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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [200v] (405/616)
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
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.
Movements of the Chief and his family. —Sheikh Esa and his family
moved over to their summer quarters near Manama on the 27th June and
returned to Muharraq for the winter on the 24:th September 1908.
The Chief spent 25 days in camp, hawking and shooting, during the
nine months under report. His sons, Hamad and Abdullah, went to Barr-adh
Dhahran near Ojair for five days in November, and a fortnight afterwards to
Lingah where they were at the close of the year. The second son. Sheikh
Muhammad, was ill with typhoid for a long time, and therefore did not travel
anywhere this year.
Sheikh Ali bin Ahmad spent 10 days hawking in Barr-adh Dhahran
during November and December, during which time he obtained the fine bag
of 170 bustards (houbaras).
Slave Trade. —Ten men, six women and four children were manumitted
during the nine months under report- One woman returned to her master,
who said that he had arranged for her manumission under his will, and that
he had bequeathed her in addition a legacy of R50.
Katar. The financial settlement mentioned in last year's report as having been
agreed upon between Sheikh Jasim bin Thani and his creditors has not been
adhered to in consequence of the impatience of the latter for their money
and the unwillingness of the former to accept the prices offered for his pearls
in Bombay and Europe. Eventually, after Sheikh Mubarak of Koweit had
addressed Sheikh Jasim in very strong and threatening terms, the latter
compounded and settled with all his creditors, when these had consented to
reduce the price of pearls sold to the Sheikh about 75 per cent I As values
are now slowly going up, being 50 per cent, better than they were six months
ago, it may be considered that the cunning old Sheikh has come out very
much to the good over the recent negotiations. Of the other pearls sent to
Europe, both Messrs. Gray Paul & Co. and Messrs. E. Wonckhaus & Co.
have been entrusted with consignments on commission, but so far neither
firm has succeeded in eliciting a bid acceptable to the Sheikh.
Another Katar case connected with the pearling industry which has given
this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
a good deal of work this year was the insolvency of Nasir bin
Shahin at Tuwar, headmen of Euwairat village, and of the Al-bu-Kuwara
tribe who also inhabit Sumaisma and Dha'ain in north-eastern Katar.
This old Arab, who is related by marriage to Sheikh Jasim bin Thani, had
gone down to Bombay in December 1906, possessed apparently of pearls which
eventually under the auspices of the Bahrain majlis were sold for R65,971,
but owing Rl,98,136 to twelve creditors in Bahrain. Half the pearls were
safely mortgaged to certain of the creditors, and when the debtor failed to
find a satisfactory market for the other half in India he returned to Bahrain
in May 1907 proposing to keep the pearls in his own possession until better
times appeared. In November 1907, the creditors began to clamour for per
mission to sell the pearls held by them in mortgage and also for the liqui a
tion of their remaining claims out of the pearls in Nasir s possession, i no
being known at this time what the value of the latter might be. Nasir en
gave a verbal undertaking to Sheikh Esa that he would not leave Bahrain
until he had appeared before the majlis and come to an arrangement wi
his creditors, but regardless of this undertaking a few days later he slippea
off to his boat and fled to Lusail where he took refuge with Sheikh Jasim
bin Thani. Negotiations followed until May 1908 when the Political
Resident visited Bahrain and the creditors memorialized him, with res
that the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
was instructed to proceed to Lusail in tne
steam launch and endeavour to persuade the fugitive to return unaer x.
conditional safe conduct. The subsequent interview was not at farst irura ,
but a few weeks later the headmen of two other tribes in Katar, M
Sultan bin Nasir as Suwaidi of Bida and Seyyid Abdullah bin Shamsan
Ruwais, were induced to persuade Sheikh Nasir to give himseif up, iearing
as they did that 1 the British Government mis-M retaliate against the
Kuwara pearling fleet and inconvenience all the other tribes left
weather if Nasir remained obstinate. For a few days Sheikh Nasir
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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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