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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎165r] (334/488)

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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TOE THE TEAK 1913
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Without proper authority by private persons. The agitation which arose
against the Nawaqil, and the part played in it by the Amir Mufakharn Vm
• I ™ 1 ' f?" A ' to . i*" *Am tht^ion^SSiS
regulations relating to the registration of animals and vehicles owned in the
town was brought into force without any trouble. His Majesty's Consul received
instructions from His Majesty's Minister that British subjects and
were not to pay these taxes. Mr. Lecoffre was informed accordingly ^and no
demand has been made on Europeans. It may be remarked that the Nawaqn
&rXarrTval ^ and in 0 P eration before 2
As regards the order for the resumption of State lands, no very drastic
action appears to have been taken on it as there has been no general outcry on
til6 fLlDj"OL. *
Mr. Lecoffre, in the autumn received from Tehran copies of very stringent
regulations for the examination of carpets with a view to suppressing the use of
aniline dyes. He has very wisely not attempted to put them in force. Little
aniline is used in the manufacture of the " Kerman carpet" of export and the
enforcement of the regulations would demand the services of an expert chemist
with a considerable staff. Amlme, probably imported via Pars, is largely used
by theAfshar nomads m the rugs which they weave and which are now be-
coming an article of export to America and-Europe.
Mr. Lecoffre, who has a fertile and daring mind, produced during the year
a number of schemes for the better administration of the province e .o. Gov-
ernment by a cabinet consisting principally of himself and other selected
Europeans with a figure head Governor; the reconquest and reorganisation of
Baluchistan under his own supervision as Chief Political Officer ; a tribal coun
cil for managing the affairs of the tribes; and the placing of the City Police
under European control. ^ ^
Before their arrival he counted on extracting much service from the een-
darmene, but in this he has been disappointed.
L , E® said at the end of the year that he had obtained orders from Tehran for
A® 7 1. ? if be P laced uader tlle supervision of the Swedish Gendarme
Omcers, but the latter did not quite support this statement.
The institution of a force of Persian Gendarmerie under Swedish Officers
The Gendarmerie. was second great innovation of the
year.
In view of the long-continued insecurity of the trade routes in the Kerman
Province, the 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. , m the month of May, proposed that a force for the
protection of the Bandar Abbas road should be organised under British Officers
The proposal was acquiesced in by the Foreign Office. Strong obiection to it
was however raised by His Majesty's Minister at Tehran on the grounds that it
would be resented by the Persian Government, and shortly afterwards it was
announced that the Persian Government was prepared to extend the system of
gendarmerie to Kerman. Upon this His Majesty's Secretary of State for
tomgu Affairs decided not to press the proposal for the employment of British
Officers further for the time being. Prom the purely local Kerman point of
view it is much to be regretted that the original proposal was not adhered to
It would have been regarded by the population as the natural and reasonable
tmng tor us to do. And the proof that we are actually prepared to take effect
ive action in the defence of our rights and interests would have raised our pres
tige immensely throughout the whole province and so have rendered easier in
many ways the protection of these rights and interests. British Officers would
nave been more efficient and personally popular than the Swedes who have
been deputed here appear ever likely to become. It is to be remembered that,
wnile the pick of the officers of the Indian Army, with experience on the right
lines would have been available, only a few of the officers of the Swedish Army
are likely to find service under the Persian Government attractive. It will do
Jiem no good in their own home service. The result is that, in general, we
only hope to get an inferior type of Swedish Officer, who in no case can
ave had any useful experience. This is likely seriously to handicap the effi-
icncy and popularity of the force raised while adding largely to the difficulties

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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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