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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [254v] (513/616)
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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111
ADMINISTITATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
It will be seen that there has been a useful breaking of a new ground
among the Kuhgelu, and Lieutenant Ranking has submitted an interesting
and industrious report on the condition and internal policy of the tribe.
Practically the entire life history of Maskat and the Sultan for the yeat
1910 is summed up in the words " Arms
Maslcat - Traffic."
At the beginning of the year the political situation in connection there>
with was as follows
The re-assembled Brussels Conference had concluded its sittings and,
owing to the attitude of the French Government in regard to the arms trade
to Maskat, had failed entirely to find any solution of that problem. We were
therefore relegated once more to the hope of arriving at a friendly direct settle
ment with France. But so far France had refused to take up the Maskat
question except as one item in a general settlement of interests on " give and
take " lines, and the basis proposed by them was cfne which His Majesty's
Government had been unable to entertain. It was arranged therefore that,
during 1910, we should maintain measures on the spot, which, without giving
the French or the Sultan legitimate cause of complaint from the point of view
of international law, would demonstrate both to one and the other that we
could, if we chose to spend the money, reduce the traffic to exiguous propor
tions by unexceptionable means; and that as we had the mind to do it, it would
be worth their while to deal with us while the French commercial stake re
presented by the arms traffic possessed a practical monetary value for negotia
tion purposes. To this .end, it was decided to adopt no half-measures with
the Sultan or the Baluch Chiefs in the way of recompense or inducement for
colourable co-operation, but to maintain a full blockade of the Mekran Coast
for a whole year at least, and attack the traffic by every possible means with
the idea of bringing the French and the Sultan to a suitable frame of mind
for negotiation.
The results of the measures which have been in force during the year,
under the direction of His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, have
been eminently successful, and have had precisely the effect expected from
them, and it now remains to approach the French again, if there is now a hope
of a settlement with them, or, failing that, discuss the situation with the Sul
tan, who has been reduced to a state ripe for discussion, and devise, in co
operation with him, means, to which the French cannot constitutionally object,
for keeping the traffic under strict control in spite of them.
Our present measures have strained our relations with His Highness Sir
Seyyid Faisal and to a great extent destroyed his peace of mind, and we cannot
afford, from the point of view of general politics, to allow the present tension
to continue indefinitely.
It is satisfactory to be able to record that, after somewhat difficult and
tedious negotiations regarding the " Kadra "
Dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
case, which we have been
discussing with the Italian Government on behalf of the Sultan, a definitive
solution has been reached.
The affairs of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
have been brought into troublesome pro-
Truciai Oman. minence during the year.
The Shaikh of Ajman, Abdul Aziz bin Homeid, died a violent death, in
February, at the hands of one of his slaves. He was a very backward and
brutish person and his son Homeid, who succeeded him, is still more so.
Fortunately Ajman is a principality of little importance.
The situation at Kas-el-Kheima also gave cause for some concern, involv
ing as it did the personal relations between Shaikh Sagar of Shargah and his
uncle v Shaikh Salim bin Sultan, which are at present unsatisfactory partly
owing to the ill-concealed mutual aversion of lifelong standing existing 1 be
tween them and partly in connection with the Abu Musa case.
Attention has mainly been directed however to Debai affairs. Here, as
will be seen from previous reports, the Shaikh is a difficult character and has
been a most unsatisfactory ruler from the first, and it was unfortunate that
the scene of the "Hyacinth" incident should happen to have been laid at
Debai.
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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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