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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎46r] (96/488)

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. FOR 1911.
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the exceptionally good rains had produced. In June, transport was so diffi
cult to obtain and such quantities of goods intended for up-country had
accumulated in the godowns of Ahwaz merchants that Messrs. Lynch Brothers
warned shippers that they were unable to forward goods and advised them to
cease shipping to Ahwaz for the time.
In June Tebi raiding parties appeared near the road, and a week or two
later a caravan was plundered at Laghamgir. Shortly afterwards the caravan
serai at Shalil was raided and all goods lying there carried off or destroyed.
When the news of these robberies became known traffic ceased completely
and such goods as were lying at the various stages on the road were at the
mercy of Tebi raiders or Bakhtiari tribesmen. Caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). after caravan
serai was plundered and the acting Khans took no steps to prevent further
rpbberies or punish the offenders—who, in many cases, were their own sub
jects.
In August, Messrs. Lynch's Ispahan Agent went to see the Khans at
Chigakhor and persuaded them to provide him with an escort of 60 tufang-
chis with whom he traversed the road to Ahwaz arriving early in October,
It was arranged with the Khans that 250 other tufangchis should be sent
down soon after him to picket the road. Shortly after the arrival of Lynch's
Agent in Ahwaz, the cholera, which was raging in Arabistan, reached
Malamir and all thought of guarding the road was abandoned.
The road thus remained unguarded and closed to traffic until November
when snow on the mountain passes closed the roads used by Kuhgilu raiders
and ensured its safety. From this date until the close of the year traffic was
resumed, and the accumulation of goods at both ends of the road considerably
reduced.
The losses of goods on the road through robberies is estimated at some
£15,000 of which over £10,000 was the property of British subjects.
The following table shows the goods forwarded over the Lynch Road
and numbers of animals employed during the year under report as compared
with the two preceding years :—
Description.
Ahwaz to Ispahan
Ispahan to Ahwaz
1909.
1910.
1911.
Cwts. 16,259^
26,397f
12,844
Animals 7,164
10,294
5,416
Cwte. 13,440
7,657|
6,560f
Animals 4,835
2,561
2,293
The insecurity of the road during the year and the consequent damage
to trade in general and British trade in particular was due to two causes.
The first was the absence of all the senior Khans from the Bakhtiari country
during the greater part of the year, and the consequent relaxation of control
over the tribesmen. The second cause was the calling out of all available
tufangchis by the Khans for their military campaigns in Northern Persia,
thus leaving the tribesmen helpless to resist Kuhgilu raids.
The negotiations between Messrs. Lynch Brothers and the Bakhtiari
Chiefs regarding the repairs to the Godar bridge were concluded towards the
close of the year the Khans agreeing to pay the sum of Krans 60,000 for the
work.
Mr. Sotham and an assistant engineer arrived in Nasiri in November to
collect the necessary workmen and material prior to proceeding to the bridge.
Messrs. Lynch Brothers. —Mr. Tod was in charge of the Ahwaz agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of this firm until October when he was
Bntis nterests. transferred to Baghdad, his place being
taken by his Assistant, Mr. Abel, and Mr. Batt from Baghdad appointed
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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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