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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [259v] (523/616)
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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18
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Consul-General having informed the Company that Wram was not a fit per
son and that his appointment would only bring them into disrepute.
Messrs. F. C. Strick & Co. made an offer in the course of the year to
obtain the contract for the "tambaku," but the Society du Tombac in Con
stantinople did not respond and, furthermore, the ocean rates offered by the
Russian line were too low to admit of competition on other than a subsidy
basis.
German Interests. —Full details of the imports by the Hamburg-Amerika
Line are only to hand for 8 ships out of the 11 which called at this port in
1910. These eight ships brought 22,927 packages from Hamburg and Ant
werp as compared with 10,234 packages brought by 7 ships during 1909 or
an increase of 96 per cent, for a period comprising the greater part of the
year. The increase is accounted for by a cargo of 11,097 cases of kerosine
landed by one steamer and denotes no extension of trade. It may be men
tioned that reports from other places in the Gulf also speak of a general
increase of some 75 per cent. The exports from Bushire by 6 vessels, between
January and June 1910, amounted to 155 tons, and though the statistics of
cargo of the other 5 vessels are not yet available, it is known that little can be
added to the above figures.
On arrival at Bushire, on the 18th May, of the Hamburg-Amerika Line
S. S. " Cheruskia," the Agents, Messrs. Robert Wonckhaus & Co., hoisted on
their office a new flag having the lion and the sun on a blue ground in one
corner and the star and crescent on a red ground on the other, the two devices
being separated by a white strip bearing the initials of Messrs. Wonckhaus
& Co. The nature of the new design being obviously semi-political, enquiry
was made from the Karguzar as to whether, contrary to the usage of the past,
it was now permissible for merchants to fly personal house flags, whereupon
that official drew the attention of the German Company to the irregularity,
and the flag has not since been flown.
The German firm of Wonckhaus & Co. withdrew in the spring its
German representative from Bushire, as the small amount of business trans
acted did not repay the outlay. They left their Persian
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
, Haji
Muhammad Hussein by name, in charge of their
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. Owing, however, to
his personal antagonism with Mirza Hussein, the Dragoman of the German
Consulate, and to the loss of 8,500
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
sent in native sailing craft by
Haj i Muhammad Hussein for the purchase of wheat in the districts near
Bushire, and to the suspicion thrown upon Haji Muhammad Hussein of
havmg robbed the money, the latter absconded from Bushire in September
and fled to Dilwar in Tangistan, where he remained till the end of the year.
It appeared also that Haji Muhammad Hussein was heavily indebted to
the firm on past accounts, although at the same time he was their chief in
strument of business in Bushire. The German firm were thus heavily hit
tt an< ^ one P artne ^ s ' ^ r ; Thomas Brown, (a British subject)
^ r^ r rum P e ^ er came to Bushire to investigate matters. Mirza Hussein,
the German Dragoman above-mentioned, thereupon got himself temporarily
put m charge of the German Firm's office. The whole affair, and subsequent
ofThe fim bcally^ ^ 1911 ' donsiderabl y dama ged the reputation
During the year Mr. Wonckhaus, who remained in Europe, dissolved
partnerslnp with Messrs. Traun Strucken & Co., of Hamburg, his financiers,
who had quarrelled with him regarding the management of their business in
he bulr : and Mr. Wonckhaus sought fresh financial support in London and
Hamburg finally obtaining it from the banker Jawbsen. A member of the
Beit family of South African connection is also understood to have a consi-
derable vested interest in the firm.
Turkish Interests. Considerable activity has been shown by the TurkisK
Oonsul in calling upon his nationalists residing in Bushire to undergo mili
tary service at Baghdad. The persons most affected are the Baghdad Christ
ian employes of the Customs Department.
His Excellency the Darya Begi, while on a visit to Jask at the end of
Arms Traffic. February, was pressed by our Intelli-
TriinTu nu- 4? -c-rv 1. , ^ence Officer to deport Mir Barkat
ivnan, Chief of Biyaban, and one of those most deeply implicated in the illicit
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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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