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‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1894-95’ [‎65r] (13/66)

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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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 MA.SKAT POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. FOR THE YEAR 1894-95. 11
In October the Legation courier was robbed near Abadeh, between Ispa
han and Shiraz, and the Persian mail was also plundered on the outskirts of
the province.
Scarcity and high prices generally prevailed, and distress was due not on y
to the cost of food, but was at times acutely felt owing to the great difficulty
in procurino- fuel, an evil which was increased by the high-handed interference
of the soldiery, in securing the supplies entering the town, in the interests o
certain dealers. j p
Locusts appeared in April, committing great ravages and caused a further
rise in the price of grain, though the injury done by them finally proved
somewhat less serious than had at first been feared. At the close of the year,
the reported discovery in several of the districts of large quantities of the eggs
of these ravagers again raised the price of food-grains. ,
In the beginning of the winter, there was heavy rain, which did much
harm to crops in the milder parts of the province. Abadeh, wlu ? h last J e ^
was reported to have suffered so severely, and which had been rebuilt, was so
unfortunate as to be again much damaged by heavy rain. A heavy snowfall
in January is said to have destroyed many houses in Shiraz, and
added much to the distress by raising the prices of food and tue .
A severe epidemic disease broke out in the summer among the cattle, horses,
and mules Tn the districts abont Shiraz, and caused serious mortality. This
combTned with the scarcity of fodder, high price of barley, and probaby
n+hpr causes led to an unprecedented rise in the rate for tianspoit heU
Shiraz and the coast. This of course added to the already effectual obstacles
preventing any appreciable relief of scarcity inland by importing supplies fiom
tbe "obtervadiots for the telegraphic determination of longitudes, with the
help of the cables and land lines of the Indo -European Telegraph, were con-
ducted at liushire and Jask in connection with Karachi.
10.—PERSIAN BALUCHISTAN AND MEKRAN.
Sirteep Zain -el-Ahadin was again Governor of tbe province.
On the death of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Din Muhammad Khan, his eldest son, Abdi Khan
enpoppded to the Chiefship of Dashtiyari. A -r, tm
An expedition, under Duran Khan, marched against Ah Eeza Khan, one
* thfiSLtta ciiiets, .i. w -h-'«
him. He fled, but the claim was enforced against another •
In December Din Kban, Clnet Jl^over tbe border
toSaXThe GoveTnor of Lmpur thereupon wrote demanding their summ-
der, or liberty to effect their arr ^ Political
ASe f ofthe oStan Ung feuds, which bad been carried on for many years
r^.l^h tribes on both sides of the frontier, was arrived at.
^ ^e sudden and ^-rious —
SXfprlSl ^e insti Jed a thorough search, no trace of the miss-
results, between tw o o g S eizure of certain camels, the son of Mir Ah
attempt to settle a dispute by ^ Nabij whos e arrest was ordered by the
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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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