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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [253v] (511/616)
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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6
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Considering that we are dealing with a country which still exists, even if
Kerman 011 su ® erance ' as a Sovereign State in
treaty relations with the Great Euro
pean Powers, it is difficult to conceive more complete and abysmal chaos than
that depicted in Lieutenant-Colonel Haig's report. There is evidently not
the slightest semblance of Persian authority surviving in Persian Baluchistan,
and it is difficult to imagine how the Central Government can ever hope to re-
impose its authority. I leave Colonel Haig's report to tell its own tale.
An elective blockade on the Mekran Coast has been maintained by His
Persian Mekran Coast. Majesty's Navy at an enormous expense
but with signal success throughout the
year. With the details of our operations in connection with the suppression
ot the traffic, it is impossible to deal satisfactorily within the narrow compass
ot this review, and, apart from the arms traffic, there is little to call for com
ment in the history of the Mekran Coast for the year.
The deportation of Mir Barkat, in March, by the Darya Begi at the in
stance of the Military authorities, was thoroughly deserved; unfortunately
the obligations of international comity were considered to preclude our deal
ing with him ourselves, and the ineffective handling of his case by the Per
sian authorities was a factor which had to be taken into account. His re
latives, Mir Haji and Mir Mustapha Khan, between whom the Biyaban Dis
trict became divided on the exit of Mir Barkat, have proved by no means satis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
persons tx> deal with, and it is quite impossible that we can frequently
be intervening in Persian jurisdiction to render them immune from the re
prisals which they naturally apprehend from Mir Barkat, now that he has re
turned. It seems to be conceivable that, if the Persian Government continue
indefinitely unable to exercise any authority over the Baluch Mirs of the Mek
ran Coast, we shall be driven to devise some measure of our own for the better
protection of the telegraph line and the prevention of the smuggling of arms.
There appears to be no doubt that
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.
Seyyid Khan, at present the
paramount Chief of Persian Mekran, having become a prey to the excessive
consumption of opium, is losing both his influence and his physical power, and
it would seem prudent on our part therefore to take time by the forelock and
try to bring his probable successor, Islam Khan, effectively under our influence.
Things have moved a good deal in Arabistan in the direction of the con-
Arabistan solidation of our influence and the
Shaikh's position. It is recognised that
Great Britain's most valuable interests in Persia lie in, or adjacent to, the
Shaikh of Mohammerah's territory, and that the strength of his political posi
tion and his prosperity are bound up with ours in that region.
I have already referred briefly to the acute friction which existed between
the Shaikh and the Basrah authorities in the early spring, and I need not go
into the facts of the case, which are fully dealt with by Lieutenant Wilson.
In a matter like this, the Shaikh of Mohammerah is placed in a very difficult
position. As local ruler of a large tract of country, contiguous to the Turko-
Persian Frontier and the banks of the Shatt-el-Arab, and receiving no practi
cal support whatever from an incompetent government at the Capital, he has
to rely for his safety, and that of the national frontier, on the friendly advice
and support of Great Britain, and his own resources. In his present quar
rel with the^ Turkish authorities his own Government, if not actually un
friendly to him, at any rate gave him no help, owing partly, no doubt, to their
ignorance of local political and geographical conditions, and of the important
interests involved. He had, however, the hearty support both of the Moham
merah Consulate and this
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 it was satisfactory to His Excellency
to learn, when both sides of the question had been considered by His Majestv's
Government, that his attitude throughout the difficulty had met with their
approval.
Shaikh Khazal realises that, being so closely thrown with the Turks on
the Shatt-el-Arab, as he is, and being such a large land-owner both in Basrah
and on the Turkish bank of the river generally, it is absolutely necessary for
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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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