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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎70r] (144/616)

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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. fob 1906-1907. 29
28 External Affairs.—The relations of the Bakhtiaris with the Shaikh of
Muh—Xaswfs to he anticipated from the Ilkhamslup of the Samsam,
have been bad. , . 11
In the spring of 1906 it had been arranged that the Shaikh and the Khans shoaM
mine spring Oovernorship of Behbahan including the Kuhgalu tribe)
' v^T ^r iS^due course the Shaikh obtained the Govern-
H. ~ W
fore obliged to assume the whole responsibihty himself. , , ^ ,
The Shaikh who was visited a month later, made out a much better case for
himseH ^nd laid numerous, probably not unfounded, charges of bad faith against
the Khans,
-n Trma+prmfy ol their forces by the Khans were rife in January, and
Rumours of mustenng of their toe s j to the ghaikh The latt
at the sa ®?J? • g UCCess ^ playing off certain Bakhtian-Kuhgalu secret affi-
nitii and nrWe to make goodVeir bluff, the Khan, had to profess entire satis-
faction with the Shaikh's answer. . , j .1
20 Rumours of pending raids b y the Bakhtiaris which were to include the
whole of the northern part of the Shaikh 's territory were for some time current.
But these in their extreme forms were not considered worthy of attention
Some minor local raid occurred on the Ramuz-Jarrahi border, but the Khans
did not claim responsibility for these, and Aeywcretre^ed and adjusted before
the end of March, as the actions of irresponsible local men.
Tn the meantime the Shaikh of Muhammerah had telegraphed in an alarmis t
Eb" §£ s-eT
Government.
This teleoram the Khans showed to the Vice-Consul in March and they want
ed to saddle him with the responsibility for it which he repudiated
. h . itoT ;
shared the actual administration being m the hands of the hakhtia ..
" 1 . , • ttt V i ir»V> ia fVip marrow of all difficulties with the Sam-
necessarily came into force. ^ ^ r
oi T^e agreement relating to Behbahan had scarcely been concluded, when
a quarre ^broke out between tie a^Shah^ Ite
known but so much is known that the Shahab dl8 ?n^
as regards Raghaiwa, and threatened that he would have tte Wood ^ one All mqi
Khan, a chief of the Kuhgaln for whom the Samsam has a penchan ,.
The immediate effect was the tearing up of the ^fter
nresence The probable more distant effects have already been alluded to. Atter
Haji Rais's departure the Shahab put himself in
Shaikl of Muhammerah, and a private understanding was amveo . .

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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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