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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [96v] (197/616)
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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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 GULP.
neither to seek nor support on behalf of British subjects, or subjects of a third
power, any commercial or political concessions north of a line starting from
Kasr-i-Shirin and passing by way of and including Kermanshah, Ispahan, Yezd
and Khakh, to the point of interjunction of the Persian, Russian and Afghan
frontiers. Similarly Russia enters into a corresponding engagement in respect
of a zone extending over South-Eastern Persia and the Perso-Afghan frontier by
way of and including Gazik, Birjand and Kerman to Bunder Abbas.
it follows that the central tract lying between these zones of interest, includ
ing the Persian littoral and islands from Bunder Abbas to Mohammerah, becomes
as it were a third zone of neutrality or disinterest ; common ground, in which
the contracting parties claim for themselves no special privileges.
Two further articles safeguard the customs and other revenues pledged by
Persia as security for loans already made by the British and Russian Banks and
provide for friendly consultation in the event of financial difficulties requiring
the establishment of British or Russian control, respectively, over the sources
of those revenues.
Negotiations were concluded towards the end of the year for the assembly
of a second International Conference at
Assembly of Arms Conference at Brussels. Brussels, for the Special purpose of devis-
ing means of checking the growing trade in contraband firearms within the zone
covered by the Brussels Act of 1890. It is expected ^ that the question of the
traffic in arms and munitions to and from Maskat, which has now reached such
dangerous proportions, will, be brought within the scope of the Conference which
is to assemble at the end of April 1908.
Great Britain is to be officially represented by Sir William Lee-Warner,
K.C.S.L, and Sir Richmond Ritchie, K.C.B., and two other officers. Major W. G.
Grey,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Maskat, and Captain W. S. Bowman, R.N., lately
Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, have been deputed by the Government
of India and Admiralty respectively so that their local knowledge may be at
the disposal of the British delegates.
The protracted negotiations connected with the interpretation and execu-
Conclusion of the French Flag Negotiations at fio" o f * h e terms cf the Hague Award
Maskat. in the French Flag case have at last been
concluded, and all that now remains is the publication of a notification by the
Sultan of Maskat informing his subjects of the results of the arbitration. His
Highness is greatly to be congratulated on the removal of an element of local
friction which has troubled the Maskat State for 20 years past.
This prudential measure of policy has been proceeded with to the utmost
Consolidation of our relations with the Ruler of during the year.
Koweit.
The above developments in the field of general politics seem collectively to
have created a definite stage or vantage-point in the history of British relations
with Southern Persia and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, from which the ground covered of
late years can be reviewed and the best course for British policy to pursue
through the next stage can be conveniently scanned and determined. It can
hardly be doubted that His Majesty's Government will use the juncture for this
purpose.
Since the conclusion of the Convention, Russian competition, commercial
Rivalry of Foreign Powers. ^ political, has decidedly slackened.
bome more water must necessarily How
under the bridge before her local officials can purge their minds entirely of the
Rll , sia< leaven of bias and suspicion which .the
character of our past' national relations
had inevitably engendered, but there is no doubt that, whatever its ultimate
results may be, the first effect of the Convention has been to clear the channel
considerably and to place the intercourse between local representatives of the
two powers on a more frank and healthy foundation.
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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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