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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎9r] (22/616)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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. FOR THE YEAR 1905-1906. 3
Last, but not least, I may allude to the work done for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
„ . „ , Gazetteer, the preparation of which has
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer. £ n i j.\ • ±1. i i i
been tor the last two years in the able and
sympathetic hands of Mr. J. G. Lorimer, O.I.E. Apart from the use which
his resultiDg volumes will undoubtedly prove to future generations of Political
Officers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the work of assisting in the collection of material
has in itself been an education to all officers now serving within the field
covered by it.
The Commercial Mission headed by Mr. A. Gleadowe Newcomen finished
„„ . , . its labours at Bushire in May 1905 and
The Commercial Mission. , j .\ j. -iu
has resulted during the curreat year in the
issue of a very interesting and suggestive report from the pen of the President.
REVIEW OF SEPARATE REPORTS.
So far as business relations between 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 the personnel of i—Bushire
„ , the Customs Administration are con- and Fars '
Customs. i j.1 i i i ii
cerned, the year has been marked by an
entire absence of friction, probably resulting in part from the salutary example
furnished by the sudden translation, at the end of last year of a troublesome
Director, Monsieur E. Waffelaert, but also due to the friendly and reasonable
attitude of the present incumbent, Monsieur J. Heynssens.
The Belgian Administration, however, is still intensely unpopular, as a
whole, with the peasant and sea-faring population of the Gulf littoral both Arab
and Persian; and, on the other hand, the result of the high tariff and rigid
enforcement of regulations has given an enormous impetus to smuggling and
has largely increased the difficulties of the B/esident in dealing with the
Trucial and other allied Chiefs on the Arab shore.
Nothing is likely to cure this state of things, short of a return to an all-
ronnd 5 per cent. duty.
Both the precise nature and limits of our occupancy of the Cable Station
at Hen jam, and the status of the Beni
en;iam ' Yas Arab tribesmen domiciled on the
Islands were a source of much local difficulty and of troublesome negotiation at
Tehran, and are still not finally determined.
Progress has certainly been made in regard to the settlement of outstand-
_ . * ™ . ing claims, thanks to the unremitting
SetUement of Claims. 0 ,. 5 „ TT .. tit • i. > ^
exertions of His Majesty's Charge
d*Affaires; but certain of those which have been the most fruitful.source of
worry, the Persian Government still persistently neglects to settle. Chief
among these latter is the case of the murder of Abu Thabi subjects by
inhabitants of Taona, for which compensation has been vainly demanded and
in regard to which the long delay in settlement has had a most prejudicial
effect on the attitude of Sheikh Zaeed bin Khalifah, in his dealings with
the Besidency.
In the commercial case of Dixon and Company versus Haji Nasir for
sums due on accepted bills; it is a matter for much regret, and likely to have
a discouraging effect on British trading enterprise in Persia (which is mostly
on the long credit system) that His Majesty's Legation has been compelled to
airive at the unpleasant conclusion that under the present conditions of
Government in Persia, the universal commercial principle providing that
"accepted bills must be met without question" cannot be regarded as an
axiom of commerce in this country, and that British traders should conse
quently exercise caution in choosing their constituents and in giving credit.
Ihis subject and the anarchical conditions prevailing in Shiraz have been
dealt with elsewhere. But for the tact
ful and resolute attitude maintained by
Mr. Consul Grahame towards the rioters through several anxious months
excesses would in all probability have been resorted to in which all foreigners
alike would have been in.grave danger.
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The volume contains Administration Report on 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 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on 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 Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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 Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); and 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 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).

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 regions 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 tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, 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 (304 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of each Report.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.

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