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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [‎209r] (422/488)

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 TEAR 19 U , ^
The Local Finance Agent was of the opinion that tl,:.
in the province exclusive of revenue grain Af ti lf ® um co uhl be raised
Consul pressed for an immediate advance of £50 nnoT 6 ' Hip Ma 3 e sty'8
including arrears of pay due to various departments anTaW? expenditure,
expenses of the unproductive opening months of th'pfll - a reserve to me et
It was important to ensure the sum mentioned beW F ev ® nuB year,
and His Majesty's Consul ineidentallv exnlained tliA P " ln 1,ars itself,
dismissal of the Governor-General! 7 He ^oSted 17^1 immediate
supposed to have been earmarked for Pars in 101 'i s j £30,000
Administration Report, 1913), the province had only received llOM^'
statement modified this and showed that Pars had actually rea fved^tS sJo
In early July, His Majesty's Consul Shira? wuc If m u
discussed the financial situation with the Treasnrpr fv i 1 r a "' ^nere he
latter to consent to the establishment of a Ct frntoS ^ in , du ? ed th9
that revenue collected in the province of Pars shoulH nnf i P 11 -"? 1 ', ' to Wlt '
but remain in the Local Branch ofthe Imperial Ban V nf f to Tehl ™
fc Local F inance A,e.l. ,h. could ba .^i to dcITo? Si. h""^ 0<
account for expenditure under the provisions of a hmW ? banking
Central Government. Provisions ot a budget sanction by the
It would be unfair to close this epitome of the lopal • t ?
which hard things have been said of the Gendarmerie vitlni^JV
the year under report, though it commenced verv htidW h ci i 'n J
.ba. tb. laat .i. ncooCb. ., ; h e ^ SLd
tranquillity, unparalleled any time these past five years On thp B,rv
Shiraz road, MMaHhas ceased, caravans and travellers ha^ passed prSaUv
unmoteted and eredi must be given to the Gendarmerie for havinr brou S ht
about, for the moment, this satisfactory state of affairs. orougtit
Remarkably tranquil. On the 22nd October Saiyid Murteza Ahrami
Condition of Bushire and surrounding districts. P a ^ e H of the Annual Administra-
from Korbala and proceeded to DaslSr nT^eLrL^'t? Btsbirf on rte^Th
atoSntohiSr t0 ^ llere qUietly and anxi0US n0t t0 attract
Dunng the first half of the year, the affairs of the Municipality attracted
some attention. The Muwaqqar-ed-Dowleh has effected some notable reforms
within the town itself, principally in road-making, cleansing of the town and
repairing the sea front. To continue the good work, he was anxious to tax
foreigneis for municipal purposes. The 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. was glad to do what was
possible to assist and, as a result of voluminous correspondence, Sir E. Grev
authorised His Majesty's Minister at Tehran not to instruct but advise British
pay tlie P ro P ose(iDew municipal taxes at Bushire, on the condition
Uiat the Governor was informed at the same time that the right to obiect to
tae payment of such taxes is reserved if at any time under the present
b-overnor or his successors it appeared that British subjects are getting no
beneht from the levy, or that the funds collected are being squandered or not
devoted to the objects specified. Sir E. Grey further stipulated that it be
made quite clear that tue payment of any taxes, which cannot be claimed as
due under the 1903 Convention, is for specific purposes of public utility,
whereby British subjects benefit equally with others and does not involve any
breach in the validity of that instrument.
A further condition laid down was that other Foreign subjects also paid
these taxes, while His Majesty's Minister reserved to His Majesty's Govern
ment the right to consider the whole question at the end of this year .
Probably as a result of the limitations thus imposed, the Provincial
Controller of Einance, on the 1st August, informed the Resident that he had
deterred the question of the payment by foreign nationals of the new municipal
taxes until further ordeis were received by him on the subject.
At the end of 1913, a portion of Colonel Merrill's local force was
Dashti and Dashtistan, despatched to Bushire to assist the Gov-
t ernor in collecting the revenues of these
districts. His Excellency never believed in these men, who, he said, were

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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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