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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎66r] (136/616)

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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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tion of 1882 for the suppression of traffic in slaves. Among the upper classes in
Shiraz the possession of a number of slaves chiefly for the service of the " anderoon "
is as much a mark of good taste as it was in Rome in the age of the Antonines.
Since 1903 when Mr. Grahame took up the appointment of Consul at Shiraz
the local authorities have exerted the utmost ingenuity to evade carrying out the
stipulations of the Convention. Strong pressure locally and frequent reference
to His Majesty's Minister have been necessary.
During the year under review seven letters of manumission were issued by the
Fars authorities at the request of His Majesty's Consul in favour of slaves who had
taken refuge in 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. . All of the slaves thus manumitted had been
imported from overseas subsequent to 1882 and were claimed as property of
Persian masters.
TOURS.
In consequence of the very unsatisfactory condition of the Shiraz-Bushire road
and of the numerous complaints against the road-guards, Mr. Grahame requested
and obtained sanction to make a tour of inspection on that road.
Leaving Shiraz on 29th April he was absent till 3rd June. In a report subse
quently submitted to His Majesty's Minister the defects of the present arrange
ments for the maintenance of security on this road were set forth and certain pro
posals for the patrolling of the road by Native Indian Cavalry were submitted for
the consideration of His Majesty's Government.
Under special instructions Mr. Grahame returned to Shiraz by the Firouzabad
route. Bushire was left on the afternoon on 23rd May ; Shiraz was reached on the
morning of 3rd June.
The route with the exception of the portion between Ahram and Tang-i-zard,
was highly satisfactory.
A detailed report was subsequently furnished tending to establish the superi
ority of this route over the Kazeroon road, and to show that of the two
objections generally urged against it by muleteers and others, viz., lack of water and
insecurity, the latter only is to a certain extent well-grounded.
Travelling with his Consular escort, Mr. Grahame experienced no difficulties,
but the country traversed between Ahram and Firouzabad was in a lawless condi
tion, every man's hand being apparently against his neighbour, and the villagers as
a rule not venturing outside their own immediate stretch of land.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES.
Since November 1905 France has been represented at Shiraz by a Consular
Agent, Haji Mirza Hussein, a Persian subject. No other Foreign Power is perma
nently represented.
During four months of the summer of 1906 Mr. Andre Miller, Acting Russian
Consul General at Bushire, accompanied by M. Boris Miller, Dragoman to that
Consulate, and by Dr. Bussiere, Medical Officer to the Persian Customs Administra
tion, was in residence at Shiraz.
Mr. Grahame held the post of His Majesty's Consul throughout the year under
review.
I:/ GEORGE GRAHAME,
His Britannia Majesty'& Consul, Shiraz,
P. Z. COX, Major,
Officiating 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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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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