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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎64r] (132/488)

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.
114.
and overbearing. On his calling upon the Badur and Ziad tribes allied to
the Muntafick to support him these two tribes sided with the Thaffir. Sa'adun
then marched north with the Thaffir following him. He was short of water
and the Thaffir seized what ponds and wells there were in the vicinity of El
Haniyeh and caught his water-camels and men. Finally Sa'adun having
been without water for three or four days was compelled to halt and the
Thaffir with the advantage of freshly watered camels attacked him. Sa'adun
was completely routed and left all his tents, camels, womenkind and gear in
the Thaffir's hands.
In May the principal Thaffir Shaikhs came to Kuwait and were well
received by Shaikh Mubarak. They included Hamud-us-Suwait, Nafa'a bin
Buwaihi of the As-Smid section and Thair Abu Thara'a of the As-Smid
section and when visiting 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. had no words bad enough for
Sa'adun.
In July when Shaikh Sa'adun went to Basrah to pay his respects to
Saiyid Talib (son of the Nakhib of Basrah) on his return from Constantinople
he was decoyed by the Wali of Basrah on board the " Marmaris " and then
arrested on account of his continued molestation and tyranny towards the
people and travellers in the desert. He was deported by the Turkish authori
ties to Alleppo where, it was reported, he died in November 1911.
Shaikh Subah bin Muhammad, Shaikh Mubarak's nephew, came from
shaikh Mubarak's Affairs, Basrah on the 13th June to attend the
marriage of his own daughter and
niece to Shaikhs Salim bin Hamed as-Subah and Hamed bin Mubarak. The
marriages took place on the 22nd and 23rd June. A Jewish band of about
12 musicians from Basrah was engaged for the occasion by Shaikh Mubarak,
and some mild festivities indulged in.
In February, the Shaikh purchased more land on the Shatt-el-Arab; his
object was to round off his Matawah property as the date-gardens now bought
from Abdur Razak Beg of the A1 Mansur family formed a strip between two
plots formerly purchased.
With Turkey. —Shaikh Mubarak's relations with the Ottoman authori-
Shaikh Mubarak's Foreign Relation., f ' 6 ® during the year under report have
been very fairly friendly and no serious
differences have arisen.
Early in June the protective works of the Shaikh's Fao estate were inter
fered with by the fort commandant, but a visit from the Sheikh's secretary
brought the Wali of Basrah on the scene, who took energetic steps to prevent
further trouble in this direction.
In July the Shaikh received a begging letter from the Wali of Basrah
appealing to him as a good Mohammedan for a subscription towards the re
construction of the Government offices in Constantinople destroyed by fire, and
the Shaikh, feeling it difficult to refuse a contribution in view of the terms
of the appeal, sent the Wali £T. '500.
In August Jasim bin Brahim of the big Kuwait pearl-dealing firm in
Bombay purchased for £T. 180,000 all the " Sanieh " date gardens on the
right bank of the Shatt-el-Arab from near the Dawasir Islands to Basrah.
The property originally belonged to the mother and other relatives of the
ex-Sultan Abdul Hamed and reverted to the Turkish Government on his down
fall. In connection with this purchase a long article appeared in the Basrah
paper Ar-Rishad " vehemently denouncing the purchase and insinuating
that Jasim, who had so long resided in Bombay, was acting on behalf of the
British Government. The article, said to be from the pen of Saiyid Talib,
the Basrah Parliamentary Deputy, was violently anti-English in tone.
When the Turko-Italian War broke out in October, the Shaikh, at the
instance of the Ulema in Turkey, opened a subscription list in aid of the war
and at the end of November it was reported that he'had taken a lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
to Basrah to be handed over to the Wali for remittance to Constantinople
Later information puts the amount at the more probable figure of £T. 3,000^
of which local merchants contributed rather more than two-thirds.

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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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