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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎65r] (134/616)

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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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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 1906-1907.
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The two following points in connection with non-British trade deserve note.
In the end of March 1906 Herr Heinrich Burger travelling for the 4 ' 'Badischer
Anilin und Soda Fabrik " visited Shiraz, where he remained more than a month.
He secured an order for 20 cases of synthetic indigo and gave practical illustrations
to Shiraz dyers in the use of this article. It may be reasonably conjectured that
the import into Fars of Indian indigo is destined to suffer from and eventually to be
lolled by the introduction of German synthetic indigo. About December 1906 the
Singer Sewing Machine Company opened a branch in Shiraz. The representative
French subject M. Ignace Muller (formerly a teacher in the schools of the 44 Alliance
de la langue Franyaise '' at Tehran) assisted by his wife, a native of Tiflis, appears
to have had some success in pushing the sale of sewing machines in Shiraz and
proposes to send out native agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. to Jahrum, Fasa, Lar, etc.
AGRICULTURE.
In the districts of Fars north of Shiraz, as also in the immediate environs of the
town, the grain crops of 1906 would appear to have been better than for several
years past.
This improvement was less noticeable in the districts south of Shiraz in some of
which there had been a lack of rain.
The poppy crops varied considerably according to the locality, but would
appear to have been better than those of 1905.
There was an unusually plentiful yield of grapes of all kinds.
PUBLIC SECURITY.
The condition of the Shiraz-Bushire road throughout the year was aepioraDle.
Robberies, the majority apparently by tribesman, were frequent. Two brigands,
Mullah Mansour and Malek Manaf, infested the district between Kazeroon and
Daliki. British films suffered extensively. The Persian post was not spared. In
November 1906 the 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. messenger bearing despatches from His Majesty's
Legation for the Grovernment of India was held up, apparently by Kashgais. and
robbed of the official despatch-bag with all its contents, of personal effects, monty,
badge, etc. None of the stolen despatches, effects, etc., have been recovered; no
redress given. Like several other outrages which occurred on the Bushire road at or
about the same time, the robbery of the 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. messenger was alleged by the
Fars authorities to have been the work of Kashgais acting under instigation of
Prince Shuaa'-ul-Sultaneh with a view to discrediting Ala-ul-Dowleh.
The misconduct,of the road-guards, more particularly on the portion of the
road between Kazeroon and Borasjoon, who continue to levy dues from the mule
teers under the name of " tufankji-giri (guard-dues), to blackmail and in some
cases assault travellers and to molest the 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. messengers, formed the subject
of repeated representations from His Majesty's Consul to the Fars authorities, who
however persistently ignored these. No case is known to the British Consulate
of a road-guard having been punished for misconduct.
The condition of the Shiraz-Ispahan road, though considerably better than that
of the southern road, left much to be desired. A British missionary and his wife
were the sufferers in an extensive robbery committed in June near Yezdi-kasht.
No compensation or redress has been obtained from the Fars authorities who allege
the robbers to have been Bakhtiari tribesmen.
BRITISH CLAIMS.
Owing in part to the friendly attitude which Ala-ul-Dowleh was induced to
assume, in part to the presence in Shiraz for several months of the summer of a
special official despatched from Tehran by the Persian Government at Mr. Grant
Duff's request to settle outstanding British claims in southern Persia a large
number of such claims were satisfactorily disposed of in the course of the summer.
A sum of over Krans 65,000 (approximately £1,300) was received from or
through the Fars authorities. Of this sum about Krans 43,900 (say £870) was for
road robberies, Krans 2,400 (about £48) for burglaries in Shiraz, the remainder for
loans, business-debts, petty thefts, etc.
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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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