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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [138v] (281/488)
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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10
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT
The Arms Warehouse at Maskat, which came into existence on September
The a ™ Warehouse. 1st, 1912, been of very great assistance
m the suppression of the arms traffic in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, an:l since its institution the imports of arms and ammunition
into Maskat hive fallen off ia a romxrkibla mxnasr It will b3 roaillei tint
at the opening of the warehouse, tho local authorities were alike unabie to
compel the bringing into Maskat of the large stocks of arms which had been
accumulated in the Oman hills and along the Batinah coast, or t) prevent
the dealers from sending out of Maskat every round and rifle tliey could lav
their hands on. These circumstances gave rise to the state of affairs reviewed
in the preceding paragraph. As a set-off against them, however, it can be
fairly claimed that, of the former infiltrations of arms and ammunition into
Oman, barely one-tenth is now reaching the inhabitants.
A carefully compiled annual report, reviewing the working of the arms
warehouse during the first, year of its institution, was issued by the warehouse
superintendent in October last. Oa the whole the warehouse seems to have
been well run, though there was evidently some slackness in regard to the
issue of arms and ammunition as samples A noticeable feature was, however
that neithor the deposits nor the withdrawal of rifles on behalf of the Sultan
of Maskac were sh)wa at all. Tho absjnca of these details detracted from the
yalue of aa otherwiso satisfying report, doaling as they do with the items under
which leakage is most likely to occur.
Out of a fleet of 9 ships belonging to the East Indies Squadron, 5 have
Kaval Measures bcen maintained more or less in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
for blockade purposes. These
ships have been assisted by four armed launches to which the E. I M. S.
Minto has anted as parent ship These launches have been responsible for
most of the patrol work which has been done during the year Since the
month of August, only one ship has been continuously available for blockade
purposes, with the result that oporatio is were latterly greatly relaxed. This
may have given rise to the opinion, apparea^ly prevailing in Mokran, that tae
British Government are no longer greatly concernel about the arms traffic.
Ovving to the suallness of thj consignmonfcs leaving the Arab coast, and the
wide area of the trade, no captures cithor of arms or ammunition were effected
throughout the year, and bat few jettisonings claimed.
Hear-Admiral K. H. Peirse, C B., M.V.O., assumed command of the
East Indies Squadron in January 1913. At the end of the same month, a
cutter with 9 men under Lieutenant Smith, belonging to II M. S. Fersem,
was lost off the Persian coast near JVlugam.
In June, combined naval and militarv operations took place against a
portion of the Tangistan coast, the inhabitants of which had been responsive
for a piracy on a Dibai boat in August .1911 The operations began on the
l4lhof June, and were completed on the 24th of June. The village of
Madumari was the first objective. After some preliminary shelling, a landing
was effected, in the face of a certain amount of opposition, for the purpose of
launching or destroying the dhows belonging to the village. One seaman was
killed and five wounded during the landing, As some of the villagers from
Dilbar took part in the opposition on this occasion their village was next
attacked, by a combined force of 230 men of the 2nd Hajputs, and 200 blue
jackets and marines from the ships. While the village was being demolished
the ccn ering party was subjected to a heavy fire from hostile riflemen, of
whom 100 were mounted. There were no casualties on our side. On June
24th, some dhows were removed from Khor Khuwaiv. Altogether 20 dhows
were destroyed, and 11 were taken to Kha ag Island Previous to this the
village of Dilbar had been a considerable gun-running centre, and traded largely
r ™ . Katr. These operations had a most salutary effect upon the arms
traffic in Tangistan,
In the following month, four or five of the blockade ships were ordered
o concentrate at Maskat in consequence of a threatened rising in Oman
Alter some weeks they dispcrged, and were then sent- to Bombay to refU.
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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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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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