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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [37v] (79/616)
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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58
ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
POLITICAL
In Minab Kerbelai ^ Mabomed Hassan has continued as Deputy-
Governor during the period of this report. He is a nominee of the Moin-nt-
Tujar and has always shown himself as very well-disposed towards this
consulate.
Hormuz and Kishm Islands have remained under the charge of the
Kalanter Mirza Khalil and the Sheikh Hassan respectively, also both nominees
of the Moin-ut-Tujar.
Attitude of Persian officials.—It may be noted here that the attitude of
the local Persian officials is rendered so apathetic, if not actually hostile, by
their venality that it becomes exceedingly difficult for the British representa
tive to bring about satisfactory settlements in the cases of claims preferred
by British subjects as well as in other matters of some political importance.
[Fraudulent bankruptcy, connived at by the local authorities, is not unknown,
the plea of abject poverty when raised is generally supported by them and
action, whenever possible, is delayed in order to enable the defendant,
absconder or accused to escape into the interior, when the plea of want of
jurisdiction is put forward and no course remains but reference to one
authority after another, a process which may be continued for years without
any real definite result. I mention the above as the interests affected are
almost entirely those of our British Indian subjects, who have been the
pioneers of our influence in this part of Persia.
Tuhlic Peace and TrmqmtUty.-~'Lootmg of caravans has not been so
bad as in former years, though during April 1905 two caravans were looted
near Ahmadi on the Kerman road, a favourite place for such depredations,
lying as it does on the border of the Fars and Kerman provinces. During
May some apprehension was caused in the country north of Bunder Abbas
owing to the presence of one Kal Siraj, a late Kalantar of Pinn who having
been ejected from that post wandered about the Shamil district for some time
with a following of about a hundred men ; he did not however commit any
serious damage. In August his followers visited the Assistant Resident's camp
at Ginao village, but beyond volunteering the information that knowing the
camp was that of the British Consul and that for that reason they had no
intention of looting it, they did nothing.
On the 19th March 1906 a party of 15 persons with whom were vtbree
sowars of the Kerman Consular escort relief were held up near Baghu 15
miles from Bunder Abbas and stripped of everything they possessed. Partial
satisfaction for this outrage has already been obtained, and it is hoped that
the local authorities will eventually, after the usual pressing, compensate the
Indian Government by paying the value of the remaining articles taken and
not returned. • ;i • ; t
In December 1905 an affray took place between some customs officials and
villagers at Kolat-i-Bala in which 4 men were wounded, of whom one sub
sequently died.
At Lingah a serious incident occurred in which certain Laris and
Girashis to the number of nearly 100 surrounded the house of the British
Agent and there caused a riot. Afterwards they, continued to surround the
house, but quietly, alleging that they desired to complain against the British
Agent's action in the settlement of a case of the bankruptcy of a Hindu and
had therefore taken
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
" under the British flag which flew over the
Agent's house. The incident was engineered by a notorious mischief-maker,
Haji Ali Lad, who managed either to overawe or to cajole the Deputy Governor
sufficiently to take his side and identify himself with the rioters. r lhe incident
necessitated several visits of His Majesty's Consul to the spot and eventually
after 17 days the crowd was dispersed, the Deputy Governor deposed and both
Haji Ali Lari and the Deputy Governor (Haji Talib Khan) exiled from
Lingah. An attempt was subsequently made to get this sentence against
both the men rescinded, but this was fortunately frustrated.
The sentence and the manner in which it was enforced bad a most
beneficial effect not only in Lingah but along the whole coast from Mugam to
Minab in the re-assertion of British prestige.
Fuhlic Health and Quarantine.—The whole district has been fortunate
in not having suffered from any serious epidemic, either of cholera or plague,
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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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