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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [215v] (435/488)
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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2:2; PERSIAN GtFLF ADMINISTRATION REPORT
an expedition into Baluchistan. With this end in view he fathered the
mission of the Mishah-i-Diwan to Baluchistan, but when the latter found
himself unable to get further than Charbar and asked for pecuniary assistance,,
he washed his hands of him. He clung, however, as long as he could to the
hope of marching into Baluchistan and was much aggrieved at not being-
supported in his project and at having to give it up. His Governorship does^
not appear to have been particularly noteworthy in any way and he is chiefly
remembered locally for his close-fistedness.
The history of Eudbar during the year was uneventful. The Zargham-i-
Kizam retained his usual authority and
Eudba^, appears to have exercised it wisely. The
district remained peaceful and the Rudbaris refrained from any interference
with caravans on the Bandar Abbas road.
The Afshars remained well-behaved throughout the year and did not
even indulge in their usual internal feuds.
Afshar. Caravans passed unmolested through
their district.
Husain Khan Buchaqchi committed a robbery early in the year and tried
to stir up mischief but without success.
Sl^J " an ■ A small force of Gendarmes was posted
in Sirjan town and their presence there, though not an unmixed blessing, seems
to have afforded protection to the district which escaped its usual harrassings.
from its western neighbours.
In January, a caravan was looted by Fars robbers but the local authorities,.
by prompt and energetic action, recovered
Rafsmjan. the lost property and punished the robbers
so successfully that they had peace for the rest of the year. Complaints were
made of oppression against the Rafat-ud-Dowleh, but His Majesty's Consul
did not consider that the Kifaat was any worse than the average Governor.
Jiruft was again swept by Baluch raiders in Tebruary and suffered badly ;
over a hundred of the inhabitants were
said to have been killed. Luckily no
caravans were in Jiruft at the time except one which was caught at Dasht-i-
Kuch. Otherwise the year was uneventful.
Early in Eebmary a strong force of Baluchis, estimated at from 1,000
" to 3^000, invaded Narmashir. The Gover
nor of Bam marched out against them,
but beyond surrounding him in Abbasabad the Baluchis did not take any
notice of him, and continued their advance as far as Darzin where they entren
ched themselves and waited the attack of the Gendarmes who had advanced
from Kerman to meet them. The Gendarmes blundered on to them there
and engaged them throughout the day and at nightfall, finding themselves
nearly run out of ammunition, retired, on Tahrud. The Gendarmes lost three
men killed and three wounded and claim to have inflicted a loss of one hundred
on the enemy, but this number is improbable. After the fight the Baluchis
retired through Narmashir again, while the Gendarmes awaited reinforcements
of men and ammunition. On receiving these they advanced to Bam, but by
then the Baluchis were the other end of Narmashir. The local authorities
tried to persuade the Gendarmes to follow up the Baluchis but they wisely
refused and, after waiting to make sure that there was no truth in the reports
that the Baluchis intended to advance again, returned to Kerman. It was
part of this Baluch force that raided Jiruft on its way home. At the end of
March there was again a scare of another Baluch raid but happily it did not
eventuate, as the defences of Bam then consisted of sixty mutinous Sarbazes
and one broken gun, the Merat-i-Sultan with the reinforcements and serviceable
gun sent in February, having been recalled to Kerman. Throughout April
the people of Narmashir remained in terror of further Baluch raids. In May
the new Governor, the Salar-i-Akram, arrived in Bam with one hundred Bakhti-
ari sowars who soon raised the whole town against them by their violence
and oppression and the Governor-General had to send a Commissioner to
enquire into their behaviour, after which matters improved. In June and
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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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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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