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‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1885-86.’ [53r] (19/120)
The record is made up of 1 volume (57 folios). It was created in 1886. 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 MUSCAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR 1885-86.
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Accordingly a consignment of 20 male and 40 female date plants was procured from
Busreli and despatched per B. I. S. N. Co/s steamer Penang to Beypore for transmission to
Bangalore, and the Conservator was advised, as per No. 272-151, dated 12th March 1871, of this
consignment, and further on the 22nd April of that year Colonel Pelly sent him copy of a
report submitted by him to the Bombay Government on the 9th October 1869, on the cultiva
tion of the date-palm. The Consevator, in his letter No. 450, dated 14th June 1871, intimated
that the plants had arrived alive and had been planted in Bangalore.
The Chief Commissioner of Oudh wrote to the Bombay Government, as per No. 3303,
dated 13th July 1871, intimating that the experimental cultivation of the date-palm was so
successful in Oudh, that a supply may be sent annually as requested in his letter dated 18th
May 1869, and further adding that no seeds were received in 1870.
Copy of the above letter was sent to Colonel Pelly, as per Government Resolution No.
3638, requesting him to comply with the requisition of the Chief Commissioner in Oudh^
and to explain why a supply of stones was not sent to India in 1869-70, as directed in Gov
ernment Resolution No. 1785, dated 3rd June 1869.
Colonel Pelly, in his reply. No. 1010-260, dated 12th September 1871, explained the
cause of the non-transmission, discussing some points connected with the propagation of the
date-palm by offshoots, &c., and requested that the Chief Commissioner might specify what
samples he desires a further supply of, that the same might be sent to him •, and further, on
the 13th October 1871, he sent a bag of dates to Bombay consigned to the Secretary to Gov
ernment for transmission to the Chief Commissioner in Oudh.
In his reply, No. 5119, dated 7th November 1871, the Secretary to the Chief Commis
sioner of Oudh wrote to the Bombay Government requesting that an expression of the Chief
Commissioner's thanks be conveyed to Colonel Pelly for the great trouble taken by him in
securing information about the cultivation of the date-palm, and begging that an annual
supply of such sorts of seeds as reach the " Khoormah " stage be furnished without the pulp.
He further requested a supply of 50 offshoots of the best sort, and forwarded Dr. Bonavia^s
report No. 275, dated 31st October 1871, having reference to Colonel Pelly's letter No.
1010-260, dated 12th September 1871.
In sendin 0 " the above letter and enclosure to Colonel Pelly, the Bombay Govemment
desired as per Resolution No. 5912, dated 7th December 1871, to send the offshoots and
naked seeds to India required by the Oudh Administration. The Bombay Government-
further sent, as per their Resolution No. 6355, dated 30th December 1871, the Government
of India Resolution stating, «that so far as the experiment of introducing the superior varieties
of the date-palm into Oudh has yet proceeded, it appears to promise ultimate success, and that
it is desirable to ensure, for some years to come, a regular supply of seeds and offshoots of
the better kinds in view of extending the experiment."
On the 29th of January 1872, Colonel Pelly advised the
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.
his
having despatched, per steam-ship Cashmere, a bag of about 104®, consisting of the under
mentioned kinds of seeds from Busrah required by the Commissioner of Oudh
Hallow!
Khedrowi
Sayer
Zahedi
Gantar
Various sorts
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merce, which were
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Administration Report on 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 Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1885-86, published by Authority by the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata]. A copy of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles, Officiating 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 Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for Fars, to Henry Mortimer Durand, Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 17 June 1886, is included in the report (folio 46), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:
Part 1 ( General Summary, folios 47-54), containing summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: the ‘Pirate coast of Oman’; Bahrain (spelt as Bahrein throughout); Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; Fars, including Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bassidore (mistakenly spelt Rassidore in the heading), and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; Persian Arabistan; and Persian Baluchistan. The report also records a marked increase in the slave trade to the Gulf from Africa, due to the departure of HMS London from Zanzibar; summaries of changes in official personnel; British naval movements in the Gulf; and a summary of meteorological events observed at the Bushire observatory, including a severe gale which caused extensive damage to ports and towns throughout the Gulf. Appendix A contains tabulated and graphical meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory. Appendix B is a report entitled ‘A résumé of what has been done in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as regards to the introduction of the Arabian date-palm in India’ written by A. R. Hakim, Assistant to 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. .
Part 2 ( Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1885-86 ), submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Mockler, Her Britannic Majesty’s 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 at Muscat, dated 28 June 1886 (folios 55-58), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, and an additional short report on the seizure of slave traders in Muscat waters during the course of the year. Appendix A is a set of notes written on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Adh-Dhahirah] in December 1885 by Miles.
Part 3 ( Report on Trade for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for 1885 ), written by Miles, dated 17 June 1886 (folios 59-92), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: exports (cereals, opium and tobacco); imports (Manchester goods, copper, sugar, naphtha and asbestos); shipping; exchange; the pearl trade. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports of Bushire, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folio 60.
Part 4 (
[at Muscat]), by Mockler (folios 92-102), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and also containing tabulated data on imports and exports at Muscat (listed by commodity), and the nationality and average tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat. Appendix A that follows the report is a note on the weights and measures used in the pearl trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , written by Mockler.
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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 45, and ends on the last folio, on number 102.
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- ‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1885-86.’
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- front, 44v:103r, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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