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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎117r] (238/418)

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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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Subsidies.— TY iq following chiefs were in receipt of telegraph subsidies
during the year ; —
»
Annual telegraph
subsidy.
Name of chief.
Habitat.
Sons.
Charbar-
Jask line.
Saldjikatir
(Suntsar)-
Charbar
line.
Ks.
Rs.
Mir Mustafa Khan of Jask .
Old Jask
Chiragh Khan, Murad Khan, Jalal
Khan, Ahdun Nahi, Buzdar Khan,
Jehangir Khan and Dad Khuda
Khan.
48!
...
Mir Hoti of Ja«k ....
Do.
Mir Mohin Khan and Mir Haji
Khan.
360
Mir Ayub Khan of Bint
Bint
...
500
Mir Nagdi Khan, of Bint
Do.
Ali . . . • *
600
Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Husain Khan of Gaih .
Gaih
1,000
Mir Din Mohamed Khan of Dasht-
yari.
Mir Bazar
Ahdi Khan, Yar Mohamed Khan
and Yusaf Khan,
...
500
M ir Durra Khan of Dashtyari.
Taking
Nowsherwan . . . •
...
500
Mir Suhhan Khan of Bahu
Sund
Asliaraf .....
...
500
Mir Ahmed Khan of Bahu
Eanja
Shai Moh itned and Hashim Khan .
...
500
Slave trciffic. —The total number of slaves shipped across to the Arab
Coast, for sale was, according to reports, 37. A slave from Persian
Baluchistan sought refuge in the office of the British Agent, Gwadur, during
the year under report. He left for Karachi at his own expense.
Wrecks. —In November dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. " Ganjam Padarat " from Cutch with
a cargo of 2,000 bags of dried dates loaded at Al-Qatif arrived at Jask in
a water-logged condition. The Officer Commanding Persian Troops ille
gally disposed of some of the contents but a considerable quantity was
recovered later by the Officer-in-Charge Jask telegraph sub-division. I he
latter was instructed by the Hon'ble 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. in the Persian
Gulf to whom the matter was referred, to sell the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. and cargo and to
utilise,the proceeds thereof to meet the repatriation expenses, etc., of the
crew who left for India by the steamer calling at Jask on the 7th Decembei.
Visits. —Sir Auriel Stein, K.C.I.E., of the Indian Archaeological
Department visited Gwadur and the neighbourhood in the month of
January and left for Mekran.
A bolition of the Capitulations. —Since the abolition of the Capitulations
in Persia, the position of the British Indian traders and subjects on the
Persian Mekran Coast has become very difficult. The only court available
is that of Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Din Mohamed, Governor of Charbar, which is not properly
constituted. Din Mohamed himself is implicated in many of the cases and
owes considerable sums of money to the British Indian merchants who fear
reprisals if they apply to the court at Bandar Abbas. Moreover the treat
ment of British Indian Subjects by Persian officials has undergone a marked
change for the worse. A respectable British Indian merchant the head oi
the local Punchayet was assaulted by a Customs Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. , and an attempt
was made to coerce and imprison one Peeral for alleged smuggling wit oj.it
any proper enquiry. There is a general feeling that British iniluence ib
dwindling and as a result great difficulty is being experienced m getting
both Persians and Baluchis to honour their bonds and in other ways to come
to terms with our subjects to whom they owe money.

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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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