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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [291r] (586/616)
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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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.
FOE 1910.
79
Nairn Shaikhs of Beraimi, refusing to surrender Maktoom and Mana-bin-
Rashid except under certain guarantees, expressed their great regret to the
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 what had occurred, and asking the
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.
Agent to help in
mediating an amicable settlement with the Bin Loota family. This the
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.
Agent did, and the parties arrived at a written settlement on the
23rd of May.
There it was thought best to leave the quarrel; but, though outward peace
has been made, it is possible that the 'feud between the families will last for
many years to come.
After the reconciliation had been effected, the sons of Rashid were by
agreement allowed to return to Debai, but the Shaikh, instead of allowing
them to enter quietly and treating them with dignified reserve, tactlessly
" dressed " his flagstaff, informing the Bin Lootas that he was doing it out
of gladness at the healing of the quarrel. They, however, not unnaturally,
took umbrage at his action as an unnecessary sign of favour towards his
guilty kinsmen. Shaikh Butti was made to assure Nasir-bin-Loota, in the
Resident's presence, that his action was solely prompted by the sentiments ex
plained, to admit that it wa-s thoughtless, and to regret that it should have
hurt their feelings.
Just before the end of the year, there occurred at Debai another unfortu
nate incident which is not likely to be 'forgotten in the present generation.
Our blockade of the Mekran Coast, since the beginning of the year, had
had the effect of diverting the traffic in arms to other channels. For weeks
past, reports had been coming from Maskat that arms were going overland
to the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and being shipped from there to the Persian ports
The Shaikhs had been repeatedly warned and had as often denied absolutely
that any traffic was going on through their territories. At any rate, no
consignments were detected at sea. In view of these reports, however, the
Resident asked permission to arrange, after the impending visit of His Excel
lency the Naval Commander-in-Chief to Bushire, to proceed to install Mr. New
at Debai, as a means of strengthening our position there. On his way up the
Gulf, His Excellency posted the Flagship H. M. S. "Hyacinth^', Captain
James Dick, at Debai, to patrol that port and the vicinity with his ship's
boats. The Lieutenant in command of the boat posted in the Khor Debai,
received information from a negro-slave that some arms were concealed in a
certain house. He accordingly went and interviewed the Shaikh and asked
b'im to search the house. After some procrastination, the Shaikh complied,
but did the business in a perfunctory way which would have given the owners
of the arms every chance of getting them away, had they been there. The
Lieutenant reported the Shaikh's unsatisfactory conduct to Captain Dick.
Meanwhile fresh reports from informers were received by the Flag Captain
pointing to the presence of arms in certain houses; and Captain Dick there
fore decided to take a party ashore in the morning and get the Shaikh to
have the houses searched in his presence. One of the houses belonged to
Tham-bin-Khalaf, and the other to one Ahmed Dilmook, a near neighbour and
connection by marriage of the Shaikh.
Captain Dick instructed his interpreter to send a message to the Shaikh
over night to say that he would be on shore in the morning at daylight. It is
doubtful if this message ever reached the Shaikh, but in any case it is not
possible that 70 men could have landed from the ship's boats in sight and
within a few yards of the Shaikh's house, without his knowing of it. Cap
tain Dick sent him a message on landing to inform him of his arrival and
asking him to hurry up, and aflter waiting some minutes without result, de
cided to push on without him. The whole party first proceeded to Thani-bin-
Khalaf's house, which was superficially searched without result; then a sus
picious looking floor was noted, dug up and three old obsolete rifles unearthed.
Captain Dick ait this stage withdrew his seamen and took them off to search
the other suspected house, that of Ahmed-bin-Dilmook, leaving Major Heriot
and his Marines to finish with Bin Khalaf's house and then return to the
shore or rejoin him at the other house.
On approaching Bin Dilmook's house. Captain Dick's party was fired
on, whereupon a general fusillade seems to have commenced. The Shaikh
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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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