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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [231r] (466/616)
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. 45
In both cases His Majesty's Consul has repeatedly asked Messrs. Lynch
Brothers to inform him of the value of the property stolen, to enable him to
claim compensation from the Bakhtiari Khans, but up to the present Messrs.
Lynch Brothers have been unable to furnish the information required.
This subject is dealt with separately
Lynch Road. Condition of—Bridges, Bridge under the heading ' Messrs. Lynch
tolls, Road Construction, etc. Brothers.'
Although the road has not been repaired since the summer of 1907, its
general condition, considering the engineering difficulties involved, is fair.
Petty repairs are required in a few places, about which the Bakhtiari
Khans have been informed, which repairs, however, had not been effected up
to the end of the year.
The Godar Bridge tolls for the year (Persian) ending 20th March 1910
have been farmed out by the Bakhtiari Khans to one Qalb Ali for a sum of
17 000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, but it is estimated that by the end of the year, a sum of about
40000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
will have been taken in toils; such a large sum is unprece
dented and testifies to the amount of traffic which has passed up and down
the road, being roughly twice as large as the average reported actual annual
takings for the three preceding years.
On the 3rd March 1909 a sum of 31,000 odd Krans stood to the Bakhtiari
Khans' credit with Messrs. Lynch Brothers, under the head ' Road Construc
tion Account.'
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T ours of H is M ajesty's C onsul.
The following account of tours under-
in Bakhtiari and Kuhgeiu countries and taken will incidentally show the ground
s. w. Arabistan. covered during the year :—
As has been elsewhere mentioned, owing to political difficulties in connec
tion with the Lynch Road it was deter-
Ahwaz to Ispahan— 24th May to 17th June, mined to travel up to Ispahan by this
route to enable His Majesty's Consul to
ascertain the actual state of affairs. It was originally intended to start on
the 10th May, but, owing to the refusal of the Samsam-es-Saltaneh to supp y
guards to His Majesty's Consul and the correspondence subsequent thereon,
a start was not made till the 24th May. A few days prior to His Majesty s
Consul's departure Shaikh Khazal, who was m Ahwaz at the time, requestea
permission, on account of the reputed unsafety of the road, for Haji bait-ed-
Dowleh, the retiring Governor of Arabistan, to accompany the Consular
caravan. Permission was granted, but at the same time it was P 1
that His Majesty's Consul could accept no responsibility on the Governors
account in the event of anything happening.
During the whole journey through the Bakhtiari country of cara
van was met with, there being no other caravans on the road with the excep
tion of His Majesty's Consul's caravan and that of the ex -Governor, fr
which it may be seen that the road was all but closed.
Ispahan to Ahwaz—4th October to 23rd answer expected, it Was not possible to
November. start on the all tumn tour till the 4th
October. It having proved impossible to meet
Bahmai, as had been arranged, on the summer | our ' , advantage of this
tunity having presented itself, it was decided to take the advantage
opportunity and return to Arabistan via the Ku ge u co y- no- "Rakh-
Muhammad Khan of Dalun, who is in charge of the Chahar La^
tiaris on behalf of the Haji
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
family, was v1 ® 1 e , hrnt'hers who rule
the head-quarters of Ali Nakki Khan, the eldest of ^ ^ree brot^
over the Bahmai Kuhgelus, was reached without^^d® ' _ inade
of one petty theft in the Chahar Lang country, whic , badness of
immediateiy on discovery of the loss next morning. &
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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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