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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎248r] (500/616)

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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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a slave is far too valuable as property to be wantonly ill-treated or made
away with.
The 1909 pearling season proved to be a very successful one, and many
of the divers have been able to get out
is enes. ^ the clutches of their nakhudas and
towashes. Some gambling at the beginning of the season forced up prices
very high with the natural result that, towards the end of the year, there was
a slump with low prices at which there were no sellers. The total sum real
ized on this season's pearls by Kuwait merchants is estimated at anything
between 25 to 30 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
No pearl divers were required for the winter season of 1909-10 by
the Ceylon Pearl Fisheries Company, and consequently no passes were issued
by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
The B. I. S. N. Co.'s slow and fast mail services continued to make the
. port in alternate weeks until the end of
ipping " July when the place of the fast mail
was taken by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. steam launch, " Lewis Pelly," running to and from
Fao. The arrangement has worked well enough for the mails, but passengers
and the trading community are undoubtedly much inconvenienced, the former
having to make a journey of over a week via Bahrain and Bushire to reach
Mohammerah and Basrah, whilst the latter find their trade hampered by being
restricted to shipping specie to India only once a fortnight and that by a very
slow service. A weekly service of any kind would be a boon.
M. A. Varin, formerly of the Belgian Customs staff at Bushire, visit
ed Kuwait in February with the osten-
Foreigners an Trave ers. sible object of introducing German gold
jewellery and booking orders for other goods of German manufacture
In January Mr. J. C. Pearson, accompanied by a Greek interpreter,
arrived on behalf of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, U. S. A., in connec
tion with a scientific enquiry in terrestrial magnetism.
One Ibrahim-bin-Adhami, a Turk, arrived on the 22nd April with a pre
sent of 10 bags of coffee for the Shaikh, said to be from the Sultan of Lahej.
On October 7th a Hungarian, named Emmanuel Lacon, landed in Kuwait.
He described himself as travelling round the world on foot, having started
from Transylvania, in April 1905, with no funds. He desired to walk to
Baghdad but was induced by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. to accept a free passage in
a sailing boat to Fao, as offering a better chance of his eventually fulfilling
his ambition.
Xhe Resident did not visit Kuwait during the year, but Major Trevor,
First Assistant, and Captain Rae, Second
Tours and Visits of British Officials. Ass i s { an t ; both paid short visits in
January and March respectively.
In March His Majesty's Consul at Basrah, Mr. Crow, stayed a week in
Kuwait during which questions connected with the Turkish demand for certi
ficates of Ottoman nationality from Kuwait subjects, and the Shaikh's pro
perties on the Shatt-el-Arab, were thoroughly discussed.
The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. made two trips up the Shatt-el-Arab and met His
Britannic Majesty's Consul at Basrah.
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. 's Tonrs. During November' and December he also
made a short tour of 18 days into the hinterland south and west of Kuwait,
during which much difficulty was experienced in obtaining forage and water
and consequently no fresh ground was broken though opportunity was taken
to check and add to previous mapping work.
The charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. continued to be held by Major S. G. Knox
up to the 28th April, when he proceeded
Political Changes. ^ and from that date to
the close of the year by Captain W. H. I. Shakespear.
W. H. I. SHAKESPEAR,
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait.

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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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