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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎235r] (474/616)

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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.
53
Two naval officers, Paymaster Adams and Lieutenant Smithies, both
of H. M. S- '* Sphinx," passed through Ahwaz in April en route to Europe,
visiting en route Shushtar and the oil-fields.
In connection with these two officers' journey to Shushtar an incident
occurred which is dealt with under the heading ' Miscellaneous—Protec
tion of British lives and property in Arabistan.'
Mr- N. Worrall, Consular Assistant, accompanied by his wife, passed
through the district on transfer from Tehran to Bushire.
The hill tribes who have their habitat in the Ahwaz district are practi-
Progress of Constitutional Institutions in Ca % Unaffected by, and Unprovided
the Ahwaz District. (with, Constitutional Institutions. The
progress of Constitutionalism among the town-dwellers of Arabistan is dealt
with in the Mohammerah Consulate Administration Report.
Up to the arrival of the Bakhtiari Governor in Behbehan Constitutional
Institutions were non-existent, owing to the opposition of the Bahadur-i-
Diwan, who was an ardent reactionary at heart.
Moreover the townspeople of Behbehan themselves are divided into
Constitutionalists and Reactionaries, and even those who favour the Medjliss
are ignorant of the very elements of Constitutional Government and Insti
tutions. On his arrival the Governor of Behbehan took up the subject 6'f
Constitutional representation but, up to the end of the year, his efforts had
failed to produce any results.
Miscellaneous.
The question of the incidence of responsibility for the protection of
British lives and property in Arabistan
Protection of British lives and property in arose in April in the following form and
Arablstan " iwith the following result~
Paymaster Adams, R.N., and Lieutenant Smithies, R.N., desired to
proceed to Shushtar by caravan, and on His Majesty's Consul requesting
Shaikh Hanzal, the then Deputy Governor of Ahwaz, to supply the neces
sary guards, Shaikh Hanzal refused to supply guards or to accept respon
sibility for the safety of these officers further than Bend-i-Kir, a place 16
miles north of Ahwaz.
To this His Majesty's Consul replied informing Shaikh Hanzal that
he had received no official intimation of the change of responsibility and con
tinued to hold him responsible. At the same time reference was made to the
Shaikh of Mohammerah, who replied by sending orders to Shaikh Hanzal
to the effect that British lives and property were to be protected.
Owing to the failure of the rains in 1909, and subsequent on the drought
of 1908, crops were very scanty and no
Crops - wheat was available for export. Con
sequent on the same cause barley and cropped straw were most difficult to
obtain and the price of food stuffs and fodder was extremely high, grains and
food stuffs being 40 per cent, and tibbin 50 per cent, above normal. Another
cause which has conduced to the rise of prices of cereals is that the prices in
Arabistan respond sympathetically to the prices obtaining in London which
have risen considerably during the last few years.
The rainfall was 7 inches 17 cents. Maximum temperature 117° on 3rd
August. Minimum temperature 32° on
Meteorological. 9th J anuar y,
A ' news-w T riter ' was maintained throughout the year in charge of the
Dizful house and friendly relations were
Ahwaz Consulate Agents, etc., in Arabistan. mainta i. ne( J w ith many of the leading
men both in Dizful and Shushtar.
J. RANKING, Lieutenant, LA.,
His Majesty's Consul at Ahwaz.
His Britannic Majesty's Consulate;
Ahwaz, the 2nd February 1910. .

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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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