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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [16v] (37/488)
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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20
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP
Until April, the condjtion of the Bushire-Shiraz road was fairly satis-
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, though occasionally closed by
Condition of trade routes in Fars. ^ Nizam . s operations at Kamarij,
heavy snowfall had indeed rendered it almost immune, until the end of
February, from the attentions of raiding parties, whilst after that date the
fear of reprisals by the Nizam-es-Sultaneh kept the local tribes from robbing
caravans; but frequent robberies occurred between Shiraz and Ispahan and
formed the subject of reiterated and energetic protests to His Majesty's
Foreign Office on the part of leading Manchester firms; the same who, with
equal vehemence, protested against any attempt on the part of Great Britain
to take any overt measures to restore the situation.
Two robberies were even perpetrated in the sight of the " Fars Expedi
tionary Force" whose commander, however, declined to move against the
robbers. So loud at this period were the complaints of British firms, who
suggested that they might have to discontinue shipments, that the Foreign
Office, at the end of May, suggested that the time had come to insist on the
scheme adumbrated in our note of October 1910 being taken in hand, as the
Secretary of State found it difficult any longer to refute the arguments of the
interested parties. On 7th June, His Majesty's Minister in reply pointed
out that, if we pressed our scheme, we would greatly embarrass the Persian
Government, whose equilibrium was none too stable; he feared that insistence
would have little result and that we must be prepared to undertake measures
necessary to compel the acceptance and execution of our scheme, which would
probably involve the temporary occupation of the trade routes. Robberies
had, as a matter of fact, been few in number during the first part of the year,
though the state of the roads was in other ways very unsatisfactory, and
trade stagnant, the Customs revenue returns, which showed an increase
over previous years, being for several reasons fallacious if taken as an index
of the condition of British import trade.
The problem of the condition of the roads was, in fact, overshadowed by
the developments at Shiraz, for though it might be possible to send up goods
from Bushire to Shiraz with safety, the anarchy prevailing in the surrounding
districts made it impossible to distribute merchandise, with the result that
trade remained at a standstill. In June and July traffic between Shiraz and
Ispahan showed a tendency to improve, although the Nizam's authority
appeared to be weakening, in September tre Bushire-Shiraz road was parti
ally, and in October entirely, closed by disturbances, whilst on the Shiraz-
Ispahan road robberies on a large scale were of frequent occurrence.
On October 12th, a large caravan with over £2,000 of British goods was
„ robbed near Abadeh by Kuhgilu tribes-
Case of Miss Ross. j • j j j. j • i ^ *
men, and an independent medical practi
tioner, Miss Ross, travelling at her own risk from Ispahan to Shiraz, was
robbed of everything she possessed. A few days later a body of 300 Persian
soldiers was attacked near Yazdikhast, losing 10 killed and 30 wounded.
On 30th October, when attempting to continue her journey to Shiraz r
Miss Ross again fell into the hands of robbers; her Persian guard fled at sight,
and left her to be robbed and maltreated, the robbers even going so far as fr)
remove the whalebone from her corset. This repeated outrage brought home
vividly to the Press in England the state of the roads in Southern Persia,,
and His Majesty's Government subsequently consented to send a squadron
of the 39th Central India Horse to Abadeh to escort Miss Ross to Shiraz,
where she ultimately arrived in safety.
The Bushire-Shiraz road was opened to traffic again in November, though
still very insecure; and in the interval between the arrival of the first and
second parties of the 39th Central India Horse at Shiraz, two Japanese mer
chants who were accompanying a large caravan with, but in front of, a
detachment of the 79th Carnatic Infantry en route to Bushire, were robbed.
Like the Shiraz-Ispahan road, it was closed again shortly after the
passage of the main body of British troops; and, except for the chequered
passage of the detachment accompanying Mr. Smart in December, remained,
so until the end of the year.
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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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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:240v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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