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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [162r] (328/616)
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.
FOE THE YEAR 1908.
15
Sultaneh in November 1908. He had been summoned
peremptorily to Tehran, and on excusing himself, was despatch-
ed under arrest, but contrived to escape.
(2) Mirza Qasim Khan, brother of the late Motamid-ud -Divan who
was Governor of Kazerun at the time of his brothers
murder. He escaped under somewhat dramatic circumstances
from a body of horsemen who, as he believed, had orders to put
mm to death. r
(3) Prince Hani-ed-Dowleh, a grandson of Path Ali Shah, who was
subjected to insults by the local authorities. In all cases every-
thmg possible was done to discourage the practice of taking
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
' and to induce refugees to leave as soon as possible, but
the repeated acts of bad faith of which the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Firuz was
guilty rendered this very difficult. Relations with the latter
became more and more difficult, and were ultimately broken off
entirely pending a full apology by him, as a result of his publicly
insulting a British Indian subject who had been sent with the
Consulate Mirza to represent a case to him. The requisite
apology was not obtained until the arrival of Asaf-ed-Dowleh,
when the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
attended at the
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.
by the latter's
express orders, for this purpose.
The arrival of Asaf-ed-Dowleh inaugurated the period of " No-govern
ment." It coincided with the return from Europe of the Qavami brothers,
and everything pointed to an era of government by the latter through tho
titular Governor-General. This would probably have followed, had any
revenue been coming in, but the Qavamis soon found that they were expected
to finance all operations of Government, besides reducing to order the more
recalcitrant portions of the province. Thus they were directed by the Shah
to send a force of Arab horsemen to Tehran, His Majesty proposing to pay
about half the amount per man which is ordinarily paid by the Qavam in
Shiraz, the balance to be found by the Qavamis; the arrears of pay demanded
by a number of men of the Buzchallu Regiment, in
bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
at the Consulate were
also defrayed by them; while Nasr-ed-Dowleh was entrusted with the task of
restoring order among the Arabs, and Salar-es-Sultan moved in the direction
of Darab and Lar, where he was expected to reduce to submission Seyyid
Abdul Hussain Lari, who had raised the standard of revolt against the Shah.
These operations provided the principal preoccupation in public affairs
during the rest of the year. The continual disorder of the trade routes
caused great discontent in mercantile circles, and several attempts were made
to get up a vigorous agitation against the Governor, but fortunately the
Shirazis are only ready to join in an agitation when they are paid for it; in
fact their apathy under present circumstances shews clearly enough that all
previous agitations were conducted on a cash basis.
The complete absence of any expression of popular indignation or regret
at the disappearance of the Majlis was a striking feature of Shiraz politics.
Immediately after the cowp d'etat a small knot of Mullahs attempted to get
up a movement, which collapsed instantly on receiving a sharp snub from Zil-
es-Sultan. The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Firuz, in spite of the Imperial proclamation of
amnesty, carried out a small proscription on his own account of persons known
to have been prominent in this Parliamentary cause, but even the obvious
weakness of Asaf-ed-Dowleh was productive of nothing but an agitation in
favour of the appointment of a strong Governor of whatever party or opinions.
In fact all the evidence points to the conclusion that the Constitutional agita
tion was never a genuine movement in Shiraz, but was merely a rallying-cry
for the various sections who were united only in their animosity to the power
of the Qavam. For this reason, and also, doubtless, on account of the general
desire for peace after the continual disturbances of 1907, the removal succes
sively of Qavam-ul-Mulk and his principal opponent sufficed to ensure peace
in Shiraz until the close of the year.
As far as the Constitutional agitation can be said to have continued at
all, it was transferred to the district of Lar by the flight thither of Seyyid
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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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