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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [127r] (258/488)
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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TOR THE TEAR 1912.
115
Except for small parties of Ajman tribesmen raiding to the soutii,
Nejd Affairj. nearly all the desert routes to Nejd were
unusually safe throughout the year and
•caravans have been moving freely and regularly by the Boreidah route.
This security has resulted from the continuance of the truce between " Bin
"Saud " and " Ibn Rashid/' backed up by the former's strong rule over the
Bedouin tribes of the interior. The wells at Al-Gara and As-Safa, which
were destroyed by the Shammar last year, were re-opened in January by a party
of the Jiblan Umtair.
Owing to strained relations continuing between " Bin Saud " and the
Sheriff of Mecca, the latter prohibited all Nejd people from coming to Mecca,
Medina, and other places within his authority in Hedjaz. This measure probably
injured the Sheriff more than any one else for, as a consequence, all Nejd traffic
has been diverted to Kuwait and Hasa.
Trouble is anticipated at Hail between Zamil ibn Sebhan and his cousin,
Saud bin Saleh as-Sebhan. The former who is guardian to the young Saud Ibn
Eashid " is well disposed to him, while Saud bin Saleh as-Sebhan, who has a
large following, wishes to kill a Ibn Rashid" and usurp the power for the Sebhan
family. As the young " Ibn Rashid " is the last of his line, that family is on
the verge of extinction for no -doubt jealousies between the members of the
Sebhan family will ultimately lead to the boy's death, Zamil ibn Sebhan is
reported to be an upright fair-dealing man but unfortunately has not the same
control in financial matters which Saud bin Saleh possesses through his family
connections.
" Ibn Rashid " and the Shammar appear to have led a particularly
"ibD Eashid-.'' Raid.. peaceful life during the year for only one
small raid on the Thaffir tribe was report
ed at the end of March. In the second week of December it was reported that
" Ibn Rashid " had ordered the whole Shammar tribe to concentrate at As-Sabt
wells and await his arrival from Hail As-Sabt is some three days north
west from Al-Hafar, and it is not yet known against whom " Ibn Rashid "
intends to move.
Bin _Saud with the Umtair, Al-Morrah, Sabai, and Sahul tribes was
"Bin Saud's" Eaids. reported to have left the Urmah plain in
February to raid the Ateyba and, on
10th March, a messenger came into Kuwait bringing details of its success
near Jabal-au-Nir on the RiadhMecca road ; a considerable amount-of loot
in camels and tents was taken and several of the Ateyba Shaikhs submit
ted to " Bin Saud." Sections of the same tribe were twice again raided by
him: once in April at Sha'ara three days wesfc of Shagra when Afas bin
Mahaiyah, one of their Shaikhs, was killed with some 25 others, and a second time
near Kharmah in south-west Washm when it was said " Bin Saud " took some
1,500 camels, 2,000 sheep, 30 horses and a large quantity of tents and camp gear
as booty. In the first week of August he raided the Al-Morrah tribe near
Kharj. In November a Bin Saud" left Riadh on a tax-collecting tour in
Kasim after which it was said he intended to move northwards ; later news
received in the second week of December proved, however, that he had returned
'to Riadh, though his force had been kept intact.
The "Araif " successfully raided the Kahtan tribe in south-west Nejd
The "Araif." in February. Seeing that no material
help was forthcoming from the Sheriff
of Mecca, the Araif " joined the Ateyba tribe about May in their summer
pastures near Matmbah on the Riadh and Boreidah roads to Mecca. It
is for sheltering the " Araif " that this tribe has been continuously harassed
and subjected to constant raids by " Bin Saud".
The improvement of relations between the various tribes reported last
Tribal Politics. y ear lias continued, a result hardly to
have been anticipated and probably due
only to the effective pressure which can be brought to bear by one or
other of the three principal rulers, so long as friendly terms and .. the
balance of power is maintained between Shaikh Mubarak, ft Bin Saud " and
Jbn Rashid".
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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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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914'
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