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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [112r] (228/488)
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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FOR THE YEAR 1912.
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of the palace and the Customs at a cost of Es. 5,000. Maskat now boasts of
electric lights.
There was another proposal to light the towns of Maskat and Muttra but
in this Mr. Baiyanker did not succeed, as the necessary funds were not forth
coming.
On the 11th August, Joakah bint Twaini bin Said, an influential and an
elderly member of the Sultan's family, died. 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.
wrote a letter
of condolence to His Highness which was suitably acknowledged. Owing to
this event. His Highness did not celebrate the Eamazan Id festival as usual.
Shaikh Suleiman bin Abdur Hahim, the Ba!uch Jamadar of the fort
Jelali, died on the 2nd of May.
On the 2nd of January, Saiyid Taimur, who had been to Bombay to wit
ness the reception of Their Imperial Majesties, returned to Maskat and im
mediately visited his father at Sib, returning to Maskat on the 6th. In May,
he made a short tour in the interior of Oman and, again in August, he spent
a fortnight on the Batina coast.
Saiyid Nadir visited Sur in "Noor ul Bahr" in May. On the 19th
December he left again for Semail and remained in the interior till the close
of the year.
The event of the year in Maskat tribal history was the murder, in the
Condition of the country. month of March, of Said bin Ibrahim,
ruler of Eostak, by his cousins. Ibrahim
and Muhammad, who were immediately afterwards killed by the soldiers
of the Sultan. Eostak has always been a thorn in the side of the ruler of
Oman, but it does not appear that his influence has advanced there appreciably,
as Ahmed, the younger brother of Said bin Ibrahim, is ruling there
undisturbed.
Shaikh Buti bin Suhail, the late Shaikh of Debai, visited His Highness
the Sultan of Maskat in the month of March and stayed there some 10 days.
Early in May, there _ were troubles between the Hawasineh, headed by
Shaikhs Nasir and Saif bani Hamad and the Bani Oomar, as a result of which
the Hawasineh Shaikhs commandeered three boxes of ammunition which
he forced British subjects, Khojas of Khabura, to buy. The Khoias were
however subsequently honestly repaid and the troubles subsided.
. humours have been constantly flying about Maskat to the effect that a
umy ersal ^ rising of the Bedouins of the interior will take place as a protest
against His Highness' arrangements for regulating the arms traffic. His High
ness has also received many threatening letters, notably from Shaikh Isa bin
Saleh, A1 Harathi, the "stormy petrel" of Oman politics, but nothing else has
come of all these manifestations, and it does not seem that tribal politics this
year have been more disturbed than usual. The regulation of the arms traffic
snQiud indeed, if successful and wisely used, go a long way towards restoring
the ouitan s authority over the unruly tribesmen of the interior.
Arms Traffic. Tllis Problem has again absorbed the
energies of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
staff to the exclu
sion of more profitable occupation.
The usual returns accompany this report.
- d %ures for the steamer trade of 1912 are:—in German bottoms.
Es.20,69,050; in British, Es. 12,94,435; total Es. 33,64,485 as against a total
ot iis. 14,63,130 last year. ^ A slight portion of this increase can be accounted for
by a rise in the price of rifles and ammunition towards the closing half of the
year. ^ The rise in imports has been shared equally between British and German
snipping.
Another reason to account for the increased imports was that, from the
beginning of the year, the arms traffic fraternity were well aware that the
Bntish authorities, in close communication with His Highness the Sultan were
plotting against their peace and profit and, on the 11th June, these negotiations
resulted m the issue of a proclamation by His Highness, establishino- the Arms
warehouse and setting forth rules and regulations to govern the fmport and
export of these dangerous goods. The date fixed for the enforcement of the
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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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