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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [219r] (442/616)
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.
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for departure when, much to the regret of the inhabitants, the hoax was ex
ploded by a telegram sent through the English office. This elaborate joke at
the expense ot Uncle Haji , as the Shirazis commonly termed Asaf-ed-
Dowleh, was mucli relished by the populace. At the end of March the Shira-
Z |is, after prolonged subterranean negotiations to ensure the complete safety
of all concerned, made up their minds that as all were quite unanimous there
wouid be no danger to anyone if they had a revolution, which they proceeded
to do, inaugurating the local assembly on the 24th March. It soon became
evident, however, that the apparent unanimity which had characterised these
proceedings had only been obtained by ignoring all the personal animosities
which alone interest the people of Shiraz, and which continued to prevail,
quite unaffected hy the floods of lofty sentiment uttered by all parties in the
assembly. The latter never accomplished anything in the way of adminis
tration, and spent a month in fruitless discussion of the purely academic
question whether Asaf-ed-Dowleh, who refused to renounce the Shah, could
continue to be recognised as Governor-General by the popular assembly' The
knot was cut on the 24th April by Sowlet-ed-Dowleh, who made on that date
his first but by no means his last decisive irruption during the year into local
politics. He wrote that he considered the assembly irregularly elected
(which indeed was obviously the case, as no form of popular election had
been observed), and that Asaf-ed-Dowleh must be properly obeyed as Governor-
General, or he, Sowlet, would come himself and enforce obedience to him.
This bomb shell knocked all the heart out of the constitutional party, which
was not even revived by the belated regrant of the constitution by the Shah.
By that time all eyes were again turned in the direction of Lar, which place
was attacked and captured hy Nasr-ed-Dowleh, about May 12th. The Eari
Seyyid took to flight, and his whereabouts remained completely unknown
even to his fniends. This gave rise to an important popular agitation against
the Kawamis, in the course of which the leading Mullah of the extremist
party, Haji Ali Agha, took bast in the Consulate, and it was only with great
difficulty that several hundreds of his adherents were dissuaded from accom-
panying him. He remained (in the Consulate from May 15th to June 25th,
but the true motive of his proceedings never became clear and he left without
receiving any satisfaction whatever of his demands, the principal of which
was the trial and punishment of the Kawami brothers for the alleged mas
sacre at Lar.
The popular agitation on this subject, fanned by elaborate ceremonies
for the " murdered Seyyid " (who was really alive and in hiding) continued
throughout June; the Kawam resigned all his offices, and barricaded all the
entrances to his quarter, and there was a brisk but futile fusillade from the
usual rival fortresses, the Persian telegraph office and the Masjid-i-Nau,
almost every night.
The Kawami party was further alarmed by the importation of a number
of Kashgais, ostensibly intended to form a force under
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Firuz for the
coercion of the Arab tribes, but practically employed to guard Asaf-ed-Dowleh
and the Palace preqincts. One result of their arrival was the simultaneous
taking of bast by the entire regular garrison and a body of irregular horse
men at the British and Russian Consulates, on July 11th, on the ground that
their pay was being given to the Kashgais. Meanwhile all the respectable
classes in the town had joined in a vigorous agitation against Asaf-ed-Dowleh,
whose intrigues and incompetence were considered to be the root cause of the
existing disorders. A very extensively signed petition was sent to both Con
sulates, and on July 3rd two small groups of respectively 12 and 4 persons of
the middle class were admitted to bast at the British and Russian Consulates,
this appearing to be the only means of averting the taking of bast en masse.
At the same time, the Lari Seyyid came to life, and both he and Sowlet-ed-
Dowleh sent in threatening messages to the effect that they intended to come
to Shiraz and root out the Kawamis. In reply, Kawam-ul-Mulk circulated the
news of his intention to br ( ing in several thousand Arabs for his own defence.
The Arab Kalantars in fact telegraphed from Dehbid to the effect that they
were collected there ready for a march on Shiraz. The situation being thus
extremely menacing, the British and Russian Consuls visited Asaf-ed-Dowleh
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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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