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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [163r] (330/488)
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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FOE THE TEAE 1913.
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would go to the officer in command and any improvement in the situation
would end with his withdrawal or at any rate with his departure from Kerman
which, it may be taken for granted, would soon follow his triumphant return
with his spoils and booty. r
The affairs of the city are necessarily predicated to a large extent by the
Afiairs of Kerman City. «n ^ ^ 0f ^ ? 0vem0r ' and
so tar as this is the case, they have al-
„ ready been dealt with. Tliev can mnalW
be referred to the basis of protest against authority, in one form or another
whether the person of the Governor, or the enforcement of taxes or restric
tions. In a commercial community there is also the authority and rights of
the employers to be reckoned with, but questions arising in regard to these
may be better dealt with under the heading " Commercial. ,,
As a class the religious leaders in Kerman would compare favourably with
those m many other towns of Persia, and their influence is not very dominant.
There are, however, individuals whose mischief-making is only limited bv
their powers and opportunities Of these, Haji Mirza Ali Muhammad Muitahid
is one. WhenHisMajesty sConsul arrived in January, he found the man at
loggerheads with the Amir-i-Mufakham. It is tolerably certain that he had
wrongly appropriated a piece of land belonging to others, and when the Amir
after prolonged expostulation, proceeded to pull down a wall which he was
building^ round it he was probably acting strictly in accordance with iustice.
But justice m Persia has frequently to be tempered with diplomacy Ali
Muhammad obtained on some pretext the protection of the Russian Consulate
and was given the protection of Russian Cossacks and the Russian fla^ The
AnuM-Mufakham found himself up against a stone wall and appealed for help
to His Majesty s Consul. The latter refused to discuss the merits of the case but
after some correspondence and discussion, secured the withdrawal of the Russian
protection for which there was not even a pretext. At or before this point
however, the Amir left on his expedition and the question was never finally
settled. This did not impede Ali Muhammad from intriguing against the Amir
and his Deputy Governor and harassing, by means of a band of his roughs
those who had taken part against him, including the Tmam Juma.
Later, Ali Muhammad founded a society called the Haiyat-i-Ilmi, whose
object it was to assume to itself judicial powers in regard to disputes between
the townspeople. He is also on the black list of the Revenue Office, and with a
view to injuring it he has been agitating in the name of the Haiyat-Ilmi in
favour of the Governorship of the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Muhtasham with his Bakhtiari force
He is believed to have been one of the instigators of the disturbances in the town
in October.
When the Amir started out for the districts he left his Deputy Governor
Muwaffaq-ud-Dowleh, to act in his place. This gentleman, a Tehrani, was
pleasant enough but hard up and consequently corrupt. He was also weak for
he lacked both force of character and the assurance of the Amir's confidence and
support. Eventually he fell out with the Amir and suddenly took his departure
ia the end of June.
In the meantime a certain Itimad-ul-Mulk had started from Tehran to
take his place. This man, who has Russian sympathies and a bad record, was
objected to by His Majesty's Legation, and the appointment was revoked. He
disregarded, however, all orders to stop at Yezd or return to Tehran and, despite
all protests, forced his way on to Hafsinjan. Here, it is believed, the Amir-i-
Mufakham bought him off, and he returned to Yezd. Various individuals were
then proposed for the post, but eventually the Amir Hishmat was appointed on
the suggestion of His Majesty's Consulate. His record at Bam was good and,
aurmg his short tenure of office in Kerman, September and October, he gave
satisfaction to all classes. He is a man who might make a good Governor under
he new conditions which are being introduced in Southern Persia.
I 11 April, rules were suddenly published by the local authorities regulating
e conditions of the carpet-weaving business. They were largely of a hygenic-
sanitary character and, as involving immediate large structural alterations in
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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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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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