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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [39r] (82/616)
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.
61
Customs (under whose auspices the building was being erected) was due in a
great measure to the support, moral, if not actual, of my Russian colleague.
The position therefore now is that, though connection is complete, no office
has yet been opened to the public owing to the childish objections of the
Persian Government.
Tours. —In connection with the collection of information for the new
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer a fair amount of touring was done at the beginning
of 1905, the Assistant Resident making one tour in February of the Islands of
Hormuz, Larak and Henjam. Early in March another tour was made by
way of the main caravan route to Kerman through fehamilat, south to Minab,
and back to Bunder Abbas. In April a tour westwards into Bastak territory,
south to Khamir with a visit to Bassidu and back to head-quarters. In
August a tour northwards in search of a possible summer resort was made,
but though Kuh-i-Ginao and the foot-hills of Kuh-i-Parghun were visited no
suitable place was found. The thermometer between 9 a.m . and 6 p.m . during
this tour usually averaged about 105° Parenheit or more, even at an altitude
of 2,700 feet.
Navy and Marine, —His Excellency Eear-Admiral Atkinson Willes in
the flagship Hyacinth and accompanied by His Majesty's Bedhreast and
Proserpine visited Hormuz in the course of his annual tour in April 1905,
but did not call actually at Bunder Abbas.
His successor in the command of the East Indies Squadron, Vice-Admiral
Sir Edmund Poe, visited Bunder Abbas in March of the following year,
remaining in port two days in His Majesty's Ship Hermes.
In addition to the above-named vessels His Majesty's Ships Fox and
Sphinx visited the port at various times.
The E. I. M. S. Lawrence and the I. G. T. S. Fatric Stewart with
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 the Director of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs also
called during the tours of these officers.
No foreign vessels of war entered the port.
Foreign Representatives.— to the 14th Pebruary 1906 Russia had been
represented by a Consular Agent, in the person of a Persian by name Mahomed
Ali the Sadid-us-Sultaneh. On this date the first Russian Consul for Bunder
Abbas, Monsieur G. Owseenko, arrived from Russia via Meshed, Seistan,
Kerman and Regan and was accorded a very cordial and ceremonious official
reception. It was not, however, until a month after his arrival that the Czar's
representative officiallv informed his British colleague of his appointment to
Bunder Abbas. M. Owseenko is well-known throughout Persia, having estab
lished the Russian Consulate at Bushire and served at Baghdad and Seistan.
No other power is represented at this port.
At Lingah a Persian represents Prance as Consular Agent ; and to
another Persian, Mahomed bin Abdulah Khwajah, whom the Persian
Government refuses to recognise, are entrusted Turkish interests.
Lieutenant W.H.I. Shakespear, LA., has held charge of the office of
Assistant Resident and His Britannic Majesty's Consul throughout the year.
Agha Badr bin Mahomed Amin has also continued in charge of the British
.
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Lingah during the same period.
W. H. 1. SHAKESPEAR, Lieutenanty
{late) Assistant Resident and His Britannic Majesty's
Consul at Bunder Abbas,
B ritish C onsulate,
M askat ;
The 15th August 1906.
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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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- 1 volume (304 folios)
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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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