.and without any reference to Mr. New (who is in charge of Turkish interests
at that port), enrolled some 400 persons as being under Turkish protection,
40 of whom were given papers of Turkish nationality; nearly all the latter
were, however, subsequently recovered from the holders by the Persian Gov
ernment, and as the result of representations made on the subject to the
Porte by His Majesty's Government, Nabil Zia was removed from his appoint
ment.
It is to be regretted that, owing to the continuance of wholesale smug
gling and the insecurity of the routes between Lingah and the hinterland,
.British firms have had a disappointing year and have been unable to make
any progress.
The Bandar Abbas-Kerman road, upon which the trade of the port
Bandar Abbas almost entirely depends, was unsafe
during the greater part of the year, and
British goods to the value of over 14,000 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. were stolen by brigands; it
is satisfactory to note, however, that except for the case of Mr. Gabler of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department, no Europeans were molested on the
road. Suggestions for the restoration of order upon this road, as well as
upon the Bushire-Shiraz road, were put forward in October by the Resident,
but His Majesty's Government decided to confine application of remedial
measures for the time being to the Bushire-Shir az road experimentally, and
the proposals, which included the distribution of a cavalry regiment between
Bandar Abbas, Bam and Kerman did not take shape.
A raid by Baharlu tribesmen from Ears into the district, in August,
and rumours of an intended attack upon the town led to the reinforcement
of the Consular Guard, but, as is generally the case, the tribesmen failed to
make good their designs upon the town, and, towards the end of the year, the
guard was reduced to its normal proportions.
It is noteworthy that the Arms Traffic, which His Majesty's Consul
reports to be increasing in volume along the Shibkuh Coast, has, at Bandar
Abbas as well as on the Mekran Coast, become greatly attenuated.
Captain Biscoe's remarks under the head of " Local Government" afford
some indication of the difficulty which our Consular Officers too often encoun
ter in endeavouring to effect the settlement of any question locally, owing to
the constant changes and general incompetence of Persian officials, whose
authority, never robust, has now been reduced to almost vanishing point
throughout Southern Persia,
The incident described by Captain Biscoe touching the visit of the
" Persepolis " to Bandar Abbas with a force of tufangchis despatched by a
well-meaning Governor, with the ostensible object of keeping order, deserves
special notice as an illustration of the incapacity into which the Persian
administration in the Provinces has fallen.
The existing mail service to and from Bandar Abbas has not been found
to work satisfactorily, but a revised time-table was under contemplation at
the end of the year, by which Bandar Abbas will benefit considerably.
Lieutenant-Colonel Haig's report is a record of continual disturbances
in Kerman and anarchy in Baluchistan.
Indeed he points out that Western
Baluchistan may be considered to have definitely emancipated itself from the
control of the Central Government, and that its re-conquest will be a matter

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The volume contains 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 1911 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1912); 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 1912 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1913); 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 1913 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing India, 1914); 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 1914 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing India, 1915).

The Reports contain reviews by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative districts that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal places and tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, transport, judicial matters, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.

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1 volume (241 folios)
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There is a list of contents toward the front of each Report.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 2 on the first folio after the front cover, and terminates at 242 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil and enclosed in a circle, and appear 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.

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