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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [252r] (508/616)
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 KfeSIDENCY FOR iSl6.
being menaced. The substance of this eofflp &ct was that the parties ioined
hands for (z) the protection of the inothei* country, (it) the support of the
Constitutional government, {in) the maintenance of security on the trade
routes of their respective spheres, (*.) recognition of. and co-operation with,
other notables anxious to preserve the Constitution and independence of
Persia, (v) support by the other two in case the interests of one were menaced
(ml whoie-hearted support to the Medjliss in the fearless performance of
their duties, including the control of interested politicians. Under the name
of the League of the south," some prominence has been given to this paper
compact as a somewhat dangerous instrument, but, in the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
's opinion; it
proved, not without itg advantages at the time, as a safety valve and as a
hint to 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 to curl his ambitions; while, regarded as the
basis of a really defensive alliance, it is not worth the paper on which it was
written; neither of the three parties presumably have the least intention, un
less their own interests were directly concerned, of interpreting it in any more
formidable manner than by a Cash contribution and expression of a pious wish
for his ally's good luck. So far at any rate the existence of the compact ap
pears on the whole to have conduced to the general peace.
The imminence of the conclusion of this triple agreement; the attack on
Mr. J. H. Bill on his way home, in the middle of April, between Shiraz and
Ispahan; the acute friction between the Turkish authorities at Basrah and the
Shaikh of Mohammerah, leading up to the bombardment of the Shaikh's
village of Zain, opposite Mohammerah, were the most lively questions on the
political horizon during the month following the Resident's return from leave.
They will be alluded to again under the head of the Consulates to which they
primarily concern.
The lamented demise of His Majesty the King, Edward VII,^ was received
Bushir6 with no less grief and consternation by
the British community in Bushire than it
was by His Majesty's demoted subjects throughout the world. Respectful ex
pressions of sympathy were received from local inhabitants and potentates
throughout the sphere of the
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.
.
Local conditions in Bushire were very unsatisfactory, but mainly in a
negative way. The Darya Begi has in the last few years made two or three
more or less ignominious exits from the stage of Gulf politics. On the pre
sent occasion it will be remembered that, at the time of Seyyid Murteza's dis
turbances, in April last year. His Excellency, who was then in Tehran in seclu
sion, was regarded by the Persian Government to be the man most likely to be
able, owing to his long, local experience of the Gulf, to rescue the Gulf Ports
from the condition of acute unrest to which they had been brought by the ex
travagances of the so-called Nationalist movement. His Excellency managed
to hold out until the end of the year, but, throughout his present tenure, found
the difficulties of the post of Governor of the Gulf Ports greatly enhanced
under the new regime. Without troops to enable him to enforce his authority
or collect revenue; with an uncontrolled vernacular press in which he could be
pilloried by any ragamuffin from the bazaar who imagined that he had a
grievance; or misrepresented by any intriguer with an axe to grind; con
stantly bombarded by ignorant or inquisitorial telegrams from the Ministers
or Medjliss in Tehran;—his position is never worth a week's purchase; and the
only wonder is that individuals continue to be forthcoming who are willing to
accept office under such conditions. The Darya Begi's official hands are
possibly no cleaner than the ordinary run of Persians of his class; but from the
point of view of the work of the
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 British interests in the Gulf
Ports, His Excellency has been by far the most friendly and well disposed
Governor with whom we .have been favoured during the last decade or so.
The beginning of the year found an agitation against the sturdy
Governor-General, the Saham-ud-
Dow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
-
az ' leh, in full progress. Everything pos
sible was done by his detractors to discredit him, and make his position im
possible. After repeated requests for permission to resign, the Governor-
B
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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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