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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [216r] (436/488)
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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POE THE TEAR 1914.
23
July tliere were serioiis complaints by the. Bam Khans against the Deputy-
■Governor Ismail Khan which resulted in his dismissal.
The elections for the Majlis were the occasion of serious disturbance in
Bam. Ihe Nazim-ut-Tujjar was one of the successful candidates, but his
return was challenged by the Khans who accused him of undue influence and
fraud in obtaining votes. Thereupon the Nazim and his supporters closed
the bazaars and flocked to the Eritish Telegraph Office to take bast The
situation became so threatening that the Governor-General and His IVIaiesty's
Consul with a mixed force of Gendarmes and Bakhtiaris had to proceed to
Bam. As persuasion and remonstrance were equally unsuccessful in drawing
out the Bastis it became necessary to expel them by force. The staff were
successfully got out of the Telegraph premises and these were surrounded
by the Gendarmes and Bakhtiaris who began to close in on them from all sides.
As soon as the Bastis saw that no more nonsense was going to be stood they
began to^stream out of the Telegraph compound and make for their homes.
The desired ^ object was thus being bloodlessly obtained when, unfortunately,
the Bakhtiaris on one side got out of haod and opened fire without orders, a
few lives being thus unnecessarily sacrificed. The Nazim was caught and
narrowly escaped summary execution. The Governor-General hesitated at
inflicting the extreme penalty and carried him back to Kerman as a pri
soner. The departure of the Nazim restored quiet and the year finished with
out further incident.
No event of general public interest occurred in Kerman during the year.
The affairs of Kerman City. Tlie outbreak of the European War did
not cause any general excitement, and
even the entry of Turkey into the fray did not work up any interest in it.
At first a few Persians hoped that Germany might drive Bussia and England
out of Persia or so occupy them that they would have no time to think of
Persia, but as soon as they saw that the attention of neither was in any way
lessened they gave up thinking about the War. The War naturally seriously
affected the Carpet industry, as the European firms were immediately in
monetary difficulties and had consequently to cut down orders and advances
of money to the weavers The position became very difficult and was made
more so by the action of the Karguzar who persistently encouraged the weavers
in a foolish policy of refusing either to honestly work off the advances which
they had received or to return the advances. Though heavily overstocked
the firms as a matter of policy tried to keep the industry working part time
at any rate but naturally refused to advance money for work which they
knew would not be done. The consequence is that a number of the weavers
are piling up broken contracts and claims for advances made on them, while
the firms can get neither their carpets nor their money from the weavers.
His Majesty's Consul tried to effect the removal of the Karguzar but without
success and matters remained at a dead-lock. The Karguzar, Moham-ul-Mulk,
arrived here in debt, and contracted more debts on arrival ; he from the first
showed strong anti-European feeling, and before the end of the year all the
European firms had withdrawn all cases from his Court and refused to institute
any new ones.
What with Baluch raiders driving off the flocks and transport animals
and the War dislocating imports from abroad all food and other necessaries
of life advanced greatly in price. This coupled with a serious contraction of
money naturally caused a good deal of distress by the end of the year.
The Gendarmerie did not open the year very auspiciously. With a little
a,, ^ , . forethought and elementary tactics they
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might have given the Baluchis a lesson
which they would have remembered for years. They chose, however,
to rush off without guides, supports or even a proper supply of ammunition .;
they blundered on to the Baluchis without intention in a strongly defen
sive position from which they were unable to dislodge them, and
having exhausted their ammunition had to retire under cover of night
thereby allowing the Baluchis to withdraw unmolested and able to boast
-that the attack had been successfully driven off. This was naturally a serious
«hlow to their prestige. Their unsuccessful attempt to elbow the Governor-
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:240v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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