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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [27v] (59/616)
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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38
ADMINISTEATION KEPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL
It is now said that in the reported compact formed between the two
factions of the Bakhtiaris it was settled that Eaghaiwa should be leased to the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Arf'a for two years at a yearly rent of 1,200
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
; but this cannot
be regarded as certain.
6. Crops, etc, —Eain having come too late, the crops in 1905 were not
successful.
Again in the present season the first rains required for sowing did not
arrive till the middle of January. In consequence the area sown is not very-
extensive, but there is every likelihood that what has been sown will turn out
very well.
Last hot weather was, by comparison, a mild one, and in the end of
December there was a short spell of phenomenal cold, some degrees of frost
being registered.
7. Northern Arahistan. —At the beginning of the year the Governor was
the Azim-us-Saltana—a cypher.
In the beginning of April the Salar Muazzam came down through the
Dirakwand country with a force of 2,000 or 3,000 men, and joined the Mzim-
us-Sultana at Dizful. His commission was stated to be the coercion of the Bani
Turuf. In May, however, he relieved the Azim of the Governorship, and
has remained on, till the present as Governor.
He quickly asserted for himself a power and authority which have not
been known in any ruler in recent times. In Shushter he began with the
destruction of the house of Kazim Khan, Kalantar, a man who had been a
cause of many disturbances, and a thorn in the side of the Azim. It was
less this, however, that led to his murder, with every accompaniment of
barbarity, by the Salar, than his wealth and the fact that he was an ancient
enemy of the Salar's uncle, the Mzam-us-Saltana. His wives and family were
rendered houseless and reduced to begging their bread.
8. The famous religious house of Sheikh Muhammad ' Ali also attracted
the ill-will of the Salar, and on the death of the old man himself, in autumn,
his sons found themselves unable longer to tolerate the oppression of the Salar
and left the town. This spring however their representations to the religious
chiefs of Ispahan led to the Salar arranging for the return of the eldest son
with every circumstance of consideration and respect. The youngest son,
Sheikh Murtaza, is said to have lately been extremely honourably received by
the Shah in Tehran and his return in triumph to his home is expected shortly.
The rival religious house of Saiyid 'Abd-us-Samad, the acting partner in which
is his son Saiyid J'afar, has on the whole received favourable treatment at the
hands of the Salar.
9. In Dizful, except at the commencement, outwardly friendly relations
were maintained with the leading religious authority, Muhammad Hussain
Mujtabid, whose influence in the town is supreme and undisputed. It may be
put to his credit that he has never failed to use his best efforts to save the
victims marked out by the Salar's rapacity.
10. The Salar is a man of force and ability, but avaricious, more than
cruel, and entirely selfish. He seems incapable of any generous sentiment
and one seeks in vain in his acts for any trace of compassion or even mercv!
It is only fortunate that, for the furtherance of his own designs, he has found
it convenient to exercise his redoubted powers towards introducing peace and
security into the country.
He has unquestionably amassed a handsome fortune during the year. He
has found a fitting lieutenant and a pious imitator in the Muizz -um -Mumalik
whom he has at certain times kept beside him, at others deputed to Dizful
or Shushter,
In February 1906 the Salar was granted the new title of
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Mukarram, and received the Howiza district in fief for three years.
Rumours of his approaching removal have for some time been current
but they have not as yet been proved correct.
11. The Salar's policy has not been confined to the humbling of the
townships. He took an early opportunity of exacting a demonstration^ of his
subjection from Earhan Asad of the Bait Sa'ad.
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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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