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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎133r] (270/616)

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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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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 1907-1908. 73
than risk losing everything. The facility with which debtors can abscond and
enjoy protection at Lar, remains a standing menace and deterrent to the Hindu
trading commnnity and exercises a very disadvantageous influence on trade
enterprise. The Persian trader refuses to engage in 'cash' transactions and inva
riably wants credit. The consequence is that the British Indian trading com
munity has no option but to sell on credit and risk non-payment, or to stop
trading altogether. The Deputy-Governor has recently announced his
intention of again collecting " pierage." Orders were issued by the Tehran
authorities early in 1907 to discontinue the levy of this tax, but the local
authorities seek to justify its re-imposition by stating that it is still included
in the schedule of revenue to be recovered by the Governor of the Gulf Ports.
The matter is engaging the attention of the Eesidency and of His Majesty's
Legation.
The year has witnessed a general weakening of the authority exercised S^aSon admi "
bv the local Customs administration. This may perhaps be accounted for by
M. Naus' departure from Tehran and the subsequent uncertainty regarding
the continued employment of Belgian Directors and of the measure of support
to be expected from head-quarters in enforcing the regulations. At Gatchin
and Bostapa, on the Clarence Straits, Mulla Hashim, a protege of the Deputy-
Governor of Lar, having first warned M. Wagner of bis intention, proceeded
to intimidate the Customs representative and himself to collect the Customs
dues, while at Kohistak, on the Biyaban coast, the Baluchis drove out the
Customs employee and closed the post. All subsequent attempts to re-estab
lish it proved fruitless until, towards the end of the year, the expedient of
buying the services of Mir Birkat Khan, an influential Baluch Chief, achieved
the desired result. M. Wagner, the local Director, proceeded on leave in June
and was succeeded in turn by Moses Khan and M. Varren. The latter is a
Swiss and is well disposed towards British interests. He was transferred to
Lingah at the end of October, when Moses Khan was re-appointed to Bunder
Abbas and has continued in office until the end of the year. With uncer
tainty in their minds as to their position and prospects, it was not possible ^ for
the Directors to evince anti-English sentiments and, as a result, relations
between the Customs and the Consulate have been entirely devoid of friction
or unpleasantness. In Minab, Mirza Karim, the Mudir who formerly gave us
mfo so m uch trouble when acting in that capacity at Hen jam, maintained his bad
reputation by imprisoning in his house a British-Indian subject against whom
he had some claim. After repeated representations to the Customs Adminis
tration, the Consulate has at last secured the dismissal of this truculent mudir.
Steps have recently been taken to re-establish Customs posts at Charbar and
!% Tank and a steam launch has been despatched to Charbar to assist the mudir,
hut the Baluchis have ne\ er acquiesced in the establishment of these posts and
it is thought that, as formerly, they will proceed to break them up again at
re ' .g their leisure.
Throughout the cold weather, large numbers of Pathans, prevented from Armstrafflo.
landino- at Maskat. arrived by mail steamer and proceeded to purchase arms
and ammunition from Lari traders. In the early months of the year, large
consignments of arms had been smuggled ashore at the different ports On the
Clarence Straits and conveyed thence to Haji Ali Kuli Khan, Deputy-Governor
of Lar. On learning that a good price could be secured for rifles from the
Pathans, large numbers were transported from Lar to Bunder Abbas and were
iie] lere \ 0 \^ in the bazar almost under the eyes of the Customs authorities. The
iP^j, procedure adopted was somewhat as follows -.—Having paid the trader for the
number of rifles required, the Palhan proceeded to his encampment outside the
town and prepared his camels for departure. In the evening, the Deputy-
Governor's tofangchis, on receipt of a small commission, would proceed to cany
jU# I rifles one by one to the Pathan, until the whole order was delivered. As
, ar ^ tfce tofangchis habitually carry arms, no comment arose regarding this proce-
J # ^ ure> In other instances, Pathans arrived by steamer, purchased camels locally
and then left without loads, proceeding to some previously selected spot on the
IjiJ Biyaban coast, there to load up with arms and ammunition. The Customs
' , .jf authorities were kept informed of the existence of the illicit trade, but always
J deferred taking action, the Director dreading to damage his popularity by
JV making a raid upon the traders implicated. On the Biyaban coast, however,

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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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