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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [167r] (338/616)
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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ANIT THE MASKAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE YEAR 1908.
25
In April Sheikh Mubarak lent his steam launch to Sheikh Khazal who
came up in it to Nasiri, and at the time of the Beni Turuf troubles in August
he gave him the support of his presence at Muzafferiya.
30. Bandar Nasiri. —Sheikh Hanzal has continued to hold the post of
Deputy-Governor, and Sheikh Abdul Hussain has remained in charge of th«
customs. Both have given satisfaction to the community in general, and
to the European section of it in particular.
31. Nasiri continues to grow and many new houses have been built or
commenced during the year. Among others in course of construction is
one for Ghulam Hussain Khan and Haji Khasrau Khan, the Bakhtiari chiefs.
32. Haj i Seyyid Hussain, the neighbour of the Consulate, has so built up
and added to his house as to surpass the Consulate in bulk and prominence. 1
if not in aesthetic merit.
The proposed site for the Consulate has remained unoccupied but im
mediately beside it, and in a position that will place it on the left front of
the Consulate building, a building has been commenced under the orders of
the Sheikh. The work has not been carried far and has indeed not been in
progress since the Consul's return.
33. Owing to the failure of the rains in the preceding winter, the crops
were a failure in Southern Arabistan. There was therefore no export of
grain and business in general was dull.
The price of grain, fodder and firewood rose very high at the end of the
year, in consequence of the drain on local resources caused by the musteriag
of the Beni Turuf expeditionary force at Muzaffariya.
34. Internal Affairs. —The
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
and Ilbegiship continued to be held The
during the period under review by the Samsam-us-Sultaneh and the Shahab-
us-Bultaneh, now 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.
Muhtasham, with the possible exception of the
end of the year, when it is uncertain whether or not the Samsan was deposed..
The year has not in any case passed without the usual bickerings between
the Khans. In April, while publicly asserting their complete unity a ad
brotherhood, certain of the Khans approached His Britannic Majesty's
Consul with a view to seeing how he would regard the removal
of the Samsam from his official position and from his connection with the
affairs of the Oil Syndicate. No encouragement was offered them.
35. Later on, in summer, a breach occurred owing to the Samsam's re
fusing to take part in raising a contingent for the service of the Shah in
Tehran. This disagreement has continued to fester, and has resulted in as
near an approach to open hostilities as the Bakhtiaris of to-day are capable
of.
An attempt was made in December by the Samsam's opponents to wrest
the local authority from him at Ramuz, but apparently without any decisive
success. Much alarm was felt by the people of Ramuz who expected that the
town would be made the theatre of operations, in which case they would have
suffered at the hands of one or both parties.
All however that appears to have occurred was some miscellaneous plun
dering outside the town limits.
Reports are very confused but it seems that about the end of the year the
opposition began to yield to their usual fear of the Samsam's personality and
were ready to treat with him. In reply to their advances it is stated that
the Samsam laid it down as a sine qua non condition that the Ilbegi should be
selected from the family of Reza Kuli Khan which for a long time enjoyed
the distinction of furnishing that dignitary. This would mean the efface-
ment of the Aulad-i ( ) Imam Quli Khan, the family represented by
Ghulam Hussain Khan (
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.
Muhtasham) and his brothers.
The only one of the Khans who appears throughout to have thrown in his
part with the Samsam is the Muntazzim-ud-Dowleh, son of Isfandiar Khan.
36. The Shah's gratitude for the services of his faithful Bakhtiaris has
been testified as in other parts of the country, by a prodigal bestowal of titles.
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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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