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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [232v] (469/616)
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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48
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
In accordance with this request Mr. ter Meulen had intended to see the
Shaikh of Mohammerah but was dissuaded and left Mohammerah, without do
ing so, en route to Europe.
In March the substance of the Netherlands Government reply to the re
presentation mentioned swpra was received which was to the effect that, were
the concession granted, the Syndicate involved would be warned that, without
the British Government's support and the Shaikh of Mohammerah's co-oper
ation, no work could be undertaken.
According to a statement made by Mr. Gratama, Consul for the Nether
lands, in His Majesty's Consul's presence no progress has up to date been made
with the formation of a Syndicate to take up the above option.
During the month of November Herr Wassmuss, the German Vice-Con-
sul at Bushire, visited the site of the refinery at Abadan Island on a pre
tended shooting trip and proceeded up the Karun to the Masj id Sulaiman oil
field on a similar pretext. Not having obtained the permission of the Man
aging Agents in Mohammerah he was given the cold shoulder at the oil field
and obtained no information from the Company's employes, such informa
tion as he obtained on technical matters, it is believed, he received through
Mr. Gratama, the Dutch Consul. He frankly stated in Ahwaz to one of the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company's representatives that he had been ordered by
the German Government to make a report on the oil fields. He is further
reported in Ahwaz to have attempted to negotiate the lease of a house in
Ahwaz through Haji Rais-ut-Tujjar in Mohammerah and to have stated the
possibility of a German firm shortly opening in Ahwaz.
The firm of ter Meulen, Gratama & Co. are still the only local
rivals of Messrs. Lynch Brothers; a small
Commercial. amount of the carrying trade from
Ahwaz to Ispahan has been undertaken by them, but the firm make no secret
that the year under report has been anything but a prosperous one, being even
worse than 1908.
Local Persian merchants also complain that the conditions in Persia in
1909 have had a disastrous effect on their trade.
The year opened with a serious earthquake which devastated a large tract
of country in the vicinity of Silakhor,
Luristan. shocks continuing to be felt at interval's
up to the end of March.
During the month of February two Russians travelled through the Sila
khor district via the Chahar Lang Bakhtiari country towards Ispahan, osten
sibly for the purpose of investigating the damage done by the earthquake, and
in the month of June a Russian subject took up his residence in Burujird for
commercial purposes.
During the month of March news was received that the Wali of Pusht-i-
Kuh had been offered the Governorship of Luristan. This he provisionally
accepted subject to certain conditions, the main of which was that he should
only be responsible for the payment of taxes on the old scale.
The Wali however never actually took up the Governorship and, in the
month of August, Saif-ud-Din Mirza was appointed to the Governorship by
the new Constitutional Government.
In the month of March Amanullah Khan, the Wali of Pusht -i-Kuh's
eldest son, rebelled against his father and, after seeking refuge with various
Lur Chiefs, who were hostile to his father, eventually fled to Mandali and
sought the assistance of the Turks, in return for which Amanullah Khan pro
mised, if successful, to hand over the lands of Gunjian Cham, which for some
time past have been a bone of contention between the Wali and the Turks.
This assistance was given, and Amanullah Khan made a raid on his
father's land near Gunjian Cham, but was worsted in the fighting which en
sued, and retired to Badrai.
Shortly afterwards Amanullah Khan made his peace with his father
through the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of other of the Lur Chiefs, and on his return was put m
charge of a few tribes to administer and draw revenue from.
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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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