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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [97r] (198/616)
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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EEVIEW 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.
IN THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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On the other hand activity on the part of Germany has been fully maintained.
Apart from the Abu Musa Question which
Germany. j s puj-gujng a somewhat deliberate course
towards settlement no acuteissues or causes of friction have indeed arisen, but
there has been a perceptible change in the general demeanour of the C erman
Consulate at Bushire, since the return of Dr. Listemann from Tehran in Novem
ber 1907, and the institution can no longer be regarded as the mere post ot
observation which it had seemed to be in the past.
At present however, except for some signs of an intention to create*
rlifRrulties for us in connection with the administration of quarantine in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Germany's activity in the sphere now dealt with can hardly be said
to have ostensibly passed beyond the zone of legitimate commercial rivalry. In
the latter direction the tours of two commercial delegates or experts Dr. Grothe
in Kermanshah and the north-western provinces and Herr Kurt Jung m the
south although sufficient time has not yet elapsed for any special results from
their tours to have become apparent, deserve mention, as also does the fact of
the lease bv Messrs. Wonckhaus and Company at an extravagant price of some
river frontage at Mohammerah for the construction of a wharf for the storage of
grain under export. , . , , , T
To turn for a few moments to matters more parochial throughout the region
Teivr of the Reports from Agencies in Southern dealt with, except perhaps the territories
pJsta of the Sheikh of Mohammerah and the
Bakhtivari Khans, the lamentable effect of a year's attempt at the constitutional
government of the country by a parliament of crude nationalists, full of destruc
tive enersv in their search for reform, but utterly wanting in the constructive
ability necessary to effect it, is rendered only too apparent by the reports of our
renresentatives. It will be seen that these reports are mainly a record of
incessant chaos and uproar, and that the provincial capitals, Kermanshah,
Shiraz and Kerman, have been unremittingly wracked by bitter strife between
opposing factions. .
In tbe case of Kermanshah the situation was aggravated by active rebellion
against his sovereign on the part of Prmce
Universal ci-^os. Salar -ed-Dowleh, during which our re-
mesentative was called upon to play a most difficult part. In Shiraz again the
discord culminated just before the end of the year in the murder of the Kowam-
ul-Mulk the Pars notable, around whose person and family^ the disorders in
^hiraz of the last few years have mainly revolved ; while the situation in Kerman
though her affairs have perhaps been less before the public than those of her
sister capitals has been hardly less chaotic and difficult. Communications every
where have been absolutely insecure and on the Bushire road alone no less than
I c unexpiated postal robberies have been perpetrated within the last two years
jand the number of them is steadily increasing.
Apart from these general conditions of unrest and insecurity for trade, the
^ absence of effective government and the
The incidents in the Gulf. activity of the f< Young Persian" element
have been responsible for two or three troublesome incidents in the Gulf ports,
which have been not a little damaging to British prestige by reason of the length
of time occupied in exacting any sort of satisfaction from the Central Govern
ment These are dealt with in the Bushire report. Happily opportunities have
not been denied us, on the other hand, of specifically asserting ourselves in a
useful and more or less public manner, through the Naval service ; for example,
by the capture in December of certain notorious pirates ; and again, at the end
of the year by the extraction of an official apology from the Turkish represen
tative at Katif for an affront previously offered to H. M, S. " Lapwing' j and
one can only hope that in the magnifying eye of the public these latter incidents
will be carried with seme compensatory value to the credit side of the account.
With reference to the allusion made above to Mohammerah and Bakhtiyari
territories, it is interesting to note to what
M,ohammej:ah and B.akhti}an country, ^ great extent the peculiar tribal and
semi-independent status of the communities in question has rendered them
immure trcm the direct effects of the national movement, which have been so
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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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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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