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‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1894-95’ [‎64v] (12/66)

The record is made up of 1 volume (31 pages). It was created in 1895. 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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10 administration ilepoet ON the persian gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. political
S.S. Shmhan managed by Messrs. Lynch on behalf of the Persian Government
carried goods for Shuster. The buildings for the Company, which had so loJ
been the subject of negotiation, bare been completed and occupied.
9.—FARS AND PERSIAN COAST.
His Royal Highness Rukn-nd-Dowlab, brother of His Majesty the Shall
who bad been appointed Governor-General of Fars in March 1894 held this hi.Hi'
office throughout the year. The Kawam-ul-Mulk had at the same time been
given the subordinate but still very important Governorship of Bushire and
the Gulf ports. His Excellency did not, however, arrive at Bushire, the head
quarters of bis charge, till the middle of July, the duties in the interval bein»
carried on by Haji Mirza Abdullah Khan. "
Hie beginning of the year saw a revival of the vexatious and useless
embargo on the export of wheat. The action taken was sudden ; it was unex-
pec e .i so m view of the tact that the previously existing embargo had onlv
been removed three months before ; indeed, everything connected with this mis-
chievous measure was irregular, capricious, and uncertain. Difficulties at once
arose in regard to stocks for export already purchased or contracted for and
were not arranged without much trouble. British merchants protested and
the newly appointed Governor, immediately on his arrival, sought our support
in representations at Tehran against the measure on the ground of its use-
lessness as regards its ostensible object-the relief of scarcity at Shiraz -
winch the miserable state of the road and the cost of transport practically
arrod, and the injury to the producers in view of the abundaQt harvest
m the coast districts. A certain remedy for the situation after Persian
shinmenJbPi 80011 ^ exlensive evasion of ^ edict, considerable
t g T c Wltl1 Ve,T tralls P arent secr ecy, with the result that
3, - t ' e ) va t 1 l ue 0f i 0 '' er £ 21 .000 was effected during a year over three-
donht l 1 T , arg0 . rested - So S°od a harvest would, however,
doubtless have produced a heavier export under normal conditions, as the un-
certainty and vexatious demands to which the trade was liable could not hut
opeiate to materially restrict it.
fled t rr 7 189 rf a Strieter enforcement of "'6 passport system was noti-
pltoorts 1 G0Ve i rnm f Ut ' Uader which foreigners, not provided with
country from V rf A S ents of the Government abroad, on entering the
clerks as on otb 6 f r 816 required to have them vis e'l by the passport
clerks, as on other frontiers, upon payment of flxed fees.
mad^K °| Ue feVer ' f 1 had n0t f0r Tery mail . T y ears troubled these regions,
made its appearance at Bushire during the summer.
aggravated bftisTut^^T tr0UbleS ' the reSUlt of natural causes
t cr i ' S01( ^ ei J violence, and crime, in which the Persian
tioops or Sirbazes wore said to have a share, were rife in and a^out the c^ .t
various times, and there was much discontent and suffering. His Koval Rish
Gover^i'Getrali "Li ^ f0Ur "T' 118 after his ^ointment to the
ment. Towards thi.Jl' . f ' <!lu ' " ts confusion thus rccoiveij encoarnge-
re-appointment of His Royal aS t ° t ^ P ros r jeots 0 f tlie
duced their usual ill-effects. 0 ' thc ±utuie ^ the Government, pro-
and control, again resorted to violence
members oUbe Kashk.W u Sei ' eraI 861186 of fear a ^ insecurity. Two
^ ^her as an

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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. 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 [Muscat] Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1894-95, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat.

The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:

Part 1, is a general summary (folios 62-65v) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, 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. . The summary gives an outline of regional developments during the previous year and is divided up as follows:

1. Oman-Maskat Coast

2. Oman Pirate Coast

3. Bahrein [Bahrain]

4. Nejd

5. El Hasa [Al Hasa] and Ojair ['Uqayr]

6. El Katif [Al Qatif]

7. El Katr [Qatar]

8. Persian Arabistan

9. Fars and Persian Coast

10. Persian Baluchistan and Mekran

11. Slave Trade

12. Royal Navy Vessels

13. Observatory

Appendix A to Part 1 (folio 66) contains two tables; 1) Table showing force and prevailing directions of Winds and recorded Rainfall at Bushire for the year 1894-95 & 2) Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1895 taken at 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. Observatory. Bushire.

Part 2, is an Administration Report on the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate for the year 1894-95 (folios 67-69) written by Lieutenant John Frederick Whyte, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Maskat throughout the previous year.

Part 3, is a report on the Trade and Commerce of the Consular District of Bushire for the Year 1894 (folios 70-72) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, 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. . The report contains a summary of matters related to trade in the region and a description of imports to/exports from Persia. Appendix A to part 3 (folios 73-80v) contains 25 tabular statistics tables related to trade in the region.

Part 4 , is a Trade Report of Maskat (folios 81-86) written by Lieutenant John Frederick Whyte, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul, Maskat. The report contains a number of tabular statistics tables related to trade to/from Maskat.

Part 5, is a Trade Report of Mohammerah for the Year 1894 (folios 87-88) written by W McDouall, Vice-Consul, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. Part 5 contains the following appendices: A) A series of tabular statistics tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah (folios 88v-90) and B) a note on the Conditions of Date Cultivation in Persian Arabia (folio 90v).

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1 volume (31 pages)
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The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 61) which list the report's contents.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 60, and ends on the last folio, on number 90.

Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.

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