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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [230r] (464/488)
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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SOE THB TEAE 1914 gj
CHAPTER IX.
administration report for the
trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
for
THE YEAR 1914.
The
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
has, this year, suffered severely from the ravages of
General. plague and, perhaps more than any part
0 f the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
from the dullness
of the pearl-market, always seriously affected by the outbreak of War. Follow
ing hard on the Wars between Turkey and Italy and in the Balkans, the oreat
European War caused wide-spread distress even in this remote locality. ^
The War also affected this unfortunate tract in another way. Owin 0 * to
the Government demand for transports, the British India Company were
unable to serve the minor ports in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as usual and Debai, the
distributing port for the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and Lingah, which, when Debai fails, takes
its place, were both, perforce, neglected. As this Coast depends on these steamers
for its supply of cereals, it was at one time gravely threatened by famine.
If we add to this a severe storm that sank about 50 pearl-boats and
drowned 100 divers, it can truly be said that these Arabs have been afflicted,
in the course of 1914, with every species of disaster that could possibly overtake
them.
Conditions are now slightly improved. Plague is no longer reported ; the
Company has resumed its normal sailings, but it will be long before the Coast
recovers.
Shaikh Salim bin Sultan proposed, in March, to fit out an expedition by
Ras-ei-Khaimah. f a the pagers of Shaam, whom
he alleged to be refractory to his orders.
His proposals were supported by the Eesidency Agent but both the Shaikh and
the Agent were informed by the Acting Eesident that such expeditions were
a breach of the Truce and could not be tolerated. The Shaikh was directed to
bring his grievances to the notice of the Political Eesident when next on tour
on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. Nothing further has been heard on the subject.
This Shaikh has not yet been recognised as independent of Shargah but
the change in the succession to that Shaikhdom has certainly established his
position more firmly than ever.
Last year it was foreshadowed that it would probably be necessary to
i T , rr • • coerce Shaikh Eashid bin Ahmed. The
Umm-al-Kaiwain. .. ^ ,
sanction oi Government was received and
this painful duty was carried out, on the 18th March, by H. M. S.
"Fox," ^Dartmouth," and "Odin." The recalcitrant Shaikh was quickly
brought to reason and paid Es 10,000 in settlement of his brother's claims
against him and a fine of Es. 15,000 to Government for his contumacy.
Ajman. Nothing to record.
Shaikh Sagar bin Khalid died of plague on the 18th April. He was
succeeded by his cousin Shaikh Khalid
shaigal1 ' bin Ahmed, appointed to the Shaikhdom
by the late Shaikh just before his death. Owing to the general upset of the
War, it has not yet been possible to convey the formal confirmation by the
Government of India of this Shaikh's accession in the usual way.
Once during the year, Shaikh Hamdan bin Zaid repeated the old cry that
the Amir of Nejd was likely to threaten
the independence of Oman. As he used
this to support an application for a pass to purchase ammunition from Maskat,
it does not seem that it was seriously meant. There is not a shred of reliable
evidence to show that the Amir ever gave the Trucial Chiefs a thought this
year
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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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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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