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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [216v] (437/488)
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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24
PERSIAN GTJLF ADMINISTEATION REPOKT
General out of his garden did not help them to restore it. At the instigation
of Mr. Lecoffre, the financial Agent, Colonel Glimstedt, formed ideas of afc-
sorbino the Local Police force and abolishing the Local Military force and road-
guards" and so leaving the Qendarmerie as the only force in the district. With
this, of course, Mr. Lecoffre and Colonel Glimstedt would have ruled the dis
trict. The idea though fascinating was unrealisahle and was not seriously
pushed. Their methods of recruiting brought them into conflict again with
the Governor-General and elicited complaints from villages that the recruiting
parties were using press-gang methods. Though they made no actual prepara
tion for getting out on to the road they at any rate realised that it was the
primary object to protect which they had been sent here and Captain de Mare
and Colonel Glimstedt took parties of their men down to Bandar Abbas and
back to recornoitre the different routes and get some idea of how to organise
their protection. They did not get beyond a general opinion that the Baft
route was the best and so far they'have not even got a paper scheme rf posts and
patrols for any route. At the end of the year orders arrived for a delachment
to be sent to Shiraz and for the remainder of the force, except a small barrack-
guard, to return to Tehran, and early in the new year they departed from
Kerman Whetner they will ever return or not we can only " wait and see."
The working of this Department was very far from satisfactory. The
m , „ ^ , extortion and frauds of the subordinates
The Revenue DeparLineut. i i n i-i t -i. i i
exceeded all reasonable limits ana no real
effort was made by their chief to check them. Mr. Lecoffre, the Head of the
Department, sat inaccessibly in his office and required all complaints to be
made in writing on stamped paper and these, of course, were re^er allowed to
reach him. He himself accepted presents of carpets, a watch, ring, etc., and
was naturally given the credit of taking money as well. Under the circum
stances it was only to be expected that the subordinates should think that they
had a free hand. The outcry against the worst offender the Amin-i-Maliya,
Mirza Ibrahim Khan, was so Joud that the Treasurer-General had to be moved
to dismiss him and even then the greatest pressure had to be brought to bear
on Mr. Lecoffre before he would carry out the order. The people of the
Kerman district are not high-spirited, and, in spite of illegal exactions, the
revenue is easily enough collected and, in the absence of all public works or
improvements of any sort, the expenses of the district are not great. So Mr.
Lecoffre was able to announce that the district would be self-supporting after
September. This is, of course, very comforting to Tehran, who are only too
pleased to know that they need not send down any more money and do not
care how this happy result has been brought about, but is not a source of much
self-congratulation to the Kerman district itself. Mr. Lecoffre made full use
of his advantage as holder of the purse and as self-constituted Agent-Gene al of
the Gendarmerie to obstruct and worry the Governor-General as much as
possible. He remained as autocratic as ever accepting orders as subject to
his own approval even, as mentioned above, those from his own chief. His
unfortunajbe temper causes His Majesty's Consul much unnecessary trouble,
and his personal reputation does not enhance British prestige.
The Moham-ul-Mulk was appointed Karguzar in January, but did not
The Kar uzari arrive in Kerman until April. He is a
North-Persian Turk who has spent a num
ber of years in Constantinople, where he apparently picked up Young Turk
ideas and a st rong anti-European bias. He showed it plainly from the first but
it did not become serious until the outbreak of the War. All the European
firms were much affected by the dislocation oE the money-markets and were
obliged to economise as far as possible. It was a matter which required care
ful handling and co-operation between all concerned to effect this without per
manent detriment to the whole Carpet industry. Instead of helping to make
things easy the Karguzar encouraged those of the weavers who were unreason
able and obstructive and openly showed such animus against the European
Eirms that His Majesty's Consul was obliged to ask for his dismissal. He,
however, possessed strong influence in Tehran and his dismissal had not been
achieved when the year ended.
Dr. Chiriaieff continued in charge of the Russian Consulate throughout
The Russian Consulate. the y e:lr ' He retained frieiidiy ^at 1 ® 1 ®
all- round and adequately protectea tne
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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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