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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎7v] (19/418)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 1926-1931. 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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sovereignty, was any trouble anticipated, judging by the actions of the Military
Commander there. Thns Reza found himself safely placed on the ancient throne
of Persia.
From the external view point there have been two events of importance
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 1925 saw a complete year's running of the Hansa line of
steamers from Germany to the Gulf. Working as they do on a freight agreement
with British shipping interests, their two-monthly sailings have had little effect
on cargo. It is idle to pretend that there has been no effect on British interests
as, the loss of cargo—both from the Continent outwards and of Persian produce
to Egypt and elsewhere—is obvious. Moreover, there is the increased facility
with which Persian importers can get into touch with Continental exporters.
Fortunately however, our main lines of business are unassailable at present.
Furthermore, in the little post-wRr experience that Persians have had of German
trade, the former have already had a few lessons in commercial morality which
cause them to be a little nervous of doing business with Germany.
The other external event of commercial and political importance has been
the project of the Imperial Airways Limited to use the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. route for
its service from Egypt to Karachi. Sir Sefton Brancker, of the Air Ministry,
did an aerial survey.of the Gulf in February 1925 and pronounced it practicable.
In September, representatives of Imperial Airways, Limited, and^ of the Air
Ministry made another survey, with apparently satisfactory conclusions.
What effect this service will have on the Gulf, is difficult to foresee. At
first it will perhaps be inappreciable, but it is interesting to observe that man's
latest means of locomotion, the motor car and the aeroplane, are tending to
restore to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that importance it enjoyed in mediaeval days as the
channel of communication from the treasure houses of the East to the entrepots
of Venice and Genoa.
Oil —In their main area at Masjid-i-Sulaiman, the Anglo-Persian Oil
Companv are reported to have had a prosperous year^ In regard to their sub-
sidiarv areas an event of note has been the final evacuation, about the end ot May,
of Qishm Island, where boring operations have been m progress since 1914. In
the Bikarz district, west of Bushire and south of Ahwaz work has slackened
off at Mishun, but new wells have been commenced at Gach Qaraguli on the Zulu a
River and at Pazinun.
11 East and Central Arabia.— Muscat.— r Fhe year 1925 has shown some
improvement in the financial position of the State, thanks to the reforms intro
duced earlv in the year and the supervision exercised from Api ii onwards b>
Mr B S Thomas O.B.E., Financial Adviser, who has replaced the Mmister,
Wvid Muhammad bin Ahmad, in charge of the Finance Department—the latter
now sittos a?Member of Council without portfolio. The State in common wUh
all the chiefships on the Arab littoral has suffered from a bad pearling season
and from a serious fall in the price of dates.
^Tpo-nfiations are proceeding for the acquisition of a small steamer in India,
11 of pnrvvi^o nn armed force from one Muscat port of the Oman Coast
to another. This, it is believed, will greatly enhance the Sultan's authority and
increase the Customs receipts.
of th^ veM^^o^the^e^o^^e^^a^h^resM^d^at DhrfaT^a^Etnnt^and,^ur^|s
is harc ^ v be r n< ! ered t at -
szt&svste * i-i--—r a,* if™ 5i s
State affairs has revived appreciably^ He is on tne
Mr. Thomas, whom he styles " v\ azir .
n . t7- t r>f Qnlmv flip Amirs of Jaalan at Sur, the \al Saad
The Bam Kaab tribe of , ^.^orfers of the Ibadhi Imam, viz.,
of Suwaiq and the two most pwerfd rappo ^ Hamyar 0 f Jabal
Shaikh Isa bin Saleh of Kabil and ^ha v d indifference to the
Akhdar, have aH-as is becoming m hnv e
Sultan's authority. The Ban K f® an t ? (G OV ernors appointed by the
Iroen WaWiabis in creed, withheld assistance, whiclt
l b bev a ctld e^il^ave rendered when a Hindu was kidnapped by Bedoum.
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1925 (GIPS, 1926); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1926 (GIPD, 1927); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1927 (GIPD, 1928); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1928 (GIPS, 1929); [ Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1929 ] (GIPS, 1930); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1930 (GIPS, 1931); . The volume bears some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including review 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. ; details of senior British administrative personnel and foreign representatives; local government; military, naval, and air force matters; political developments; trade and economic matters; shipping; aviation; communications; notable events; medical reports; the slave trade; and meteorological details.

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1 volume (205 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 207 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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