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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [190v] (385/616)
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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN'GULF 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.
>nt s in Maskat.—ln the month of September His Highness the^ Sultan erected a
Highness' ^jgp^one line between his palace and the house of the Wali of Matrah. In
itorie8 ' October the line was extended to Bait-el-Watayah.
On December 15th, as the result of a quarrel, a local Arab brought a
complaint against three of His Highness's Turkish guards. Saiyid Tainrnr,
the eldest son of His Highness, found that the Turks were to blame and
ordered their confinement in the fort. They refused to submit and were
■joined by their comrades. Saiyid Taimur then sent some Arab askaris to
fetch them and gave instructions that fire was to be opened on the Turks if
they refused to come. As the askaris approached them one of the Turkish
soldiers fired in the air, and the Arabs in return fired into them and killed one
and wounded another. The Turks then went before His Highness who took
away their rifles and dismissed them all from his service.
The men were subsequently despatched to Basrah by His Highness on
December 21st. to -,., j o • - j at t
The As Siahiyin.—On April 1st, the Sultans second son Saiyid Nadir
was deputed by His Highness to Semayil in order to prevent the construction
of a fort by the Siabiyin between Bidbid and Nafah. Saiyid Nadir seized
and imprisoned three influential men of the Siabiyin and compelled the tribe
to raze the fort. . . t p .r o- u- • -rr- tt - i.
In consequence of the threatening attitude of the Siabiyin, His Highness
the Sultan on June 10th sent Muhammad -bin-Bedr with 12 Turkish soldiers
of his bodyguard to protect Sib. He returned on June 14th, however, as his
force was too small to be of use.
The Bani Ruwahah .—ln the month of April, desultory hostilities were
carried on between the Bani Riyam and the Bani Ruwahah, near Zikki. In
May the Wali of Zikki reported that 14 men of the Bani Ruwahah had been
ambuscaded by the Bani Raiyam and that they had lost 9 men killed and five
wounded. On May 14th the Bani Ruwahah revenged themselves by attacking
•the Bani Riyam at Mati and killing eight and looting a great deal of
property^ay ^eve was further fighting, and on May 31st, the Bani
Riyam made an attack in force on the Bani Ruwahah at Ghubre ( y.y ) out
were repulsed with the loss of 27 men killed. Further fighting ensued at
intervals with losses on both sides, but at the end of August it was reported
that the dispute had been settled.
On August 8th, His Highness received news that the Bani Ruwahah had
captured the fort of Sijah from the Bani Jabir. His Highness sent his
son Saiyid Nadir to Semayil with 60 bags of rice , and 6,000 cartridges.
The dispute was settled at the end of August, and Saiyid Nadir placed 30
of his men in the fort of Sijah to keep the peace. The total casualties
during the feud were 34, and 10,000 date trees were destroyed. Saiyid
Nadir returned to Mask at on September 23rd and a salute of 11 guns was
fired in his honour.
S ur ,—i n April, the head of the Bani Bu Ali tribe, Sheikh Abdullah-
bin-Salim, came down to Sur. He refused to receive a present of 300 dollars
sent to him by the Sultan and returned to Jaalan apparently m a nutt.
Later in August Abdullah-bin-Salim again arrived in Sur with 150 men.
About this time the Sultan received two letters from the Sheikhs at bur,
stating that they intended to levy a 5 per cent, tax from traders to compen
sate themselves for the trouble of settling cases. The Sultan replied object
ing strongly to the proposal.
The Sultan sent Abdullah-bin-Salim a present of 200 dollars, six bags
rice and ammunition in addition to his subsidy of 300 dollars due for three
months, in order to prevent him from stirring the troubled waters at bur. in
September a settlement was arrived at through the medium of an agent
whom His Highness despatched to Sur, and Abdullah-bm-Salim returned
to J ^ a p ecember 4t j 1) ^ 0 f s ur reported to His Highness that 30
men of the Bani Eahsib of Jaalan had attacked Sur and had been repulsed
with a loss of two men.
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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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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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