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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎160r] (324/488)

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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POR THE YEAR 1913.
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schemer and swindler, and wlio are not likely to be more angelic than other
petty Persian officials of their class. When the Amir therefore indulged in
tirades against Mr. Lecoffre and his agents and demanded a definition of the
spheres of the Governor-General and the Hevenue Department, it was only
possible to report by calling on him to adduce concrete facts and to establish
them by definite proofs. Fortunately he was not prepared to take the
necessary trouble, for there is little question that with the means at his com
mand he could have made out |a strong case for himself which it would not
have been easy entirely to upset.
Later he began to devote his attention to the possibilities of Baluchistan as
a plundering ground where he might pursue undisturbed the Persian hobby of
getting rich quickly, and he pressed His Majesty's Consul to urge on the authori
ties the necessity for sanctioning an expedition into Baluchistan in the
autumn. His Majesty's^ Consul did not believe in the public utility of raiding
expeditions into Buluchistan, until the Persian Government was prepared
to occupy the country in force and have itself permanently represented in it
by a Governor with an adequate backing of military force. He told the Amir
so, and said that at present he was not inclined to recommend more than the
creation of a chain of armed posts along the Kerman-Baluchistan boundary,
which there was every reason to believe would suffice to restrict the activities
of the Baluch tribes within the limits of their own country. There they might
be usefully employed in gradually decimating each other. All that was
immediately necessary was to prevent the recurrence of Baluchi invasions of
Kerman territory such as those into Tahrud, Khabis, and Narmashir which had
taken place during the year.
Losing faith in the ability or willingness of the Consulate to play into his
hands, and probably irritated by remonstrances which His Majesty's Consul had
addressed to him regarding his excesses in Sirjan, the Amir now began to
meditate taking matters into his own hands. He was further impelled to this
by annoyance at the delegation of the gendarmerie and at Mr. Lecoffre's
refusal to pay from the Kerman Treasury a sum of 10,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. which the
Persian Government had awarded him in satisfaction of old claims in regard
to his campaign in the west of Persia. In the meanwhile he prepared for all
emergencies by displaying an unwonted degree of pliancy in his actual dealings
with Mr. Lecoffre. Indeed, towards the end of September, the latter had
spoken of asking His Majesty's Consul to convey to him a formal acknowledg
ment of his obliging and helpful attitude.
The dismissal of the Amivi-Mufakhain. —Early in October the Amir got
his opportunity and took advantage of it. A notice issued by Mr. Lecoffre
to the effect that it was proposed shortly to introduce the Nawaqil tax (a tax
on all animals and vehicles owned in or entering the town) gave rise to some
talk and formal demonstrations. This could have been easily checked at its
inception by the Amir, but he declared that he could take no measures except
on direct orders from the Persian Government, though the tax was in accord
ance with a law passed by the National Majlis^ and was in force in various
other towns including the capital. Behind the scenes, the Amir gave the
agitators assurances of his support and, at his instance,, the agitation against
the Nawaqil was turned, into an outcry against the Revenue Department.
Charges were brought forward against the office of the embezzlement of large
sums, and the right of the opium excise officials forcibly to enter private houses
was challenged as being contrary to Islamic Law, while the officials themselves
were accused of outraging the modesty of women in the course of their visit
ations. The agitators then proceeded to enforce a strike on the part of the
weaving community for which the latter had no desire, and the police received
orders from the Amir to abstain from any action. Por more than a week all
work was at a standstill and the city was in the hands of the mob. Portu-
nately the Kerman mob is on the whole a very well-behaved one. Meanwhile
the agitators had taken " bast " in large numbers at His Majesty's Consulate and
every endeavour was made to force the hand of His Majesty's Consul into taking
part in the hue and cry against the " Nawaqil " and the Eevenue Department.
His Majesty's Consul however occupied himself in trying to discourage the
agitators and to press the Amir to take action to restoo, order. Eventually,

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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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