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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [128r] (260/616)
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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AND THE MASKAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE YEAR 19Q7-1908. 03
now drv beds, while many spriogs which generally last till the heat of summer
are also dry or at best have but a small triclde. JFortunately rain fell at the
proper seasons for tbe crops of 1908 and thus no great harm has been done
beyond tbat, owing to the varm winter, there is hardly any ice stored for next
summer.
The crops w ere very good and the price of wheat varied from 8
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
before the reaping to 35 kracs the kliarwar after it, while at the present time
it can be bought in Gnran for 20 krans, but would not pay to bring in : barley
fell to 14 krans the kharwar. I bought it this year at 20 krans while the
previous year I had paid 60 krans, though arriving late and buying at the
wrong season.
The revenue of the Kermanshahan Proyince is as follows :—
Cash.
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
Kermanshali and Sanghur ...... 10^,084^
Sehna and Kangawar
Asadabad ..»•••••• 4,600
Total . 117,264^
Grain.
Kharwars.
Kermanshali and Sanghur
Sehna and Kangawar
537
Asadabad 1,600
Total . 11,317
Straw.
Kharwars.
Kermanshah and Sanghur only ..... 2,513
Owing to the disturbed condition of the country the Government has been
unable to recover but little of the above. The revenues of Kermanshahan are
mainly used up in pensions to Shahzadas, to Mullahs of Kermanshahan and
Nejef, and in the pay of the four regiments and contingents of sowars.
The following figures will prove the truth of my contention that British Trade *
trade on the Kermanshah route is far from being in a moribund condition,
indeed that it only needs fostering to swamp the market. British goods have
the best name of any except in goods of a turkey red ground where the dye is
n0t fast * 1905-1906. 1906-1907. 1907-1908.
£ £ £
Total Imports . • • 745,674 1,014,336 1,240,445
From United Kingdom . • 507,335 725,321 9 ^
From India . . . . 74,855 86,262 156,294
While these figures are very satisfactory they are not absolutely correct:
they show rather the country from which the goods have been ordered than the
actual country of origin and I regret to say that much which comes through
Bombay agents and which is shown as either from the United Kingdom or
India has in reality its origin in a foreign country ; this applies more especi-
allv to woollen goods. I am attempting to get merchants to dt al direct and thus
avoid this condition of affairs ; for this, however, I must reside m Hamadan
for some time and 1 propose doing so this summer if the state of the country
permits. 1 am indeed inclined to think that His Britannic Majesty's Consul,
Kermanshab, should spend at least four months, if not six months, of the year
at that place ; the two towns are so near each other that if his presence were
required in the other at any time it would be very easy to make the necessary
visit. I have also held the opinion that the Imperial Bank of Persia should
reverse its present system and should have its branch ( fiice at Hamadan with
an A gent at Kermanshah. Both Mr. Messervy, the Inspector, who lately visited
Kermanshah and the present manager are in agreement with this idea and the
latter asked me to go into it with the heads of the Bank should 1 visit lehran
as I intended. The reasrn for this is obvious ; Kermanshah has not one-fifth
the trade of Hamadan, which is the distributing centre for Noith-"West Persia,
and the Kermansbah merchants and bankers are really, with rare exceptions,
but agents for the Baghdad or the Hamadan wholesale importers.
R
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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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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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