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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎269v] (543/616)

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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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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 and Islam Khan have, during the autumn, come to a
Gaih District. 1 better understanding. Seyyid Khan
0 . 1 , has practically given the district between
feadaich and Tank and as far northward as Bint to Islam Khan. He also sent
Islam to Bampur on his behalf to collect the taxes, at the end of November.
Islam Khan has hitherto undoubtedly been interested in the arms traffic, but
he came down to Rapch to see me in November and signed an agreement by
which he undertakes to do all in his power to assist us in stopping it. He
probably sees that our efforts to stop the trade have greatly decreased the
chances of making a profit in that direction, and therefore thinks it better
business to assist us, and thus obtain the good opinion of Government, and
probably a subsidy. I met 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 in Charbar at the end of
December; he seems the most genuine and well disposed Chief that I have met,
but it is a great pity that he is so addicted to opium smoking. The impression
left on one's mind after seeing both Seyyid Khan and Islam Khan is that the
latter is a capable energetic man who is ambitious, and who will no doubt one
day be the paramount chief of Gaih, and that the former is a well meaning
chief who has had most of his energy sapped by the use of opium, and who is,
therefore, liable to be dominated by the more powerful personality of Islam
Khan. It may be that Seyyid Khan himself feels this, and if so, it would ac
count for the ill-feeling which has existed between them.
An Afghan travelling from Bint to Karwan was murdered just outside
Hiyan, about 27th October. Dost Muhammad bin Shiigrell of Hiyan is
reported to have incited Hakimdad bin Shabek and Shahgul bin Yar Muham
mad to the act. The object was robbery, and the culprits are said to have
stolen a camel, a thousand rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. in cash, and ten Indian currency notes of
unknown values.
Early in November two Afghans quarrelled in the Masjid in Bint; during
the heat of the quarrel one drew his sword and murdered the other. Islam
Khan is reported to have kept the murdered man's horse and other belongings.
The telegraph line was wrecked at Gilik, 5 miles east of the Sadaich
river, on 26th May, by Afghans whose consignment of arms had been captured
off Habt by H. M. S. " Perseus." Both wires were again cut at Supt, 32 miles
from Charbar, on 7th September, by four Dizakis in revenge for having been
obliged to jettison the arms they were bringing from Maskat, owing to the
approach of one of His Majesty's Ships.
The strained relationship between Mir Mahmud Khan and Mir Din
Dashtyari District. Muhammad continues to exist. Mir
. Dm Muhammad made a pilgrimage to
Baghdad in September and October, returning to Charbar in November via
Maskat and Karachi. When he reached his home at Mirai bazaar he heard
that Mahmud Khan's son, Mir Doorr, had been gathering taxes and fining his
subjects close to his fort at Mirai bazaar; he retaliated by treating some of
Mahmud^ Khan's subjects in like manner. They then quarrelled regarding
the division of the revenue which had been collected during Din Muhammad's
absence. About 26th December Din Muhammad sent two brothers (Gundows)
from Mirai bazaar to Boonau to murder Mahmud Khan, but the latter was
warned by one of his followers and set out with six men lo search for them.
They came on the men hidden by the roadside when one fired on Mahmud
Khan, the bullet grazing his side. One was shot by Mahmud Khan on the spot
and the other caught alive by his followers; this second man, after confessing
that Mir Din Muhammad had hired them for Rs. 500 to murder Mahmud
Khan, was shot in the latter's fort at Boonau. The followers of Din Muham
mad declare that there was no intention to murder Mahmud Khan, but that
the men were looking for lost cattle, and that the idea of murder was solely a
creation of Mahmud Khan's fear. Din Muhammad now claims blood money,
which Mahmud Khan refuses to pay on the ground that the men were mur
derers. The general opinion is that the men intended murdering Mahmud
Khan.
Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Khan of Bhao Kalat has attached himself to Din Muhammad, he
^eems a most truculent young man whose ill-advice is probably responsible for
half The trouble in Dashtyari.

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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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1 volume (304 folios)
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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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