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'Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905' [‎31] (43/246)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (121 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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PART II—CHAPTER XI.
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and holding itself fortified within its own Indus Frontier. But I fear that with
States, as with individuals, it requires almost superhuman wisdom and strength
of will to stand permanently isolated and alone. An individual, indeed, may,
perhaps, succeed, having the requisite staff within himself; but the life of a State
involves a succession of Rulers, and if he who succeed lack those qualities upon
which was based the policy of his predecessor, there is risk that the State will
have to regain by force or convulsion the status to which it would otherwise have
naturally grown.
No. 104, dated 19th June 1869,
From— •L ieutenant- C olonel L ewis F elly, c.s.i., Her Britannic Majesty's
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To—-C. gonne, Esq., Secretary to Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. .
I hope it may be agreeable to the Right Hon'ble the Governor in Council to
Ficte my Report No. 111, dated 25th September learn th<it the settlement made last autumn,
«868. under instructions from His Excellency,
of the affairs of Bahrein, continues to work well, and peacefully to consolidate
the rule of the present Chief, Sheik Alee bin Khalifa.
2. Letters received from Bahrein and Gutter show that the tribes of both these
my Report No. 75, dated 12th April 1869. heretofore hostile tracts are in friendly
vide extract from the leM-r of the Chief of relations, and trust to prosecuting their
Bahrein to my address, appended. 1 • t r 1 • ■ ■
lucrative pearl fisheries in a quiet and
undisturbed manner.
3. Government are aware that when steamers were first started in the Gulf
a move was made towards embracing Bahrein within the sphere of their civilizing
operation. But the ex-Chief, Mahomed bin Khalifa, stood obstinately aloof. It
is pleasant, therefore, to report that two steam companies have now been invited
by the present Chief to trade with Bahrein. One of these companies has just
landed there considerable cargo out of the Steamer Koina, and the courteous
invitation to the other (the Mail) Company is now appended in translated purport.
4. In like manner my recent two visits to the Arab Coast give me reason to
believe that the Chiefs of Rasoolkhymeh, Ejman, Ommelgavain, and Shargah
understand that they cannot with impunity act by sea, and that they will remain
at peace and develop their divings and fisheries, if only we maintain that mari*
time surveillance, which they themselves admit, and even profess, to be necessary
in order to prevent one Chief stealing an advantage over his neighbour.
5. Sensible of the vast difference between the trade returns of the Gulf
regions and those of the populous provinces under the free Government of British
India, 1 hesitate to submit any formal report on the former. But at the same
time I gladly avail myself of an opportunity for incidentally recalling that, whereas
when i was appointed to this 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. , seven years ago, no mercantile streamers
traversed these waters, we have now passed through the grades of a six-weekly
steamer, a monthly steamer, a fortnightly steamer, and now of a regular fort
nightly steamer, with an opposition Company playing irregularly, but with
rp. f 4 .. . . . . increasing rapidity I I doubt not myself
There are at this moment two steamers in port >1 , n f j* r i
roM^ to Bombay, each of about 1 ,000 tons gross that small teecling steamers trom the gen-
tonnage, and both are going away with full car- eral littoral to the main ports would pay,
and will soon be introduced. The impetus
given to this useful and progressive trade is, I think, due to the states manlike
foresight of Sir Bartle Frere.
6. During a cruise I made last month in the Gulf, I did not receive one single
complaint of the state of trade On the contrary, every merchant I spoke with
admitted that trade was thriving : this was particularly the case at the principal
ports of Bander Abbas, Lingah, and Bushire.
7. I doubt not myself that we are now only at the commencement of develop
ment; and that if trade be not unreasonably interfered with by the Native Govern
ments it must largely increase. The areas of Persia, Arabia, and Mekran, etc.,
to be drained, are vast, and, though triflingly poor per square mile, might, if but
half exploited, concentrate a good sea-borne trade in one basin like the Gulf.

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The volume is a précis on trade and communications in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in 1906.

The volume begins with a preface by Saldanha, written on 26 March 1906, and is then organised into five parts, each divided into chapters, and eight appendices at the end, as follows:

Part I, Regulations and Duties, 1803-1847: Chapter I, Line of conduct to be pursued by the Resident at Basrah with regard to the American vessels trading in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1803; Chapter II, Regulations for country ships visiting Bushire, 1813; Chapter III, Rules for the guidance of British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1831; Chapter IV, Export and import duties in Persia and export of mules and horses from Persia, 1822-23, 1835-42; Chapter V, Question of exempting Arab ships from the discriminating duty imposed on foreign ships, 1836-37; Chapter VI, Ports of Arabia to which the Government of India notification dated 9 January 1839 should apply. Vessels of every description belonging to those ports to be to be provided with Registers or Passes countersigned by British Officers, 1839-47; Chapter VII, Mode and extent of taxation in operation at Bushire and surrounding districts, 1847.

Part II, Trade and Traffic, 1834-71: Chapter VIII, Report in the trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1834; Chapter IX, Traffic between Karachi and Bushire and other Persian Ports, 1854-58; Chapter X, Trade between Bombay and Bushire and Basrah [Basra], 1856-57; Chapter XI, Trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1863-1869; Chapter XII, Colonel Pelly's reports on the trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1870-71; Chapter XIII, List of British subjects and British protected persons on the Persian Court and islands, 1869.

Part III, Review of the Trade reports from 1872 to 1905: Chapter XIV, Trade of the Gulf of Oman and Persia, 1873-1905; Chapter XV, Persian Opium Trade.

Part IV, The Gulf Telegraph Line: Chapter XVI, Construction of the Telegraph Line; Chapter XVII, Telegraph Station at Fao; Chapter XVIII, Telegraph Station at Bushire; Chapter XIX, Medical arrangements for telegraph stations at Bushire, Fao and Jask.

Part V, Miscellaneous: Chapter XX, Wreck of the SS Hallamshire near Ras-el-Hadd and the measures proposed for the prevention of wreckage by the wild tribes on the Arabian Coasts, 1878; Chapter XXI, New system of registration of native owned vessels in the Gulfs of Persia and Oman, 1883-84.

Appendices: Appendix A, Statement of the exports and imports of Bushire, 1832-34; Appendix B, Statements of Trade between Bushire and Basrah and Bombay, 1857; Appendix C, Comparative statements of exports of Bushire, 1863-65; Appendix D, Trade Returns appended to Colonel Pelly's letter No. 86-37, dated 23 April 1870; Appendix E, Returns of British subjects and British Protected persons on the Persian coast and Islands, 1869; Appendix F, Comparative Statements of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade with the Principal Countries, 1873-1905; Appendix G, Contrasted Statements of Principal Exports and Imports from and to the Ports in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. namely Bushire, Lingah, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Bahrein [Bahrain], Basrah, and Maskat [Muscat] from 1893 to 1904; Appendix H, Returns of Shipping of the Ports of Bushire, Maskat and Basrah.

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1 volume (121 folios)
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The volume is arranged in parts, each relating to a different subject. Each part is arranged roughly chronologically and divided into chapters. There is a list of contents on folios 3 to 4, with no reference to folio or page numbers.

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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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