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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎71r] (146/616)

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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 HESIDENCY FOR 1906-1907.
31
After this, stronger pressure was brought to bear on the Samsam and advan
tage taken of the Shahab's compromisal to force them to provide guards for the
camps and take steps to repress crime. This has had considerable effect, and for the
time being the situation is better than it has been yet.
35. Trouble is always to be anticipated from the Samsam, over whose men
tal vagaries it is impossible to establish any effective hold, but for the moment he
has fallen into line in supplying guards in spite of his very tall and violent talk at
Ramuz, where he swore steadily for nearly three weeks that if we pressed our de
mands and did not give in to his, he would refuse further responsibility and formally
throw up all connection with the affairs of the Syndicate.
To anticipate what properly should appear in next year's report, the Samsam
has since plucked up heart again and returned by letter to the question of the addi
tional £500 and payment in gold; but this was only to be expected.
36. The Ahwaz-Ispahan Road. —Messrs. Lynch Brothers' interests as effect
ed by the Ahwaz-Ispahan Road have also during the year been a subject of official
discussion and correspondence with the Khans.
In spring on pressure exerted by the Legation to induce the Khans to improve
the state of upkeep of the road the latter gave promises to have it thoroughly
overhauled. Little or nothing however had been done when the Vice-Consul
travelled up the road in June. At Chighakhor the Salar Arfa' represented that he
was then in the beginning of July despatching men to repair the road, and that
orders were being issued to remove the restriction by which muleteers are com
pelled to buy supplies only from the farmers of the caravansarais. Subsequently
from references made by the Legation it was ascertained that the Khans at Tehran
were asserting that the road had been thoroughly overhauled and that they accept
ed that it should be inspected and reported on in regard to the state of the track,
caravansarais and bridges, and that defects reported by the Vice-Consul would be
removed.
The Vice-Consul addressed the Samsam on the subject at Shalamzar in the
middle of October, a reply in writing was obtained that the road had been put in
thorough repair, but that it was possible that it had again been damaged by the
downward passage of the tribes and that defects pointed out would be remedied.
The Vice-Consul then travelled down the road and subsequently had to report
that the evidences of work done on it were very slight, and that no action had been
taken as regards the caravansarais, which were all in a dilapidated condition and
insufficient in number.
A detailed report of work considered necessary was drawn up and despatched
to the Khans. It is said that the report was subsequently divided up into sections
and handed over for action to various men of authority in the different localities
concerned. Further inspection and report will be made in the course of a month
or two.
Both in the Oil affairs and in those of the road the Khans have openly reveal
ed their guiding policy which is merely to extract the maximum of money possible
and expend the minimum, or if possible, none. This receives corroboration out
of the mouths of their own people and all who know them.
37. The question of supplying the Khans with a British Medical Practitioner,
which has been considered on various occasions during the past few years, was
definitely discussed at Chighakhor with the Salar Arfa' by Captain Crossle, I.M.S.
The upshot was that the Khans declared that the heavy expenses incurred
during the year made it impossible for them to discuss the project with any view
of putting it immediately into effect. It is believed that Captain Crossle has re
ported on the aspects of the case as ;.-egards the eligibility of the billet from the
point of view of a British Medical Practitioner. It is doubtful whether any such
arrangements if carried out would not be more productive of trouble and misundes-
Btanding than of contentment and of gratitude on the part of the Khans.
THE KUHGALU.
38. The Kuhgalu. —This tribe, inhabiting for the most part the hills beyond
the eastern border of the Bakhtiaris, are nominally subject to the ^governing
authority of Behbahan, who in turn is subordinate to the Government of Fars.

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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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