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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎144v] (293/616)

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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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00 '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. ]
An estimate given to the Political Airent by a knowledgeable Babraini of
the total outturn of dates in the three districts is as follows:—
Hasa 2,000,000 tons, Katif 533,000 tons and Bahrain 234,000. Bahrain
as the Trade Returns show^ is never able to produce the quantity of dates
required for its own consumption.
P ublic H ealth.
The islands of Bahrain were very healthy except for the period, 19th April
to 4th July, when a severe outbreak of plague raged visiting almost every town
village and hamlet.
It is estimated that 3,121 seizures occurred from this disease with 1 889
deaths. The latter included 16 Hindus, 2 Bobras, 2 Jews and about 200
Persians; 2 Mubammadan sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Infantry Guard succumbed as
well as 1 refugee slave who was sheltering in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Several of the 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. 's servants recovered from slight attacks*
Casualties also occurred amongst the servants of all other Europeans in the
place (Messrs. Gray Paul & Co., Messrs. E. Wonckhaus & Co. and the
American Mission).
When the disease first appeared the Mission Hospital had a few doses of
anti-plague serum, with which the Europeans and a few domestics were
promptly inoculated ; and after an unfortunate and rather unaccountable delav
an additional stock was received in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. dispensary from the Parel
Laboratory. Altogether, 137 persons were inoculated by Dr. Thorns of the
Mission, and 155 by Assistant Surgeon Monani of the Victoria Memorial
Hospital, attached to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . A fair number of the more intelligent and
educated members of the commercial community, who were personally known
to the 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. , allowed themselves to be thus protected without any
untoward results, as did also two sons of the Chief, and if a bigger stock of
serum had been available when the epidemic was at its height, with seventy
deaths a day, no doubt a much larger number of people would have submitted
to the operation. The poorer classes resorted generally to flighty there being
scarcely a Persian cooly left in the town of Manama during the hot weather
and autumn of 1907, while the Shia Baharanis went over to Katif in consider
able numbers at the same time. The cause of the outbreak has unfortunately
remained in obscurity, as no steamer can be charged with having imported the
infection from India. There is some reason for suspecting that the germs may
have now ineradicably lodged in the islands themselves, and that the alternate
years during which we are free from outbreaks may be due to the small
number of rats which survive each epidemic.
As the years 1904,1906 and 1908 have been healthy years, the advent of
the spring of 1909 is being awaited with considerable anxiety, and it is prob
able that many Hindus will absent themselves from the islands during the
period of danger.
The health of the mainland districts seems to have been good throughout
the year.
B ahrain.
Political.—"Ihe relations of the 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. with the Chief and his
family have been cordial throughoufcxthe year, though the magisterial and judicial
officials of Manama and Muharraq (Bazar Masters and Kazis) who come in con
tact with foreigners enjoying British protection, continue to require constant and
strict supervision to restrain them from indulging in petty acts of tyranny and
undue interference. It is satisfactory to report that in all cases of this nature
brought to the notice of Sheikh Esa the promptest satisfaction, as demanded,
has been accorded.
A typical example of the lax method of governing the local tribes in vogue
with the Sheikh occurred in June 1907, when the crews of two pearling boats,
one manned by A1 bu Ealasa tribesmen, resident in Hadd, and the other by
Dowasir of Budaiya', came into conflict over the question of priority in the
matter of watering from the fresh-water spring on the Khor Easht reef, north
west of Manama Harbour, with the result that one man on each side was shot

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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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