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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [254r] (512/616)
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
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 1910.
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him (as it is for Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait for the same reasons) to main
tain a modus vivendt with the Turkish authorities. fei/therefore
he must be credited with a desire, born of expediency, to conciliate them
I have already referred in my general remarks to the Shaikh's apprehen
sions regarding the pokey of the Bakhtiari Khans in Tehran, and need not re-
turn to. the question here.
We have to thank the Shaikh for his attitude in regard to the protection
of Baiirainis in his territory. The informal arrangement Come to with him
during the year places us in a much better position in regard to this question
than that we have yet achieved in other Persian ports.
The Taraverdiefi Concession, in regard to which the grantor, the present
Nizam-us-Sultaneh, adopted a by no means ingenuous attitude, is inconvenient
and likely to give the Shaikh of Mohammerah and ourselves- some trouble.
The probability is, however, that the tribesmen who would be displaced from
their holdings in the event of the execution of the scheme, will raise such diffi
culties when it comes to the point, that the Concessionaires will be obliged to
retire from the project or sell their interests to the Shaikh of Mohammerah.
The Shaikh was greatly pleased and honoured, at the distinction con
ferred on him by the British Government in making him an Honorary Knight
Commander of the. Indian Empire, and equally relieved and grateful for the
extended assurances which were communicated to him at the same time.
As far as it is possible to judge at present, the policy pursued by His
Majesty's Government in regard to the Shaikh of Mohammerah, is proving
eminently successful: it has greatly strengthened the Shaikh's position and his
control over the tribes of Arabistan as well as his reputation among the tribal
Chiefs, of Southern Persia, who realise that his prosperity and the strength
of his position is due to his close relations with the British Government and
his friendly attitude to British commerce, and are becoming more disposed
to emulate him.
The Government of India have been fortunate in having as the first in
cumbent on their behalf of the Moahmmerah Consulate, a young officer of
great energy who has rendered a great deal of service to geography during his
term of duty in Arabistan, and has studied and written up very thoroughly,
for the benefit of his successors, all important questions connected 7 with his
charge.
The record of this Vice-Consulate for the year is mainly taken up with
(i) the progress of the Anglo-Persian Oil
Allwaz ' Company's operations at the Oil Fields
and their dealings with the Bakhtiaris; and (ii), the prominent part played by
the Bakhtiaris in the history of Persia for the year, and their relations with
the British Government, the Oil Company, the Shaikh of Mohammerah, and
the Central Government.
For the Oil Company, the year was naturally a difficult one, both for their
employes and the management. At the start of an immense enterprise like
this, it is inevitable that numerous unforeseen difficulties, small and great,
should constantly arise and have, to be met,: and at one time dissensions among
the employes and the mismanagement at the Oil Fields, threatened to become
a serious, menace to the interests of the Company, but happily the most critical
time has now passed, and the visit of two of the Directors, Messrs. Green-
way and Hamilton, at the end of the year or beginning of 1911, resulted in the
removal of the majority of outstanding difficulties and the infusion of a better
spirit among the Company's employes. Since the visit of the Directors, there
has been a decided improvement in the working regime oi the Company on
the spot.
I think I may leave Bakhtiari history, which I have already touched upon
incidentally v to Lieutenant Banking's full record, which is of much interest
but calls for no special comment in review.
In Pusht-i-Kuh, the feud in progress between the Wali and his son,
Amanullah, may conceivably loom large in the history of the district during
^the next few years.
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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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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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