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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [159r] (322/488)
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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^OR THE TEAR 1913. 51
Bcvenve Department,
Rais -i-Mahya, Mr. A. LeeofPre . , . , 17th January to 31st December#
Amm -i-Maliya, Mirza Ibrahim Khan . . . i s t January to 31st December.
Gendarmerie Gouvernmentale.
Major G. Glimstedt, Commandant,
and three Swedish Officers 24th October to 31st December.
Principal District Goveruors-
B aluchistan ••••.., Vacant.
B am . Salar Muayyad _ j anuary
Amir-i-Hishmat February to August.
Salar-i-Mufakham August to 31st December k
Narmashir • ♦ • • . \ , Vacant.
Rudbar . Underlings of Amir Mufakham at times, and at end of year Mirza Muhammad
Khan, but the Zargham-i-Nizam de facto throughout the year,
J iruft . Muhammad Khan in the early part of the year, and Hussain Ali Khan in November
and December.
Agta-Afshar . Local Chiefs. Intizam-ul-Mulk, Bakhtiari. September and October.
M bhni and R abus . Rifat-ud-Dowleh during first half of year.
Sirjan . Muhtasham-ud-D o wleh 1st January to 31st December.
Rafsinjan . Salar-i-Muazzam, B 1st to 19th January.
Salar Amjad, B. . • . , 20th January to 22nd October.
Local petty official . . . .to end of year.
The Amir-i-Mufahham, Oovernorship and expedition. —The principal
political event of the year was the reorganisation of the Revenue Department
Political History. under European control, and the fight for
supremacy which naturally ensued between
the old style Governor-General and the new style European controller of the
finances. The Amir-i-Mufakham was already established firmly in his office
with all the prestige of having broken up and dispersed the bands of robbers
who had been terrorising and decimating the countryside, when His
Majesty's Consul arrived, on the 10th January, followed by Mr. Lecoffre,
on the 17th.
The Amir lost no time in impressing his views on the suitation upon
His Majestys Consul and asking for his assistance.
{a) He was bankrupt and asked for a sum of 40,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
which he said
was due to him from Government on account of his pay and expenses for the
preceding two months.
(&) He urged the necessity of his making a tour with a military force round
the districts of the Kerman Province for the purposes of collecting the revenue,
of intimidating the disloyal and confirming the loyal. He would be able to
undertake it if granted the 40,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
claimed.
(c) He complained bitterly of the enmity and dishonesty of Mirza Ibrahim
Khan, Amin-i-Maliya, and the relations he had gathered round him in office.
After a month and a half of negotiations in Tehran with the Treasurer
General, and in Kerman with Mr. Lecoffre, to whom funds were remitted,
an arrangement was arrived at, and a breach which threatened between the
Amir and Mr. Lecoffre was avoided. Part of the Amir's claim was paid, and
ne was relieved of certain financiaLresponsibilities by Mr. Lecoffre. He kept
his word and started, on March 9th, for Bam. Here he remained for some
Weeks recruiting his forces, arranging local affairs, and corresponding with
s 2
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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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