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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [14v] (33/616)
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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12
ADMINISTRATION EE POET ON THE PERSIAN GtJLE POLITICAL
IX —Bahrein. The position in Bahrein is still one of considerable difficulty. As was
anticipated in last year's report Sheikh
'' Ali bin Ahmed, the Sheikh's troublesome
nephew, who absconded to escape arrest on the presentation of the Govern
ment of India's ultimatum to Sheikh Esa, soon got tired of Bedouin life in
Katar and surrendered himself to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
on the 18th July. He
was in due course deported in H.M.S. Sphinx to Bombay where he now resides
on an allowance of E600 per mensem.
Prom a local point of view it would have been convenient if the Customs
Cugtomg of Manama could have been assumed as
a part of the operations sanctioned for the
bringing of the Sheikh to his bearings ; but it was thought that the lesson
given him would have resulted in his being more tractable in future and in
his accepting the advice of Government in regard to this important matter
among others. Such has not been the case, however, and he still shows a most
determined resolve not to be induced even by the most profitable offers to
place his administration on more civilised lines, although confronted by a
large increase in the volume of Bahrein trade, from which under present
system he derives no personal advantage.
In October 1905 Sheikh Esa, tutored no doubt by some intriguer, probably
ct, m v. i. > •,. « + Monsieur Goguyer of Maskat, who had
Sheikh Esa's memorial to Government. -tii i . t,i . \ ,
lately been at Bahrein, addressed a
memorial to His Excellency the Viceroy and His Majesty's Secretary of State
for India through Messrs. Kynoch & Co., the Small Arms dealers of
Birmingham, who are among the Eirms participating in the arms traffic to
the Gulf. In this document he set forth a number of grievances complain
ing specially of the appointment by the Government of India of a British
Officer to represent them at Bahrein; of being debarred from participation in
the profits of the arms traffic ; and of other alleged hardships suffered at the
hands of Government and its officers. These complaints were mostly ill-
founded and only served to show the inveterate intractability of the Sheikh
and his disinclination to shape his conduct or his administration conformably
to the views and principles of the Government of India. The latter, however,
made it clear to him that they were not the least inclined to tolerate any
further signs of disaffection from him, and as the year progressed he showed
more inclination to be friendly and to listen in ordinary matters to his Poli
tical Agent's advice, always excepting the matter of his Customs adminis
tration.
It is regrettable to find much mortality among the members of the
America Mission. American Mission at Bahrein, on whose
small community death seems to levy a
regular annual toll probably connected with the sanitary defects in the
premises in the native town which they occupy.
Piracy unfortunately w r as recrudescent, and the notorious offender Ahmed
Hracy bin Salman again brought himself into
unpleasant notoriety. Owing to the
shallowness and intricacy of the waters lying between the pearl banks and the
mainland it is impossible for His Majesty's ships to deal effectively with the
evil, and failing the use of armed dhows, the only practicable means of
coping with it will probably be found in the employment of a large steam
launch of light draft, with a smaller craft in tow for use in very shallow water.
Apart from the depredations of Ahmed bin Salman, the people of Abu
Dhaluf were accused by the crew of a Persian
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
of having looted them when
driven ashore by stress of wind. As a precisely similar offence was brought
to the charge of the natives of Abu Dhaluf in 1893 the probability is that the
present accusation is well founded ; but the details are still under the considera
tion of Government.
Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thani's death, alluded to by Captain Prideaux, is a
Death of Sheikh Ahmed-hin-Thnni. matter f or regret as he was disposed to be
. friendly and was formerly a candidate for
active British support in return for his good offices in preserving the maritime
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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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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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