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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎13v] (31/488)

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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
activity of the police in levying new taxes, without the co-operation of the
Kalantar, was the murder, within the precincts of the Turkish Consulate,
of the Deputy Chief of Police, already referred to. The origin of this
incident was an attempt on the part of the gunners, many of whom are also
petty traders in private life, to induce shopkeepers to close their shops as a
protest against the proposed taxes, in order to frustrate whicn the Deputy
Governor" and Deputy Chief of Police went to the bazaar and remonstrate
with the malcontents, with the results already recorded The unpopular
position of the Rais-i-Nazmieh was suppressed as a result ot the incident
and has not been revived up to date.
Local Garrison. —The local garrison remained during the year in its
usual state of inefficiency. The force which left Bushire m August ot the
previous year, owing to the non-receipt of their salaries, were not replacea
till May, when 300 sarbazes under an officer arrived from Shiraz.
arrived with considerable arrears due to them and continued to receive their
pay at Bushire very irregularly, if at all, though at the same time the
Governor forbade them to follow : the usual practice of Persian soldiery, and
eke out their exiguous salary by petty trading. The result was that, early
in December, a party of 340 sarbazes with 20 of their petty officers took bast
under the 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. flagstaff (as was done in August last year), stating that
they had not been paid for 14 months.
The Governor was approached unofficially, and a sum of 7,000 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
extracted with much difficulty and paid to the sarbazes, who left sanctuary
a fortnight or so later. Later on, not having received their claims m lull,
some of them gave the Turkish Consulate a turn and took bast there, and were
still giving trouble to that Consulate and the 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. by their importuni
ties at the close of the year.
Thirty gunners arrived in May, in relief of a previous detachment, but
appeared dissatisfied with their lot, and seven of them had disappeared by
September. Fifty Persian sowars also arrived from Shiraz at the end ot
April for duty; their fortunes were the same as those of the sarbazes referred
to above, with whom they acted in concert.
The year was marked by exceptional unrest and local tribal conditions
Condition of Bushire and surrounding dis- WCTC the CaUSC of Considerable anxiety
tricts. towards the close of the year. The
attempts on the part of the Nizam-es-Sultaneh to recover arrears of revenue
from various local Potentates disturbed the whole countryside, and, in the
result, left the various recalcitrant Khans, such as Zair Khadhar and Jamal
Khan, in a stronger position than before, a state of affairs which the failure
of the Central Government to appoint a successor to Nizam-es-Sultaneh has
now stereotyped.
The proscription of the Nizam-es-Sultaneh, and the abortive decree of
confiscation against his lands, kept the unrest alive throughout the autumn,
and, in November, a more serious state of affairs supervened in connection
with the landing of a regiment of Indian Cavalry at Bushire, en route to
enforce the Consular Guards at Shiraz and Ispahan, and the protection of
British lives and property at those places, and in particular at Shiraz.
It was an unfortunate coincidence that this step synchronized with the
strengthening of the already large bodies of Russian troops located at vari
ous points in the north of Persia, and was closely followed by a threatened
Russian occupation of Tehran and the outbreak of serious, if unofficial,
hostilities in Tabriz between the " fedais " and the Russian troops; whilst,
in Europe, Italy had simultaneously declared war upon the Ottoman Gov
ernment in Tripoli and thus, together with France and Spain, became
engaged in sanguinary hostilities with the Muhammadan tribesmen along
the southern littoral of the Mediterranean Sea.
It was unfortunate too that our Consulate at Shiraz, by being compelled
in the spring to give " bast" to the Kawam, had become in the eyes of the
Kashgai faction in Fars pledged to his support; as in consequence of this
there was a widespread belief that the ulterior object of the arrival of
British troops was to attack the Kashgai and curb the uncontrolled license
which they had for some years enjoyed. Apart from this the apprehended

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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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