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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [176r] (356/488)
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 TEAR 1913.
85
protested against the action taken and informed tlie Director of Customs and
| os ts that, without orders from the British Legation in Tehran, he could not
permit the Persian Post Office to be placed within the limit of a British con-
cession.
Notwithstanding tliis protest, it transpired, tliat letters were being accepted
by the Post Office which, indeed, issued picture post-cards to popularise the
n ew venture.
His Majesty's Consul was obliged to inform the Director of Customs that>
owing to the inconvenience caused by the public using the thoroughfare to the
post Office, the company would be obliged to close the road leading to it.
The matter had been, in the meantime, referred to His Majesty's Minister
at Tehran, and the office was finally closed in the month of March.
After the close of the year the Director of Customs again approached His
Majesty's Consul asking whether His Majesty's Government would object to a
Post Office being instituted at Abadan outside of the limits of the Oil Company.
At the same time the Anglo-Persian Oil Company asked whether it would
be possible to place a British Post Office at Abadan, more especially to deal
with the money order business which had attained large dimensions and was
becoming a tax on the company.
These two questions were taken to Bushire for discussion with Mr Lorimer.
His death prevented their being taken up and they have since been kept pend
ing the arrival of His Majesty's Minister's despatch, on the general
subject of Posh Offices in Persia, reference to which will follow on the subject
of the British Post Office which was proposed for Ahwaz.
Ahwaz. —In his letter, No. 431, dated 9th February 1913, to the Govern
ment of India, on the subject of British Post Offices in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Sir
Percy Oox raised the point that there was no British Post Office at Ahwaz. He
stated the principal firms have learnt by bitter experience that correspondence
of urgency or importance cannot safely be entrusted to the Persian Post Office "
"it would be convenient, both with a view to facilitating our
commerce and emphasising the position of Ahwaz as one of the ports of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to initiate a British Post Office there." His Majesty's Consul was
accordingly called upon for a report and suggested that, in the circumstances,
a launch service would be preferable to a land service, since the base of our con
tention was that Ahwaz was a Gulf port.
Negotiations were accordingly opened with Messrs. Strick, Scott and Com
pany, the agents of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, who, after the close of the
year, agreed to accept a subsidy of £250 per annum and to maintain a weekly
launch service for the purpose in connection with the British India mail
steamers.
The Postmaster-General having objected to this charge being made against
the Postal service, it was recommended that any deficit should be met by a
Political grant.
While the final contracts were being drawn out after the conclusion of the
year, a telegram was received by the Resident from His Majesty's Minister at
Tehran in which it was stated that the Persian Government had objected to the
institution of the proposed Post Office and that a despatch dealing with the
general question of British Post Offices in Persia had been sent to Bushire.
All Post Office questions have been kept pending its arrival since
it would be of little use putting up suggestions until the tenour of this despatch
is known.
Mohammerah. —The work of the British Post Office has continued to
expand and it has been found necessary to obtain better accommodation than
the present cramped quarters within the Consulate building.
Plans for a new Post Office are being approved and a site of land, along
side the Consulate, has been obtained from the Shaikh for the erection of the
new building.
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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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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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