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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎221r] (446/616)

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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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In the same way the participation of the Kash^ai in t?.. •
must be considered unproved, but no one doubts that th E : ussla ' n robbery
they were, at least considered themselves safp frn^ , . wh(X;Ver
Sowlet, if they did not act with his knowMge 7 retallatlon
adherent of Sowlet. He told me of his intended departoe and ^ ^
great laugh : " They call me a representativeTvakXof th
everybody knows I am only the officer (Mamour) of Sowlet-ed-Dowlfh How
in the world could the Kashgai choose a vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. ? " -Uowleh. How
These tribes were as usual under the control of one or other of the Kawami
Khamseh tribes.
brothers throughout the year, except for
Kawam-ul-Mulk resigned all his offices m con^eq^cTof rLleS-Sn 0
erals refusal of responsibility for sending Nasr ed-Dowleh to Lm SardTr
Firuz was appointed to the charge of the Khamseh, and professed to be or
gamzing an expedition to Dehbid, with the object of coercing them But
he did not leave Shirad, and Kawam-ul-Mulk's relations with the tribe seem
to have continued exactly as before quite unafiected by his formal resTgnatbm
The headmen professed entire readiness to come to Shiraz and fight the
K^hgai, and sent several bellicose messages to that effect, but when ft came
ound the KawamTn /if t0 ^ their pr0mises collecting
round the Kawam in a large armed camp near Sivend. This was a most un
fortunate event for the countryside as well as for trade, as it soon became
clear that their mam object was wholesale robbery, and they paid no attention
whatever to Kawajn-ul-Mulk's attempts to restrain them. attention
KprntVtL?^^ 4 u g ust ' they were raiding far and wide in Yezd and
depredations exceeding anything committed by them in pre-
VlUUb jvcirS.
i™ J h tt y ^ ls0 1 ca : used numerous interruptions to the telegraph line by shoot-
g at tne insulators, a nuisance which becomes every year more prevalent.
^nt Ka i!' a omu Mu i k , Was , appointed Governor-General of Kerman about
^ r f k al J tr , were entrusted nominally to his son, Intizam-ul-
K ^ the real control of affairs being in the hands of Nasr-ed-Dowleh,
in f 11 . the latter was precluded for the moment from taking an official part
Km 7 . Potion as Russian Consular Agent. Intizam-ul-Mamalik,
nowever, succeeded m enticing Jani Khan, the principal chief of the Jabbara,
arger ot the two main sub-divisions of the Arabs, into a trap and putting
tin l n .? e dld not however dare to detain him more than a week or
wW ^ 1 ? cldent a g 00( i effect for the moment. It remains to be seen
vJ™ Khan wil1 take during the spring migration of 1910 to re
venge himself for this humiliation.
hist AS f 36 seen froin the above summary, an important feature of the
of j ^ ^ ear bas been ^ le cons pi cu ous contrast between the relations
forTr? "i • 0W ^ e ^ to t ^ e K as hg a i an d the Kawamis to the Khamseh. The
left l 0WeS P osltion t0 heredity and asks nothing from Tehran but to be
sn1pi a + ne ' e l a tter are essentially townspeople, owing their position
thp P + P ow ers conferred from Tehran. Consequently, any weakening in
ae-e nf fhi aut ^ or i t y is to the advantage of the former and to the disadvant-
brnth v . On the other hand, while Sowlet has a serious rival in his
as wf ^ ain ' there is no serious candidate for the headship of the Arabs,
f^lse S Pj 0ve y^ 1611 Mansur-es-Sultaneh, who has a better claim than any one
enm'it 11 f k ^ or ^ the spring and merely succeeded in earning the
Wbes^ 0 Kawamis without obtaining any extensive support from the
The Boir Ahmadi section of this tribe continued their depredations
Kuhgeiu. throughout the year, growing progres-
^inated ' h sively bolder until their operations ter-
At thp 1 in * a ^ ack the Russian Consular caravan already mentioned.
0 ose the year they were holding the Sine Safid Pass near Dastarjin

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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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1 volume (304 folios)
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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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