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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [209v] (423/616)
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.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company for duty at the scene of their operations, was
appointed to hold charge pending the return of the substantive incumbent.
Under the new arrangements the post at Ahwaz now became a Vice-Con
sulate in the sphere of the Consul for Arabistan. The incumbent, however,
retained the local rank of Consul granted him for the purposes of precedence
among foreigners, and, so far as his duties with the Bakhtiaris were con
cerned, continued to work directly with His Majesty's Legation, through the
Consulate-General at Bushire, or Ispahan, according to season, as heretofore.
The dates and details of the changes will be found in the Reports of the
offices concerned.
The reports from Bushire, Shiraz, Lingah and Bandar Abbas consist
almost entirely of narratives of the
Bushire and Fars. course of the so-called "Nationalist"
upheaval, which occurred in the Southern provinces in the early part of the
year, the aftermath of which continued to make itself felt almost to the close
thereof. With regard to this particular topic, the reports from the several
are so interdependent on one another that it is simpler to treat them
collectively.
At the time the last year's report was written, March 1909, it was
stated that most of the principal towns in Persia were in the hands of the
Nationalists, and that it seemed probable that the Shah would soon be brought
to his knees, if only for want of funds.
At the commencement of this year, the most prominent actor on the stage
was Seyyid Abdul Husein Lari and the scene was laid in Laristan. The
Kawami brothers of Shiraz, Salar-i-Sultan (who had succeeded his murdered
father as "Kawam") and Nasr-ed-Dowleh, his younger brother, had left
Shiraz in November 1908, determined to extinguish the troublesome religious
firebrand above-mentioned, who for a long time past had been neglecting no
opportunity to attack and loot the adherents and the property of the Kawam
family in the Darab and Fasa districts. Action had been however delayed
too long, and the Kawam was unable to move beyond Darab, while Seyyid
Abdul Husein maintained himself successfully in Lar. Ultimately their
dispositions were no more effective than the usual run of Persian warlike
operations, and, after spending a good deal of money and time, they returned
to Shiraz, in March, without having effected anything and leaving the dis
tricts at the mercy of Seyyid Abdul Husein, whose energies had been greatly
stimulated by the failure of the Kawams to tackle him.
Meanwhile, remaining in Lar himself, in case of any advance from the
north on the part of the Kawamis, the Seyyid had, through the instrument
ality of letters of exhortation and the active assistance of two or three kind
red spirits, been sedulously disseminating revolutionary propaganda in the
Gulf Ports, and, as a direct result of this, disturbances broke out, first at
Bandar Abbas, on 17th of March, then at Bushire, on the 22nd, and, finally,
at Lingah 3 days later, the Customs and Local Government falling into the
hands of the so-called Nationalist leaders. The situation was indeed res
cued in a great measure from a state of danger and anarchy by the appoint
ment and arrival of His Excellency the Darya Begi as Governor of the Gulf
Ports, but it was not until the deportation of Seyyid Murteza, the Bushire
leader, in June, and the entry of the Nationalist forces into Tehran in July,
resulting in the abdication of Muhammad Ali Shah and the reinception oi
constitutional government, that anything like normal conditions were res
tored in the ports themselves.
For the latter part of the year the centre of political interest lay c Wefly
in the local politics of Shiraz, which are graphically described by Mr. 13i
/ in his report. The opening of the year
Shir i had found Shiraz with a hopelessly
incompetent Governor-General in the person of Asaf -ed-Dowleh, who seems
to have been merely a puppet in the hands of the Kashgai
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, Sowlet-
ed-Dowleh. Asaf-ed-Dowleh was, however, dismissed in July; Zilr -es -Sultan,
Ala-ed-Dowleh and Ain-ed-Dowleh being severally nominated in turn o
succeed him. None of these choices however proved practicable, and the pos
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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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