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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [15r] (34/616)
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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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. 13
peace off the Katar Coast and pearl banks. Having received no encourage
ment from us he had latterly been obliged to throw in his lot a good deal with
the Turks.
More intimate acquaintance with Sheikh. Jasim, the elder brother who
was supposed to have resigned all active dealings with the tribal politics of
Katar, proves that he is not by any means the Weary dotard that he was
popularly supposed to be, but that, on the contrary, while it suits him to
preserve the fiction that he has retired from active participation in the affairs
of Government, nothing of importance is done in Katar without his being
consulted, or exercising his influence directly or indirectly.
In this connection the action cr rather inaction of the Turks in regard to
the selection of a successor to Sheikh Ahmed, to which Captain Prideaux
alludes, is of considerable interest.
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.
has done valuable work during the year in the
direction of geographical research for the
ArcLseoiogicai Eesearc . Gazetteer and has also received a
Commission from the Archaeological Department of the Government of India to
investigate some of the Phoenician tumuli on Manama Island ; an interesting
project which he had not time to put into execution before the year closed.
The appointment of a
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.
in Koweit in August 1904i was x.—Koweit.
sanctioned as a temporary measure the Porte, but it is to be hoped
that the post may now be considered a permanency. Indeed its importance
to us must daily increase in view of the gradual tendency of the shadow of the
Baghdad Railway to materialise on the political horizon.
The protracted struggle between the rivals in Central Arabia, Abdurahman
bin Saood" and Abdul Aziz " bin
e2 airs ' Rashid" has been the chief topic of *
interest and importance on the Koweit tide and is fully dealt with by 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.
. Bin Rashid, whose strong points were rather those of the
Bedouin freebooter than the politician or man of affairs, met his death by
surprise at the hands of his rival a few days after the close of the year, and it
remains to be seen how long the temporary peace which reigns in the land
will endure, or what steps the Porte will take to re-ignite the fire from which
she hopes to pull the chestnuts.
The loyalty of Sheikh Mubarek's attitude in the matter of his dealings
^ . .... ^ with us has on one or two occasions been
Sheikb Mubarek s attitude. i-i i •• i«ii -ij
laid under suspicion during the year, but
it is doubtful whether the impeachment is deserved except to an extent which
the dubious nature of our support of him renders a matter of necessity. The
limited measure of normal backing that we do give him no doubt stands him
in good stead, as on the one hand it must add to his importance and prestige
in the eyes of the Arab public, and it also obliges the Porte to adopt a more
cautious policy in regard to him than they otherwise would, but it has not
hitherto been active enough to make it worth the Sheikh's while to compro
mise himself hopelessly in his relations with the Turks, and for this reason the
caution with which his conduct no doubt requires to be regarded may well be
tempered with generosity, resting on the supposition that his loyalty to his
obligations will no doubt increase in thoroughness in direct proportion to the
infusion of that quality into the character of our own support of him.
In any case the fact cannot be got over that he does not seem inclined at
present to encourage any intrusion into his preserves except that of ourselves,
as has been evidenced during the past year by the short shrift which he gave
to such pioneers as Monsieur Hatinoglou of the Sponge Syndicate and the
representative of the German Pirm of Wonckhaus & Co.
The trade in arms to Koweit is without doubt conducted briskly sub rosa
Arms Trade s P^ e ^ )e Sheikh's prohibition, and
to what extent Koweit might not become
an entrepot for the insinuation of arms into Baluchistan, if the import into
Maskat were stopped, it is difficult to say. Meanwhile there is, I think, no
reason to suppose that Koweit is used at all for that purpose. It is rather
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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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