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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎164v] (333/488)

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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PEESIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT
The folio Trins^ is a statement of the revenue due for the year 191341
and of that actually collected and expected to be collected :
REVENUE OF THE PROVINCE OP KERMAN, EXCLUSIVE OF BALUCHISTAN
Total Annual Demand.
Cash—817,000 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
Kind—5,800 Kharwars of grain.
Callected in the year—■
1911-12
1912
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-13 J
1913 Nauruz to Deci'
Estimated collections from January
to Nauruz 1914.
Cash.
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
Kind.
Kharwars.
No records, but Mr. Lecoffre says that it may be
assumed that the landowners who had to pay paid
even more than was due from them.
190,000.
65,000.
4,500 grain.
Nil.
REVENUE OF BALUCHISTAN.
Total Annual Demand.
Cash—39,635 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
Kind—3,000 Kharwars grain.
Collections from 191.1 to date— Nil.
Estimated collection from January to Nauruz— Nil.
To the figures relating to Kerman Mr. Lecoffre adds the following notes
" With the exception of 350 Kharwars, part of which Baluchis looted in
Khabis, and the rest the Afshars refuse to pay, all the grain has
come in ".
" The amount of reductions to be granted will not be less than 25,000
tomans—a clear loss to Government.
These reductions may be divided under the heads :—
1. Impoverished or dispersed tribes.
2. Pillage and looting of Baluchis.
3. Collected in excess by former Governors during last two years"
With reference to the Amir Mufakham's expedition the following note by
Mr. Lecoffre is of interest.
Paid in or otherwise accounted for to the Eevenue Department by the
Amir Mufakham :—
*' Bam-Narmashir
Kudbar
Aqta-Bezenjan
Sirjan
Total
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
444
12,66 i
12,827
3,000
28,935
The total amount of the Treasury's claims on those districts was approxi
mately 120,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , a good deal of which the tax-farmers claimed to have
disbursed for Government purposes and which the Amir accepted as justified.
Another portion of this sum was discreetly passed over and accepted as irre
coverable by the Amir and the farmers."
In August, after the Amir Mufakham's return, Mr. Lecoffre found time to
turn his attention to other matters, and he announced the impending introduc
tion of the ct Nawaqil" (animal and vehicle) taxes, and issued orders for the
resumption of Government lands in the town which had been appropriated

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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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