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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎175v] (355/616)

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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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^2 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.
from Kesht and Mazanderan saying, that Muhammad Ali Mirza had been
opposed to the Constitution from the beginning, that his conduct resembled
that of Louis XVI and that the province of Ghilan renounced allegiance
to him. Several hundred copies of the telegram were distributed in the
town. An answer was then sent from here to the Shah's telegram saying
that the people were glad to know that the Shah was doing all he could to
assist the Constitution.
A further telegram was received from Ispahan on the 14th June to the
effect that the 14 cities of Persia, which formerly had _ the right to coin
their own currency, had agreed to depose Muhammad Ali Mirza, under the
terms of the Constitution, and that, as under the said terms, they had agreed
to a Kajar as the sovereign, they would appoint his son to be Shah under
a Regency. Kermanshah replied that it would follow Tabriz in its politics,
a promise which it has hardly carried out and indeed could not for the
tribes around would swamp it in ten days once the Shah's authority had been
determined at Tehran.
The new Governor arrived on the 14th June without a single soldier,
indeed with hardly a servant. Foitunate^ IJie town was sick of fighting
and the two parties were ready to make friends, for the moment at any
rate.
I was about to leave for Hamadan when the news of the Shah's coup d y
etat, on the 23rd June, arrived. Notwithstanding all the brave words which
had passed it was soon evident that the people of Kermanshah did not
propose to do anything to assist their fellows in Tehran. Still I think
that had not the telegraph office been seized, it is possible that the town
might have risen, but, since the first authentic news which arrived was from
the Shah himself and announced his victory, oriental like, the town accepted
the fait accomfli. The seizing of the telegraph office was a sign that other
than Persian brains were at work and the news which arrived of the part
which Colonel Liakhoff had taken in the proceedings were simply confirmation
of what was evident from the method in which things were carried out.
The telegraph office is always considered as sanctuary in Persia and hither
to, notwithstanding that it had worked strongly to his disadvantage, the
Shah had not attempted to interfere with it. On this occasion the telegraph
office was occupied and no news filtered through.
It was believed in Kermanshah that the Czar had sent Russian Cossacks
to assist the Shah, a thing which appeared quite possible to the Persian
mind.
Before the coup d'etat Zahir-ul-mulk, chief of the Zanginehs, had wired
that the Shah could depend on all the Kurdish tribes, and offered his own
services. Hearing of this, the chiefs of all the other tribes, being determined
that Zahir-ul-mulk should not have it all his own way, came in and tele
graphed offering 2,000 troops. Zahir-ul-mulk's offer had been refused, but the
latter offer was accepted, though for 200 sowars only. This was an eventuali
ty which the chiefs had not had in mind and they had great difficulty in rais
ing the 200, for all the minor and small chiefs refused to go, saying that it
would cost too much and they would never be paid. In the end 200 men of
^he Kalhor and Sinjabi tribes left in two parties respectively under Zargham-
ud-dowleh, son of Daud Khan, and Shuja-el-lashkar, son of Samsam-ul-
mamalek, for Tehran.
On the 18th July, the Governor left for Kurdistan to insfal his Deputy
there. He was, however, dismissed from the Governorship of KermanshaH
while absent, and given the Governorship of Kurdistan, a favourite method
of exiling an undesirable person. Shahzadeh Zafar-es-Sultaneh had been
too busy on the Constitutional side to be a persona grata with the Shah.
The Russian Consul, the Turkish Consul-General and myself made
simultaneous complaints against the Karguzar Sharif-ul-mulk and he was
dismissed soon after I left for Tehran.
Syed Abdullah, the notorious Mujtahid in the Majlis, arrived at Ker-
man shah under escort the day before I left and was supposed to be en route to

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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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