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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [286v] (577/616)
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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70
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
In 1908 the prices of rifles of which there is a record were—
Mauser rifle Rs. 120 to 140,
Martini-Metford Rs. 110 to 120, and
Mauser pistol {10-shot) with 400 rounds of ammunition Rs. 100.
In the end of November the branches of the " Compagnie de I'lnde et de
I'Extreme Orient " and of M.M. Baijet & Cie., and of Kevorkoff & Cie, all sold
off their stocks by auction and the Agents of the two first named firms.
Messieurs Lapique and Lagasse, left the place. M. Nischan Hormuzian, the
representative of Kevorkoff & Cie, remained here and has set up as an arms
dealer on his own account. At the time of these sales Martini carbines could
be bought for Rs. 11 to 12 each.
Somcdiland. —The traffic in arms with Somaliltand during the year was
insignificant, in fact the trade seems to have been nipped in the bud, in 1908.
Tables of the import of arms and ammunition compiled from the Customs
House Books are annexed to the report.
Until the autumn the health of Maskat was normal. On 21st September,
.r i, 14.1. xt ^ ^ however, cholera broke out, and continued
Public health. Hospital, Quarantine, etc. , ^ j. i • \ o ^
to hang about the outskirts of the town
until the end of November, except for three weeks in October when it seemed
to have disappeared. The port was finally declared free on the 12th Decem
ber. The epidemic was fortunately not very severe only 81 deaths being re
ported in all. The disease appeared in Sur, in November, and was very severe
there, and also in the neighbourhood. It was also bad in Rostak and the
neighbourhood at the end of the year.
The New Hospital was opened in the end of October, but, owing to the
cholera, no public ceremony took place. It may be mentioned that His High
ness did not evince any particular desire to have a public opening.
The quarantine arrangements under the supervision of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Sur
geon worked smoothly during the year.
The Customs were managed throughout the year by Superintendents on
n , a , a - . behalf of the Sultan. The Superintend-
(Justoms and landing arrangements. . . ■, T . ,, , . J - „ .
ent at Maskat is m the habit of issuing
goods received to consignees without the production of a Delivery Order or
even of the
Bill of Lading
A document confirming the goods which a ship has received.
. As it frequently happens that banks and firms
have got a lien on the goods till the cost is paid, this practice will probably
lead to trouble. The attention of His Highness has been called to the matter.
The Landing Contractor, Seyyid Abdul Kadir Zowavi, is quite inefficient,
and complaints of theft by his men, slackness, want of boats, etc., are rife.
His Highness is however deaf to all complaints against this man.
There was .a report at the end of the year that the Sultan intended to
farm the Customs to Habib bin Suleyim, Seyyid Yusuf Zowavi and Ali Musa,
but this arrangement has apparently fallen through.
During the year 1910 forty-nine persons applied for manumission certi-
siavo trade. ficates either for themselves or for their
relatives or both, and two sought relief
against being enslaved. The latter were given letters by the Sultan to the
local Walis to secure protection for them. Fifty-four persons, including chil
dren, were planumitted during the year, 22 of whom were rescued through the
good offices of this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
; 6 of these, however, having obtained their freedom
from His Highness, did not come to receive their manumission certificates.
One applicant whose master was a French Protege was sent to the French
Consul who gave him a certificate equivalent to a freedom paper. In four
cases the applicants left the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
premises when their cases were under
investigation, and in seven other cases the applicants were proved either not
entitled to freedom or went back to their masters under suitable guarantees.
Of the 49 applicants 16 were Africans of whom 10 were freed. The rest were
all Baluchis of Mekran. The traffic in Mekranis appears to be on the increase,
if anything, and by far the larger proportion of refugee slaves who come to
this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
are now Mekranis.
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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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