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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [13v] (31/616)
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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10
ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON THI5
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
POLITICAL
His Highness to defer, in reference to one or two details of the Award, to the
keen desire of the Prench to save their amour prop re, His Majesty's Secretary
of State considering that he can afford to do so in view of the fact that the
practice will automatically cease to exist with the death of the present owners
The negotiations preparatory to the promulgation of the Award to His
Highness's subjects were in progress when the year closed, and seemed likely
to endure for some little time longer.
The usual intertribal difficulties and petty rebellions against the Sultan 's
Oman Tribal Politics. authority ha ve been prevalent during the
year, especially m the part of Oman which
is most favoured by nature and should accordingly be most prosperous under a
settled Government. In all serious difficulties of this kind His Highness seems
to turn to his veteran campaigner Suleiman bin Swail'm, who is never so hapnv
as when undertaking wa"like expeditions for his master, which prove no
doubt a source of income to him, as well as an enhancement of his personal
prestige.
As usual the Sultan's finances have been going from bad to worse and
The Sultan', ta .aoe.. during- this year he has faileu out with his
Indian Customs Superintendent Muham
mad Ibrahim oPwhom he would until recently not hear a word of dispara^e-
ment, and in whom as he told His Excellency the Viceroy at his interview^t
Mask at, when advised to appoint an auditor, that he had every confidence.
This official was on the whole a capable administrator and with any supervision
at all would have served His Highness well, but as Sir Seyyid Eeisal took little
intelligent interest in his accounts beyond seeing that his Customs Superinten-
dent-and-Banker produced money from somewhere whenever wanted, any
ether result than that which ensued was not to be expected.
The Maskat public have at all events to thank Muhammad Ibrahim's
incumbency for a mucli improved set of Customs buildings and wharf accom
modation which they would have waited many years for under a
Banian
Merchant of Indian extraction.
Customs regime. The latter community have npw been able to insert the thin
end of the wedge in the person of Damodar Dharamsee, a former Customs
farmer and now pro forma, I fear, a paid supervisor, but it is to be hoped that
the early settlement of the Erench Flag question will make it possible for us
to take up the problem of the Sultan's finances and indebtedness on business
lines, as well as several other important topics of which discussion with His
Highness has been postponed until the settlement of the above question has
made the atmosphere clearer. Among these I may include the Currency
question, regarding which the British Indian community made earliest
representations on the occasion of the Viceroy's visit; the renewal of out
Commercial Treaty with Maskat, the period of which has expired; the better
administration of the Soor Customs; and the introduction of a British Bank
into Maskat.
It is interesting to note that of the total number of slaves released in
siave Trade. Maskat during the year, which in the
, * aggregate runs about the average, or a
little short of it, less than half were African, the remainder being Mekranis.
An event which may prove to be a far reaching one and which, therefore,
The Sponge Exploration Syndicate. deserves record was the success of Monsieur
Hatinoglou, the Greek representative of
the ' Sponge Exploration Syndicate", in obtaining from the Sultan, in Novem
ber 1905, a concession for Sponge fishing with modern appliances on the Oman
Coast a concession to which His Highness seems to have committed himself
somewhat incautiously.
Trucial region for the year affords, on the whole, material of
0mai1 - unwonted interest.
The Sheikh of Debai's death is much to be regretted, as the port of Debai
Death of the sheikh of Debai. was . driving under his administration and
. „ ji » * rapidly ousting Lingah as a distributing
base for the Arab Coast Trade. It is to be hoped that progress will be
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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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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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