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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [48v] (101/616)
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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78
ADMINISTRATION RETORT ON THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL
C hapter IX.—ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BAHBAIN
POLITICAL AGEJSCY POR THE YEAR 1905-06.
The purview of this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
includes {a) the Protected St;ite of Bahrain
(&) the independent Peninsula of Katar, {c) the Turkish " Sanjak of Najd,"'
which comprises ihe Oases of Hasa and Katif, the outpost of Ojair and a few
islands, and (d) the tribal territories adjoining the Sanjak, the status of which
has not yet clearly been determined. These diflerent districts will be treated
under three headings, the Sanjak and the tribal territories being coupled together
for the sake of convenience.
Speaking generally, the year under review has been a most prosperous one
for the whole
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. The pearl-fisheries have proved more profitable than
for three years past, while the date-crop in Hasa and Katif has been a bumper
one permitting of an unprecedently large export to India and the Red Sea
Ports. The trade of JBahrain for the year 1905, which includes loth the
pearling and date seasons alluded to, and which is intimately connected with
the trade of both Katar and the Turkish Sanjak, shows the astonishing increase
of 57i per cent, in volume over the previous best year on record.
It seems certain that the commercial prosperity of Bahrain will advance
steadily. In view of this fact, it is to be hoped that the British India Steam
Navigation Company will improve their present arrangements for dealing with
the local tiade, as at present much discontent with their methods exists
amongst all commercial classes in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. It is also probable that the
question of the extension of the telegraph cable to Bahrain will call for con
sideration in the near future. Above all, the reformation of the Bahrain
Customs administration is a measure which shows itself constantly to be more
pressing, not only in the interests of the Chief of Bahrain but of all people
residing within the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
'Rainfall and Harvest. —The rainy season in this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
is considered to
commence immediately after the close of the main pearling season about the
middle of October, and to end at the commencement of the corresponding
following pearling season, about the 15th May. The rainy days in Bahrain
are generally only three or four in number, but on the adjacent mainland the
fall is greater, permitting of the raising of food-grains in the vicinity of Hasa
and affording fine crops of hay in Katar and the other parts. In Bahrain it is
only the Sheikhs who w elcome a plentiful fall of rain, as no one else keeps
herds or flocks, and the poorer classes suffer considerably in their frailly-
constructed huts of date-fronds.
If rain falls late, it is also liable to do injury to the date-palms.
In the year under report, the rain commenced early on the mainland, and
a satisfactory supply has been received throughout the winter. In Bahrain the
fall has probably been rather less than the average. As mentioned elsewhere,
the date-harvest in Hasa and Katif was a magnificent one ; that in Bahrain
was rather deficient.
A record of the rainfall in Bahrain has been kept during the last four
years at the American Mission Hospital.
The figures are as follows:—
1902-03 , , 5 67 inches.
1903-0 4 1-77 „
1904-05 3-12 „
1905-06 2-46 „
JPuhlic Health. —The health of all parts of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, except Bahrain,
has been good throughout the year.
An epidemic of plague—the second in three years—unfortunately manifest
ed itself in these islands early in May and lasted till about the end of June. It
confined itself however to the two towns of Manama and Muharrag, in each of
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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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