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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [214r] (432/616)
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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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 1909. ^
It was not until January 1909 that he began to endeavour to subvert
constituted aut ^ orit y ^ , i he Gu l f p orts themselves by addressing exhorta
tions to the local Mullahs in Bandar Abbas and Lingah, calling on the people
to combine, drive out the Belgians and seize the Customs for themselves.
Except for the Lan element m the population, no party in Bandar Abbas
favoured any disturbances in the port, but the fulminations of the Sevvid
calling upon the patriotic to gird up their loins and seize the Customs receipts
found their echo among the lawless spirits of the hinterland, and a raid on
the port of Bandar Abbas became imminently apprehended. The despatch
of one of His Majesty s ships to Bandar Abbas delayed matters temporarilv
Unfortunately however, the Governor of the Gulf Ports at the moment was a
negative quantity, the Moazziz-ed-Dowleh, an amiable opium-smokino ,
Shahsevend nonentity, without any experience of the south or capacity to
cope with the difficult situation which confronted him on his assumption of
the appointment m the preceding October. Like many of his predecessors he
got round the diniculty by placing himself out of practical communicat|ion
proceeding to Charbar and slitting there idle in camp for many weeks in spite
of repeated exhorta^ons to return. He did not in fact get back until the
middle 01 March when the situation had long since passed out of control.
Matters came to a head at Bandar Abbas, on 17th March, when the
Nationalists seized the Customs and assumed charge of the government of the
place. We were fortunate in having, in the Misbah-i-Diwan, whom they
elected as their Constitutional Governor, a man of some strength of character
who did his utmost to preserve order.
Lingah followed the example of Bandar Abbas as soon as the news of
the assumption of the Customs reached there, and it was realised that Bushire
would no longer hold out.
As regards Bushire, it will be understood that practically the entire
population is engaged in trade with India and Europe. They have, as a
community, no really decided democratic ideas; all they ask for is a reason
ably just Governor who will maintain order and allow them to follow their
trading avocations in peace. There as none of that patriotic fervour amongst
them which has evinced itself in Tabriz and elsewhere in the north. ^
m n In ^ us ^ re tile movement was engineered entirely by a Tangistani
Mullah named Seyyid Murteza Ahrami, belonging to the village of Ahram
some 30 miles from Bushire, who had been in Bushire on and off for the pre
ceding 2 or 3 years.^ This individual, acting partly under instructions from
oeyym Abdul Husein of Lar, and partly at the direct bidding of the Ulema
(oniah High Priests) of Nejef (who realised when it was too late that they
ad misplaced their confidence), had an easy task owing to the absence of the
overnor and the fact that the two hundred Ispahani Sarbazes on garrison
^ Bushire could be depended upon to offer no resistance. He called in
a number of armed peasants from his village of Ahram and elsewhere in the
fd all< ^ their assistance assumed control of the post ostensibly
on behalf of the nationalist cause, on 22nd March. The following day he
seized the Customs House, the Belgian officials withdrawing.
It may be mentioned here that the Customs of the Gulf Ports are pled
ged to the British Government to the following extent:—
(i) The Customs of the Ports generally, as a security for a loan of
£300,000 made to the Shah several years ago.
(ii) The present Customs receipts at Bushire up to 30,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per month are specifically pledged at present to the Imperial
Bank of Persia in payment of interest on advances and over
drafts taken by the Shah and his Ministers.
Jhe Resident was directed to explain the position to the Nationalist leaders
toT t0 vfy ^ lat ' as ^ ea( ^ ers i 11nor th had recognised and continued
iquidate Russian claims there, so in the south we expected that the popu-
r P ar ty would respect our claims here,
re ^ Bandar Abbas the leaders took a perfectly reasonable attitude in this
gard, but in Bushire, in spite of specific directions received from the High
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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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