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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [62r] (128/488)
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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CHAPTER XL
ADMINISTRATION REPOET FOR THE POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
KUWAIT, FOR THE YEAR 1911.
Climate and Rainfall. —The climatic conditions during 1911 were fairly
General favourable though the exceptional cold
of January and February retarded the
early spring growth in the desert and, though fodder was sufficient, it was
not as plentiful as during the previous season; the averages of the maxi
mum and minimum thermometers for the first three months of the year being
from 15 to 5 degrees less than in the previous year. In consequence the
summer was both shorter and milder. The total rainfall registered at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Observatory amounted to 6 inches and 97 cents, which, though below
the average, was better distributed over the year.
An extract prepared from the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
daily meteorological reports is
attached.
Local Affairs. —At the initiative of Shaikh Nasir bin Shaikh Mubarak a
proposal was set on foot, in November, to start a " Madrassah " in Kuwait.
A subscription list was opened and some Rs. 18,000 were subscribed on the
spot. At the end of the year it was stated that the subscriptions had
amounted to nearly a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
including a donation of Rs. 50,000 from
the house of Bin Brahim of Bombay. The Shaikh has promised to give to
the institution some 13 shops in the bazaar and a date-garden at Basrah.
The object of the school is to provide a modern education, which will fit local
vouths for their battle in life better than the usual course of writing and
Koran-reading given by local Mullahs. It is intended to import teachers
from Cairo or Bey rout and to include foreign languages, particularly English
in the curriculum.
No murders or robberies have to be recorded for the year and the town
continues, under the strong hand of Shaikh Mubarak, to be the most peaceful
and best governed in the Gulf.
Exchange, —The year under report has been an amelioration of local
monetary conditions, for, in August, the Shaikh by a summary order practi
cally demonetized the Maria Theresa dollar. All prices, sales, purchases have
now to be quoted in Indian rupee currency and, though the measure was
heartily welcomed by all shop-keepers and townspeople, who used to suffer
severely from the constant fluctuation of the dollar, it is being assimilated
only gradually by the Bedouin trading with Kuwait. Another measure
which has done much to give stability to exchange and circumvent the opera
tions in copper of local shroffs, adverted to in last year's report, was the intro
duction bv the Shaikh of the Indian one-anna nickel coin for use as small
change. The nickel coin has become very popular and hitherto there are no
signs of its migration to Nejd, though this may come in time. The nickel
coin appears to have been regarded with suspicion, until the Shaikh, on the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
's suggestion, imported Rs. 10,000 worth and ordered their
use.
Postal Matters. —The reform most urgently required now in Kuwait is
the institution of a regular Indian Post Office, similaf to the offices in Bahrain
and Maskat.
The work has hitherto been carried on by the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
establishment, and
its unofficial character precludes the booking of parcels, money orders and
registered articles, all of which would be a source of considerable revenue.
From the figures available for the last two years, the work has grown enor
mously, especially in parcels and registered articles received for deliverj.
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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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