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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [297v] (599/616)
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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92
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ruling powers at Riadh. There are nine of these young men who, starting
with no following at all, seized the opportunity of Bin Saud's absence at
Kuwait to collect all discontented Arabs in Southern Najd and set up their
own authority in A1 Harij. They had before this taken refuge at Furgaija
in A1 Hassa and through Shaikh Mubarak's good offices three of them at least
were reconciled to Bin Sand. The reconciliation appears to have been insin
cere for, within a month, fresh intrigues were set on foot. Finally, in early
November, Bin Saud marched against them in A1 Harij and utterly defeated
them, killing some 150 of their men, razing their new fort at Harij to the
fround and doubling the contributions in men and money formerly furnished
y the people of the district. The " A1 Araif " fled, some to Qatif, some to
Mecca and others to Oman. The power for evil of these pretenders should be
broken now for some considerable time to come.
Bin Saud's Raids. —In July a messenger brought news that Bin Saud
had raided the A1 Hamadan and Bin Darwish sections of the Umtair tribe,
and some of the Shammar tribe with them and had taken from them as much
as 4,000 camels in loot. The raid took place in the vicinity of the Athain
Nakhal wells in Ibn Rashid's territory and half way between Boraida and
Hail.
During the last week of August a report reached Kuwait that the Beni
Thamin inhabitants of El Houtha village had conspired with the people of El
Harij (probably under instructions from the A1 Araif) to murder the headmen
in charge of Bin Saud's fort in El Harij. An attempted ruse and surprise
were suspected with the result that the four leading conspirators lost their
heads, while some 80 of the villagers were killed before the fort was captured.
Rin Saud and the Sharif of Mecca. —One of the noteworthy events of
the year was the excursion made by the Sharif of Mecca into Najd and its
affairs. The Sharif appears to have left Taif on his own responsibility with
some 300 followers and the horsemen of the Ateyba tribe as escort. He sent
letters asking for provisions, money, etc., to Shaikh Mubarak, the Sultan of
Maskat, and most other Arab Chiefs and gave out that his object was to re
assert the Sharif's authority over the Kasim province, an authority which has
been in abeyance since the days of Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's Egyptian expedition into
Arabia. Counting on the perennial feud between Bin Saud and~ Ibn Rashid,
he asked the latter to aid him ^ith fighting men in his advance on Riadh.
The Sharif reached Duadami in Southern Kasim before he realized that no
support would be forthcoming from Hail owing to the recently concluded
peace between the rival chiefs of Central Arabia. At the same time Bin
Saud arrived within two days' march of his camp with a large force, news of
which immediately caused the Sharif's Bedouin following to melt away. The
Sharif having one of Bin Saud's brothers in his power made the best of a bad
business by sending Bin Saud a conciliatory letter, explaining he had not come
in war but to ascertain the truth or falsity of reports current in Mecca as to
Bin Saud's government. Bin Saud replied with'munificent presents and the
Sharif then made use of Bin Saud's anxiety for his brother to extract a
document to the effect that $6,000 of the Kasim revenue should be paid by Bin
Saud to the Sharif, that Bin Saud should leave the Ateyba triBe in peace,
referring complaints against them to the Sharif, and that he should always
assist the Turkish Government to the best of his power if men should be
required for the Turkish army.
Bin Saud probably has no intention of keeping these terms, and the
Sharif has no power to enforce them without Turkish assistance.
No meeting actually took place between them, and the Sharif then return
ed to Mecca, after which fulsome reports began to appear in the Egyptian
Arabic papers as to Bin Saud's loyalty.
As a result of a good season, wh^h made fodder abundant and water
less scarce in the desert, raids and coun-
Tribai Politics. ter-raids have been rather more fre
quent than was the case last year.
Saud-bin-Lami, Shaikh of the Jiblan Umtair, who was mentioned as
wanted by Shaikh Mubarak in last year's report, was at last caught napping
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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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