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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎97r] (198/602)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 1884-1906. 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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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. AND MUSCAT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR 1889-90.
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Those districts, were during several months, in a disturbed state, owing to
feuds between local Chiefs, notably those of Borazjan and Angali.
His Excellency the Saad-ul-Mulk has continued to hold the Government of
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Ports and Islands, including Jask.
Chevalier Keun de Hoogerwoerd, Consul-General for the Netherlands at
Bushire, proceeded to join a new appointment at Bankok in May, his acting
successor being Mr. W. Groeneweg, of the firm of Hotz and Son.
M. Piat, Yice-Consul for France at Bushire, proceeded on leave to
Erance, leaving the Vice-Consulate in the charge of Haji Mirza Hoosain, the
Dragoman.
The Imperial Bank of Persia having effected an arrangement for the with
drawal of the new Oriental Bank Corporation branches from Persia, has opened
a branch in Bushire, and the new Oriental Bank Corporation has closed busi
ness there.
Mirza Ismail was appointed Deputy Governor of Lingah, and Mirza Hadi, of
Bunder Abbas. A detachment of 50 soldiers was stationed at Lingah.
Major E. Bruce, Bengal Cavalry, arrived for the purpose of buying mules
for Government and succeeded in obtaining over 800 animals, mostly pur
chased at Ispahan and Tehran.
In the summer epidemic cholera having appeared at Bussorah and Moham-
merah, some cases were imported into Bushire by Captain Hughes, of the
Bombay and Persian Steam Navigation Company's steamer Mobile, before
quarantine could be established. Owing to the exertions of Surgeon-Major
T. Efrench Mullen aided by Mr. Apothecary Rodrigues, the disease was pre
vented from spreading, and subsequently the Persian authorities, advised and
assisted by Dr. Mullen and subordinates, established quarantine which saved
Bushire, and probably most of Persia, from the epidemic. An interesting
memorandum, prepared by Dr. Mullen on this and previous outbreaks of cholera
in Persia, &c., will be appended to this report.
7.— PERSIAN ARABISTAN.
The steps taken during the year towards the establishment of the commer
cial route from Mohammerah to Central and Northern Persia have still been
chiefly of a preliminary nature. Nevertheless, the progress made, though, as
anticipated, slow, is real. The position of the English commercial agents
in Arabistan and Shushter is improved, and the good relations they have suc
ceeded in establishing are highly creditable to themselves and advantageous
for trade.
At Mohammerah the Governor of Arabistan, the Nizam-es-Saltanah, has
built a Government house, a landing place, and a public bath. At Ahwaz
(Bunder Nasiri) buildings are in course of construction, and at Shushter a large
amount was spent in repairing the great bridge of Valerien, but unfortunately
the arches which had been repaired were swept away by a flood of the river
(Shateyr). A Company has now been formed in London which will undertake
the construction of roads from Ahwaz to Barujird, and Tehran, with a branch to
Ispahan, and a tramway is to be made from Bunder Nasiri to Ahwaz.
The stern wheel steamer Shushan has been presented to His Majesty the
Shah by Messrs. Lynch and is now running on the Upper Karun. There
is every reason to expect that merchandize in considerable quantities will soon
be sent by this route.
Two cases of piracy on British Indian vessels occurred in the Shat-el-Arab
river, and all attempts to trace the perpetrators failed.
B

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The volume contains printed copies of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Reports. The Reports are incomplete (according to the introductory letters and lists of contents). Some of the Reports bear manuscript corrections. The following Reports are represented :

The Reports include a general summary 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. (covering the constituent agencies and consulates that made up the 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. , and topics such as the slave trade, piracy, the movements of Royal Navy ships, official appointments, and the weather); meteorological tables; separate reports on Muscat (also referred to as Maskat); reports on trade and commerce; and a number of appendices on special topics, such as supplementary notes on the care and culture of date trees and fruit (Report, 1883-84), historical sketch of the Portuguese in eastern Arabia (Report, 1884-85), notes on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Al Dhahirah] by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles (Report, 1885-86), notes on cholera in Persia (Report, 1889-90), report on the cholera epidemic in Maskat, Matrah, and Oman (Report, 1899-1900), and information on individuals and tribes.

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1 volume (299 folios)
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The Reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an introductory letter/table of contents at the front of each Report, but these show that the Reports are not complete.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 3 on the second folio after the front cover, and continues through to 299 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears 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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