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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1911-1914' [233r] (470/488)
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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FOR THE TEAR 1914,
Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Knox, C LE.,
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.
, visited Bahrain
visitors. oi + <c Lawrence " on Hav
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There were no epidemics during the year, except the outbreak of nla^ue
~ — mentioned above.
Health.
The Meteorological records kept in the Mason Memorial Hospital of the
Climate. Arabian Mission show that the year has
, , «, been one of moderate temperature with a
very high percentage of hunudity. The maximum temperature for the vear
registered on August 2nd was 10i o , though the wet bulb frequently showed 88°
and over at 8 a.m. The lowest temperature for the year, 52°, was reo-istered
on January 3rd. &
No rain, except for one slight shower, fell till the middle of November,
but from then on there was considerable precipitation.
The usual summer « Shamal " or north wind was stronger than usual and
lasted from June into August. A cyclonic storm, fortunately of short
duration, did considerable damage to buildings and shipping in November.
Bahrain was ill-prepared for a bad season in 1914. The year before last
Pearl Trade. about a million and a quarter sterling was
brought into the islands by the sale of an
excellent catch at high prices but the boom was not maintained in 1913,
as the Manager of Messrs. Rosenthal, in an effort to corner the market, paid
such high prices that the dealers were dazzled and declined to sell at'more
reasonable rates to the other European buyers. The Bombay merchants who
had sufficient pearls in stock merely watched the market, and consequently at
the commencement of this season the Arab merchants who were moreover
somewhat demoralised by their success of 1912, and in a weak position from
the small sales of 1913, started with large stocks in hand. The early part
of the season was chiefly spent in manoeuvring, and, before serious buying
had commenced, rumours of the impending War in Europe reached
Bahrain. Only some £60,000 had been spent in Bahrain itself and a
negligible sum on the rest of the pearl banks. The larger part of this,
too, had fallen to the share of the Hindu Baniahs, who so largely
contribute to the financing of the trade, and the Arab merchants secured but
little. By the time the stream had descended through the Nakhudas to the
divers it had become extremely exiguous, while practically nothing reached
the petty traders who, during the off season, feed and clothe the divers and
their dependants on credit.
Several of these had not been able to survive the poor season of 1913, and
many had gone bankrupt before rumours of War cut off the stream for good.
When War was declared the whole fleet was celebrating Eamzan with the
usual extravagance, The sudden drying up of credit caused something of a
panic, and a certain amount of difficulty was experienced in financing the
fleet for the second fishing, but the temporary prohibition of the export
of food-stuffs and the fixing of prices allayed this, and in the end practicaljy
all the boats started for the banks. While the financing of the fleet hung in
the balance it seemed as if Bahrain was in for a period of very serious distress
immediately, but Shaikh Isa rose to his responsibilities, and the closing of the
Shatt-el-j^rab, and the consequent inability of a very large number of the
riverain divers, who had gone to their homes for Eamzan, to return to
Bahrain largely reduced the numbers of divers for whom provision would have
had to be made. The divers from Hassa also, who, unlike those from the rest
of the Arab Coast, have other sources of employment, were ^ several hundred
short at the commencement of the second fishing. The British India Steam
Navigation Company generously reduced their fares from Bahrain for two
months after the closing of the second fishing. Some 600 of these cheap
passages rwere granted, and Shaikh Isa advised all Nakhudas to advance
sufficient money to their foreign divers to enable them to go elsewhere to seek
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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