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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [53v] (111/488)
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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98
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Lutas" (see last year's report) who had transferred their domicile from
Debai to Ajman, in enticing away divers from Debai. Later in the year he
ceased to pay attention to friendly remonstrance, and even proceeded to
ignore 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.
Agent's communications, and on the Resident's arrival
at Maskat from India, in March, reports which reached him from the Resi
dency Agent made it evident that Shaikh Homeid needed to be brought to his
bearings without delay. A visit was, therefore, paid to Ajman in the
R. I. M, S. u Lawrence " en route to Bushire. The Shaikh was ordered on
board and called upon to show cause why he should not be fined under the
Diving Code. For some time he maintained a demeanour of bluff and
antagonism, but eventually gave it up and expressed contrition; paid the fine
of Rs. 2,500 imposed upon him, and promised to turn over a new leaf. It
will be interesting to see how he shapes when the projected wireless station
is installed at Zora, a project which will need cautious handling.
Relations with Shaikh Sagar have been satisfactory, and he has been
tractable in connection with Abu Musa
Shargah ' affairs and such other business matters
as have had to be transacted with him. Unfortunately the epidemic of
plague, which visited Debai so heavily at the commencement of the hot
weather, spread to his port, and it is believed that 400 or 500 deaths occurred
during the outbreak.
The Abu Musa dispute with the German Government pursued the tedious
tenour of its way during the year and was still unconcluded at the end of it.
In May, the Resident submitted his reply to the German rejoinder and this
was forwarded with the endorsement of the Government of India to His
Majesty's Government. It is understood to have been communicated to the
German Government in December accompanied by a memorandum proposing
settlement by a compromise, the effect of which would be, while safeguarding
the Shaikh's rights, to restore Messrs. Wonckhaus, as far as possible, to the
commercial position occupied by them at the moment when their operations
were stopped by the Shaikh of Shargah's action. There the matter stood at
the end of the year. Meanwhile, in order to convince the German Govern
ment that we were ready to meet them in any reasonable way. His Majesty's
Government acceded to a request from the latter that Messrs. Wonckhaus
should be permitted to remove more of the oxide already mined, with the
proviso, however, that the time limit of December 1912 should be placed upon
their operations.
Except for the connection of the principality and others with the Arma
Abu Dhabi. Traffic, which will be dealt with sepa
rately, the affairs of Abu Dhabi have not
been in evidence, and the behaviour of the Shaikh has been satisfactory.
The following development has taken place during the year, in connec
tion with the time-honoured Taona Piracy Case. The pirate " Gaithoo, 5,
whose capture was chronicled in the Administration Report for 1909 .(page
67), was detained in custody at Bahrain through two pearling seasons in the
hope that the repeated endeavours of His Majesty's ships and Political
Officers to capture his two brothers would be successful, and that it would be
possible to arraign the three brothers together. All efforts, however, proved
abortive, and as Gaithoo s conduct, during a confinement of over two years,
nad been exemplary, and it appeared difficult to continue it indefinitely, it
was decided, in October, in communication with the Government of India and
His Majesty s Minister at Tehran, that he should be released and that we
must content ourselves with the hope of eventually making good the claim
for pecuniary compensation against the Persian Government.
Debai It is convenient to take up the thread
of Debai affairs from where it was left
by the Report of 1910.
The feud between the Shaikh and the Bin Luta family seems to die
The Bin Luta Family. hard and has continued to be a source of
. . , , inconvenience and friction during the
year. An interesting coincidence in connection with this case is noticed.
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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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