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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎230r] (464/616)

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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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CHAPTER M.
ADMINISTRATION EEPORTi FOR AHWAZ FOR THE YEAR 1909
Consular Appointments.
Charge was held for the first three months of the year by Captain D. L. R.
His Britannic Majesty's Consulate. IjOrillter, J. A., who proceeded On long
16 c I vg in the end of March, making over
the charge of His Britannic Majesty's Consulate to Lieutenant J. G. L. Rank
ing, LA., by whom it has been held throughout the remainder of the year
under report.
For the first three months of the year Mr. H. S. Gratama and Mr. P. ter
Foreign Consniates. Meulen respectively held charge of'the
posts of Consul (Trading) for the
Netherlands and Russian Agent, at the end of which period the latter pro
ceeded to Europe on leave, leaving Mr. H. S. Gratama in acting charge, which
post he has continued to hold throughout the remainder of the year, in addition
to his own post, which he has held continuously throughout the year.
From the beginning of the year up to his arrest by Shaikh Khazal, on
Local Authorities. * he Uth ° f the P 0st of deputy
Governor of Nasin was filled by Shaikh
Hanzal, nephew of Shaikh Khazal, in the discharge of the duties of which
post he gave satisfaction to Europeans, Arabs and Persians alike. The cir
cumstances of his arrest are reported on in the Mohammerah Consulate Ad
ministration Report for 1909. From the time of Shaikh Hanzal's arrest to
the time Shaikh Chasib, eldest son of Shaikh Khazal, was appointed Deputy
Governor, the post was filled by Shaikh Gazban of Mamoori (near Moham
merah). From the beginning of August to the end of the year Shaikh Chasib
has held the post of Deputy Governor, in which capacity he has given satis
faction and shown himself a strong disciplinarian.
Shaikh Abdul Husein, who, while in Burma, was a naturalised British
subject, filled the post of Director of
us oms ' Customs, Ahwaz, up to the end of
November when he went on leave, his post being filled by Mirza Hassan Khan.
Shaikh Abdul Husein is well disposed to Europeans and has given British
firms no cause for complaint during the year under report. He is, however,
hand in glove with Haji Rais-ut-Tujjar of Mohammerah.
Three separate attempts were made during the month of December to
smuggle arms into Ahwaz and North Arabistan, all of which were foiled,
making a total of 150 rifles captured.
In view of the projected Arabistan telegraph line a survey of the exist
ing line was made by Mr. J. C. Smith,
Telegraphs. Assistant Superintendent, Indo-Euro
pean Telegraph Department, during the months of March and April. Start
ing from Bushire he proceeded to Behbehan via Bender Rig. While en route
from Behbehan to Ramuz he was attacked and robbed of property valuing
about 800 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. at a place Darra Naie in the Agha Jirri country, by men
of the Agha Jirri tribe (a sub-section of the Kuhgelus) under the leader
ship of Ahmed Agha. His Majesty's Consul at Ahwaz at once took up the
case and, before Mr. Smith left Arabistan, property to the value of nearly 300
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. had been recovered, with the assistance of Husein Khan, Bahmai.
At the end of the year a Governor having been appointed to Behbehan, the
case was reopened with a view to the punishment of the offenders and the re
covery of such claim as may be outstanding.
Mr. J. C. Smith visited Ahwaz, Shushtar, Dizful and Mohammerah, and
surveyed the line between these towns. :

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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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