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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [46v] (97/488)
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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ADMN. 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 1911.
Ahwaz Assistant. In December, Mr. Batt was removed from Ahwaz and
Mr. Abel remained in sole charge.
Anglo -Persian Oil Company.—In the end of April negotiations were
entered into with the Bakhtiari Chiefs for the acquisition of the land com
prising the oil-fields at Masjid Suleman. The Company paid a sum of
£22 000 for the 6,131 acres of land and thereby acquired complete rights
over this tract of country, for the period of the Company's concessign (60
years). .
The pipe-line from the oil-fields to Abadan was completed m June.
In January, Mr. Willans was appointed Assistant Fields Manager under
the orders of Mr. Ritchie who assumed the General Fields Managership and
charge of the pipe-line. Mr. Capito relieved Mr. Willans as Assistant Fields
Manager in October.
The attitude of the Bakhtiari Khans and their tribesmen towards the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company has been most satisfactory during the year
under review, no friction of any sort being experienced. Such small local
disputes as arose have been settled by Doctor Young, the Company's Political
Adviser, or on reference, by His Majesty's Consul.
The Khans, at the close of the year, had taken no steps to provide other
land for the tenants who formerly cultivated the Company's land.
The rainfall for the year at Ahwaz amounted to 11*82 inches. The
highest temperature recorded was 117 4,
Miscellaneous. on g rc j j u |y 1911, and the lowest
31-8, on the 25th January 1911.
The good rainfall produced an abundant supply of grain and fodder
throughout the territories reported upon.
A. GREY, Captain, LA.,
His Britannic Majesty's Consul
j and Assistant Resident, Ahwaz.
His Britannic Majesty's Consulate,
Ahwaz ;
The 15th March 1912.
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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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- Title
- '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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence