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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎251v] (507/616)

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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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Everything hung upon the question of finance. Without money, the Cen
tral Government was powerless to take any step^ to improve the situation.
The two allied Powers were fTmck faci$ ready to provide the necessary ad
vance or loan, but were naturally unwilling to do so without proper safeguards
for the regulation of its expenditure; while the Persian Government, badly
as she needed the funds, refused to concede to the reasonable stipulations of
the two Governments. The negotiations, dragged on month after month, the
numerous other questions which hinged on the settlement, of this one, remain
ing in a state of suspension.
Meanwhile, in the south, the outlook continued to go from bad to worse.
The local authorities at Shiraz had fail-
Fars and Southern Persia. ^ ^ ^ any punitive action in connec .
tion with the attack on the Russian Consul-General's party, in the preceding
November, and the tribe which had been responsible for it, the Boir Ahmecii
section of the Kuhgelu, had gained dangerous prestige by their successful and
unpunished attack. His Majesty's Consul at Shiraz considered that the only
remedy would be a British punitive expedition; but this departure from our
policy of non-intervention did not commend itself to higher authority, who
intimated that the intervention of an Indian force was in no way contem
plated. It was recognised, however, that the trade route question had now
assumed serious urgency. The Kazerun route had been closed altogether
since the attack on the Russian caravan, and the Sowlet-ud-Dowleh, Kashgai,
had endeavoured to force traffic; on to the Jirreh route; but this alternative
was greatly objected to by the commercial community, both Persian and Eng
lish, as being devoid of telegraph or caravanserais or adequate arrangements
for fodder, and also because the latter part of the route, through Tangistan,
was outside the sphere of which the Sowlet could guarantee the security.
Ultimately, however, the Central Government, having taken responsibility for
the Jirreh route, we were obliged to accept it.
In February, the situation was complicated by the intensity of the jeal
ousy existing between the Chiefs of' the rival Bakhtiari and Kashgai tribes,
and indeed from the general uneasiness; prevailing among local potentates in
the south in respect to the designs and ambitions of the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Assad, Bakh
tiari. Up to now, at all events as far as the south is concerned, the Chiefs of
the great tribes had always restricted their ambitions to the leadership of
their tribal councils and the promotion of tribal interests, locally. Partici
pation in the administrative government of Persia had been regarded as a
function foreign to the role of a tribal Chief. So long as the part the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -
i-Assad was playing appeared to his compeers to be disinterested and merely
assumed in order to assist in the task of relieving the peasantry of Persia
from the intolerable yoke of despotism under which they laboured, the pro
ceedings of the Bakhtiari Chief were regarded with passive, if not demon
strative, good will. But when it was seen that the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Assad was
gradually establishing Bakhtiari domination not only at Tehran, but also^ at
the provincial centres in the south, and was believed to be using his position
to pull the strings of tribal interest at the Capital, he became the object of
the greatest apprehension both to the Kashgai and to the Shaikh of Moham-
merah; the former, intensely jealous of the rise of Bakhtiari power, and the
latter being possessed by the instinctive fear that, having cleared the field by
reducing the Kashgai, the Bakhtiari would turn their attention to himself.
It was useless to advise the Shaikh to maintain an independent attitude and
stand, aloof from exotic politics. He however replied that this was no ques
tion of foreign politics, but a prospect which menaced the security and well-
being of himself and his territory to their very foundations. " If you cannot
guarantee me against the results of Bakhtiari policy as pursued by the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -
i-Assad from the Capital," he said, " you must leave me to forestall or insure
myself against the dangers ahead, in my own way." Such assurances as the
Shaikh needed were difficult to give, and the Shaikh's own dispositions for
safeguarding himself, included the formation of a league between himself, the
Sowlet-ud-Dowleh, Kashgai, and the Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh, providing for
ostensibly concerted action between the three in the event of their interests

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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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