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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [175r] (354/616)
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.
41
sooner that she was a woman. It is a curious fact that the Luristan tribes
will not rob or molest women, and where two tribes are about to make peace
women are often sent as flags of truce to complete the first arrangement, if
there is any doubt of good faith in the matter.
The country was now in an impossible condition, the Tehran road was
rendered unsafe by the Kakawends, while all the tribes surrounding
Kermanshah were fighting amongst each other, or rendering the district
roads equally unsafe.
For three weeks no one was responsible for anything in the town, there
was no authority of any kind and it speaks a great deal for the tractability
of the Persian that the city continued without getting into an uproar. Only
two murders were committed and though the murderer, in one case at least,
was known there was no one with any authority to punish him and he
quietly walked out of the town.
The Kakawends continued on the road and were evidently reinforced by
other tribes for they divided the country into spheres of influence which
they robbed in organised bands. Just like the English-Russian convention,
as the local wags remarked.
At the end of three weeks a large number of pilgrims from Kerbela
had collected, and, being unable to proceed to their destinations, they ap
proached the local muj tabids, who informed Azam-ud-dowleh that, as his
brother Fakhim-es-sultaneh, as Governor of Chamchamal, received an a'low-
ance for the upkeep of sowars, it was his duty to protect wayfarers on the
part of the road which was committed to his charge.
Accordingly, Fakhim-es-sultaneh collected a few sowars and said that he
was ready to escort caravans of pilgrims; in addition some charwadars carry
ing merchandise accompanied the party. The post was also ordered to start
under this escort, but the driver of the waggon very wisely decided to allow
the pilgrims to go well in advance. The Kakawends were awaiting their
arrival and immediately opened with a volley which killed a horse belonging
to one of the escort, whereupon the whole of that discreet body turned tail
and fled leaving the unfortunate pilgrims to the attentions of the robbers,
who stripped them. They were, however, unable to get away with all of the
charwadars' loads, some of which were, in consequence, safely brought back.
Fakhim-es-sultaneh, thereupon, demanded 10 per cent, of the value of these
for protection given !!
No posts were arriving from the Tehran side and the departing post
was carried on horseback through the hills.
Kaimmakam had justified prognostications by resigning his appoint
ment, and it was stated that the newly appointed Governor, Shahzadeh
Zafar-es-sultaneh, was to leave Tehran with troops, and would arrive in
Kermanshah at the beginning of June.
At the end of May Nasir-ed-din Mirza, son of the late Shah, arrived
at Kermanshah from Kerbela with his mother and left for Tehran escorted
to Sehneh by 100 Kalhor sowars and accompanied by all the pilgrims and
otLers who had been waiting to be able to proceed.
At the beginning of June, Dowletmand, the chief of one of the sections
of the Balawend tribe and a very successful brigand, was enticed into
a fort with the usual oaths of safety taken on the Koran. He was then
stabbed in the back while eating. His death was a godsend to all the villages
south-east of Kermanshah on which he was accustomed to levy tribute.
On the 6th June a telegram was received from the Shah saying that he
had removed from the government certain intriguers who had been serving
their own ends instead of thinking of the benefit of the country. The same
day news was received that the Shah had arrested Ala-ed-dowleh, Jelal-ed-
dowleh and
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.
-i-mansur and had beaten the first named, further that
the followers of Amir Bahadur were upsetting the capital. There was great
uneasiness on receiving the news. On the 9th a telegram was received
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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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