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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [61v] (127/616)
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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP
Throughout the second half of the period the daily life of Bushire was
Local Politics and Majlis. stantly racked by the petty local dissen
sions which, as m most other townshim *
Persia, have resulted from the introduction of the^Constitution and the insff f-
of local branches of the Majlis-i-Milli or " National Assembly " of Tehran 1 n
It was on the 7th October 1906 that His Majesty Muzuffer-ud-din Sh K
inaugurated the National Assembly at the capital in the presence of the /i
dignitaries of the Court and Foreign representatives, but it was not until
November that the Darya Begi held a Meeting at Government House, Bush"
before which was read the Royal
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
constituting that august institution Jj+ji
branches in provincial towns. His Excellency informed his hearers that it
proposed to select three members from the Gulf Ports who would each receive^
allowance of 1,000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per annum. He further stated that a local committee^
" class " representatives should be formed and should meet once a week at Gover
ment House to advise on local claims and complaints and he added that it would
be incumbent upon him to act in harmony with their views.
As the result of this pronouncement the Local Committee seemed to have
imbibed the idea that their functions were intended to supersede those of the
Governor in all local matters and the Governor took advantage of their vagaries to
do nothing. The result was that innumerable petty routine cases usual in a large
town like Bushire accumulated to a serious extent; no one got relief, and Bushire
may be said to have existed without Government. Matters were further conmli.
cated by the attitude of the Mullahs ; realising that the effect of the existence of a
local assembly, if it performed the functions expected of it, would take away half
the custom and perquisites on which their livelihood depended, they demanded to
be made members. The position was still further confounded by the unsettled
state of affairs at the capital resulting from the lingering illness of Mozuffer-ud-din
Shah. The news of His Majesty's demise however when it did come, on 9th January
had been so long expected and so often wrongly reported, that it was received very
calmly by the public and was accompanied by none of those disturbances peculiar
to such occasions. Fortunately His Majesty'died at a time when the Nomad Tribes
were settled in their winter quarters far away from the Bushire-Shiraz Road and
though the long illness of His Majesty and the chaotic state of the Government
for months past had inevitably resulted in a good deal of turbulence throughout
the province generally, no special manifestations of it now ensued. What there
was, was chiefly focussed at the head-quarters of the Fars Government and is
fully dealt with m Mr. Grahame's account of Shiraz history for the year.
Soon after the proclamation of constitutional Government the question of the
National Bank. formation of a National Bank was mooted
■p -i • , r „ and keenly taken up for the time by the
Bushire public on paper at all events. The leading Persian merchants appeared
to v^ with each other m giving circulation to exaggerated reports of the munificent
extent to which their patriotism had prompted them to promise contribution for
the maintenance of the national credit, but by the end of the year the popularity
pf the idea with the Bushiris had considerably waned.
In spite of the enormous amount of smuggling which the heavy tariff has
Commerce. generated the trade of Bushire has flourished
i T/ i . . during the past year and fortunately there
nave been no epidemics to exercise any damaging effect upon it.
The Arms Traffic continues to give the Customs authorities an immense
amount of anxiety it being found impossible to check the illicit import through
the small ports of the Persian littoral.
r x-rf 0 p r sea-going launches built at the Royal Indian Marine Dockyard
i 6 j r j ian .i 0V f5 n ^ en v w 1 ere during the year, but owing to the general
chaos and dearth of funds little use has as yet been made of them.
The period has witnessed a considerable decline in the operations of the Rus-
Russian Line. P an of steamers, only able to continue
^ , i^s sailings at all owing to its heavy subsidy.
n e ot er hand the German " Hamburg-Amerika" Line commenced
Hamburg.Amerika Line, regular sailings in August 1906, which have
• i • s ^ nce ^ een maintained, and as far as can be
gauged the Company is making good headway.
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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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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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