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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎168r] (340/488)

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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FOR THE YEAR 1913.
69,
The Telegraph Office at Tahrnd was plundered by BalueMs in May Mi-
Tanner further reports
"Last August an Afghan caravan smashed nine insulators near
Garmac and did otter damage. As the Afghans are generally well armed
and numerous we are helpless against them, and the only hope of stoppins; their
depredations is to have them stopped as thoy cross the border into AMiaiiistan
But at present the Persians have no force for such a project
A Sistani lashkar also did considerable damage to the line in October
1913 The matter was reported to the British Consul, Sistan, but I have not
been informed if any action was taken on the report."
As regards the arrangemeats for protecting the line in Baluchistan, he
makes the following ravourable report :—
" With the aid of Mr. Lecoffre, we have been able to put the smard
supplied by the Persian Government for the lines in Baluchistan on a better
footing as regards pay. Rifles and ammunition have also been issued to them
also brass ' nishans ' to enable them to be identified. The members of the
Nahrui tribe, under Alishah Khan, and Taj Muhammad Khan, who have been
deputed to guard the line between Bam and the frontier, are doing very well
and we are satisfied with them . '
« By mears of these men we are able to get into touch with other Baluchi
tribes, and in this way we have more than once been able to recover articles
and animals that have been stolen from our people. Their influence is also
making itself felt in the reduction of wilful damage +o the line. Certain
Afghan caravans are the greatest sinners in this respect now."
The following is his report on the telegraphic work of the Department
during the year :—
" Messages, both forwarded and received, and both International and local,
show a decrease as compared with 1912. As the local rates have been lowered'
the receipts payable to the Persian Telegraph Administration show a considerable
decrease. "
Imperial Bank of Persia —The Bank gave much work to His Maiesty's
Consulate during the first part of the year. They had been conducting certain
large bankruptcy cases on behalf of themselves and the Hindu creditors, and
they had allowed these cases to get into a state of great confusion. The Bank
Mirza, Mustafa Khan, had, in 1912, been appointed official representative not
only of the Bank, but also of the Hindus and of His Majesty's Consulate, and for
many months he naturally managed all affairs concerned with them, his views
and recommendations being in all cases adopted Being a Persian he, of course,
abused his position, and there is satisfactory evidence that he was' positively
dishonest in several instances.
In March, the Managar, Mr. Newman, was transferred to Tehran makin^
over chaige to the Accountant, Mr. Gardner, i ortunately charge was again
transferred to Mr. A. Wright in June. Mr. Wright has spent an enormous
amount of labour in trying to get things into order and has to a large extent
succeeded. He is now under orders again for Yezd, which is much to be
regretted.
Strengthened by evidence obtained by Mr. Wright, His Majesty's Consul
deprived Mirza Mustafa Khan of the authority which he had held for a year on
+1? t F Consulate and Hindus. He has also strongly recommended that
the Bank should remove the man from Kerman and has informed them that he
i T? C ^ ne i n any way to recognise him. Mirza Mustafa was not
only dishonest, but also extremely tactless and was on the worst of terms with
all the local officials.
f +1 Ma 3 est y' s Consul has further insisted on the Hindus appointing an agent
ii +U 1 • 0W:,1 * alwa y s see ^ to others, the Bank or the Consulate, to
pull their chesnuts out of the fire for them, and then complain that they have
been swindled.
^e Hindus. —The Hindus have carried on their business, it is believed,
profit. They are now more cautious in their dealings with Persians. The

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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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