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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [164v] (333/616)
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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CHAPTER II.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR ARABISTAN FOR THE NINE
MONTHS ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 1908.
The present Report deals with the period 1st April to 31st December
1. Charge. —Charge was held throughout the year by Captain D. L. R.
Lorimer, I.A., but before its conclusion it had been informally announced
that sanction was accorded to Captain Lorimer's proceeding on long leave,
and that he should make over charge to Lieutenant J. G. L. Ranking, LA.
2. Raising of the status of Vice-Consulate. —Owing to the appointment
by the Netherlands Government of Mr. Gratama to act as their representa
tive at Ahwaz with the honorary rank of Consul, it was found necessary to
raise the status of His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consulate to that of a Con
sulate. Accordingly His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
intimated to Captain Lorimer, under date 1st May 1908, that he had been ap
pointed His Majesty's Consul for Arabistan. The title, however, duplicates
that held by His Majesty's Consul at Mohammerah, and there is reason to
believe the intention was to confer the local rank of Consul at Ahwaz.
3. The Head Clerk. —Mr. Ahmad Khan, who has been Head Clerk in
the Vice-Consulate since the autumn of 1904, has applied for transfer to
India, and, Government having accorded its sanction, he will shortly quit
this post on being relieved.
4. The Indian Oil Guard. —This Guard has been retained at Maidan
Munaftun since January last.
In August the , question of the necessity for its retention during the
year 1909 came under consideration. His Majesty's Consul was of opinion
that it would be inexpedient to remove it as it appeared to have effected the
purpose, and no radical change having taken place in the situation, there was
no guarantee that its removal would not be followed by a recrudescence of
the trouble experienced in 1907.
In November notification was received that Mr. D'Arcy had expressed
the opinion that its retention was unnecessary, but it has since been ascer
tained that this view was not shared by Mr. Bradshaw, then in local charge,
nor now is by Mr. Reynolds, who has again replaced him. Before leaving
London Mr. Reynolds was informed by his Principals that the Foreign Office
had assured Mr. D'Arcy that the Guard would not be retained during next
hot weather, but no notice of a final decision has reached His Majesty's
Consul.
5. Lieutenant Ranking. —Of the two Officers in charge of ihe Guard,
Lieutenant Ranking was attached to His Britannic Majesty's Consul from the
beginning of June for a period of five months, the intention being to enable the
latter to exercise greater freedom of action.
Starting in May he accompanied the Consul to Dizful, and thence via
Bazuft to Ispahan, Unfortunately, owing to Captain Lorimer falling a
victim to neuralgia, it was impossible to take full advantage of the arrange
ment, but had it not been made this little used route via Bazuft would not have
been attempted.
6. On arrival at Ispahan it was found that the Indian escort attached
to the Consulate-General there in the absence of the Consul-General had got
out of hand. On Captain Lorimer's suggestion the charge of the guard was
made over to Lieutenant Ranking. The necessity of this move was soon
proved by the development of a mutinous spirit in the guard, which even
tually led to orders being issued for its withdrawal to India. The escort
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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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