'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [271v] (547/616)
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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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
a gang of Arabs, of whom some were undoubtedly Persian subjects of the
Shaikh.
The Wali claimed a large quantity of dates and a heavy cash compen
sation from the Shaikh, in satisfaction of the losses alleged to have been in
flicted on the Mishri family by the Shaikh's tribes. The matter was also re
ferred to Tehran by the Turks, and the Shaikh received a communication from
Tehran containing the usual vague exhortations to do all that was right and
proper in the matter. The Porte declined to sanction a proposal of the Wali
previously negatived by his Council at Basrah, to bombard Mohammerah and
Fallahiyah forthwith. The fact that the Council were seriously asked to
sanction such a step shows to what lengths the modern Young Turk will go,
and how completely devoid he is at present of any sense of proportion or
restraint.
The Shaikh's troubles, actual and potential, with the Bakhtiari, reached
an acute stage in April, when it was
Relations of the Shaikh with the Bakhtiari. generally believed that his Old enemy,
the
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.
Assad, then Minister of In
terior, was manoeuvring to establish himself with the assistance of his tribes
men and relations in a position of permanent predominance. After much
vacillating, due to his unwillingness to do anything of which the British Gov-
ernment might disapprove, the Shaikh signed an agreement in company with
the Sowlet-ud-Dowleh,
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
of the Kashgai, and the
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.
Ashraf Wali
of Pushlfc-i-Ruh, nominally to promote constitutionalism and peace, and the
S l e S o* roa( ls within their respective dominions, to assist and strengthen
the Medjliss, and to support each other in case of attack.
The last two conditions were plainly intended as a hint for the benefit of
the Bakhtiari. The agreement remained, as it was probably intended to be, a
dead letter throughout the year, but it served a useful purpose in reminding
the
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.
Assad of the probable effect of the policy which he was believed to
contemplate.
The Shaikh s apprehensions were to some extent relieved by an assurance
from His Majesty's Minister, in April, that our understandings with regard
to encroachments on his rights, etc., by the Persian Government applied
equally to the
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.
Assad as long as he was Minister of Interior.
Shortly after this the
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.
Assad ceased to be Minister of Interior
though he still remained in the Cabinet as Minister of War, but the question
did not again assume an acute phase till September, when Bakhtiari designs
on the Sowlet-ud-Dowleh caused the latter to appeal to the Shaikh to make
good his promises. The Shaikh replied with vague assurances, and the ques
tion was eventually relieved by the espousal of the Sowlet's cause by the
Amir-i-Muffakham s party with whom the Shaikh had made an informal
compact for mutual assistance in May. The Shaikh was therefore not called
on to make good his promises of assistance to the Sowlet.
A few weeks later however hostilities threatened between the rival fami
lies of the Khans, and Amir-i-Muffakham appealed to the Shaikh to assist
mm by bringing pressure to bear from the south on the lands of his opponents.
The Shaikh again responded by vague assurances which he was luckily not
called on to make good, as, thanks no doubt in some measure to the possibility
of his intervention, the opposing parties came to terms, and a peace was
patched up.
ou -i 1 ? 6 P ractic . al valu€ 0 . f tlie compact between the Amir Muffakham and the
Shaikh was again shown in December in the following way. Throughout the
year, A. Rahim had continued his policy of the previous winter, and left no
stone unturned to seduce Farhan Assad from his allegiance to the Shaikh and
m so doing there is no doubt that he was acting under the direct orders of the
^ardar Zanar. The Shaikh, who had earlier in the year experienced trouble
with Farhan, was finally compelled to send a punitive expedition against the
latter to exact punishment for various aggressive acts, and to obtain the
revenue tor the previous few years, which was in arrears. Farhan, the bulk
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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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