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‘Report on the administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1882-83.’ [‎411v] (9/166)

The record is made up of 1 volume (79 folios). It was created in 1883. 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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6 administration report op the persian gulp political
hold the government of Mohammerah and districts, his elder brother
JVJohanamed being m detention at Ispahan.
7. Persian IJeloochistan.
2? The districts of Persian Belooehistau are under the immediate
eonti"! ot tlie Governor of Bampore, who is subordinate to the Governor
ot Kirman In Way it was reported that the well-known General
Ibrahim Khan had been dismissed, and one Wall Khan appointed to sue-
eeed him. Later in the year Suleiman Khan superseded Wali Khan.
Numeious changes took place m the governments of minor districts,
which were thrown into considerable confusion in consequence.
■ ^presentations having been made to the Persian Government
legardmg the plunder of British Indian traders in Dashtyarce by Meer
li ' 0Sa '", a '' of a P " rsla| i official was deputed to institute enqui
ries. Ibis official appears to have made some promises of obtain m-
compensatio" for the traders; but, as usual in such cases, the miss,on
ulted in nothing further, and the matter was again brought to the
ntlll h , " Ver, , ,r : le " < ; by Her Majesty's Minister. His Royal
to miTke n I I 1 !"' 3 ' GovernOT of Kirman, being about
claims Th* T ' i '? was instructed to take up these
at Char liar tZ "^ f l . ,6fo '« b'"' ^y Major Mockler on special duty
at thai bar. Ihe question is still under discussion.
mu.d!red t iirB ! !l3 0rted in . f e P te "; T be 1 r l t hat a British Indian had been
K 1 r Baho by one Abdur Nubbee, who subsequently went into
Ke'at lerntory. This case is still unsettled. 4 y went into
dO. Ihe local and hereditary chiefs of Baho and Dashtvaree were
barshlv treatJd^vT "f"' Sovernmeuts, and, after being
ishlv treated and lined, reinstated, the reasons have not transpired
but, as far as can be s^en, the object of the Persian officials is toTet as
much money out of each candidate for power in turn as possil.le! g
• • consequence of renewed outrages by the Rind tribe Maior
Mockler was deputed to the Mekrau coasUo make enquiries: J
Gwad^i thetrz V s , l ff h T B Seyy ' d T^'-tee paid a visit to
Wahabees C ' t 1,011 0 ^ 1C ^ e was subsequently increased by 80
8. Bassidore.
ctiarge" * h: "\ ^ w, ■ o . ha< !
Native Assistant to the Resident IV, -Inn P ^ rs ' hav| n.S been appointed
fever" tLf "ifif d,.Itd St w'tl" 1 ' aS l ' eCOme S " mSarioM
remove the guard of Bomb^ iuSr7 totit^uZreTtherf ' nllia, t0
Official Changes.
July to tet^r WaS 0 " privilege leave 0f al>se,,ce from ntb
J"ly! 5 andttwb;en 0 Slfd?- R<>S f Pnvilegc leave on 11th
1)582. " ed f ' 0m Aden ' 1 - <;sum cd charge on Sth August

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Administration report for 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 Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1882-83, by Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, 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 was published by Authority, by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing in India, Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1883. A copy of a letter from Ross to the Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 17 July 1883, is included in the report (folio 409), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:

Part 1 (General Report), written by Ross (folios 410-17), containing summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: Oman; the Pirate Coast; Bahrain; Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa] and El-Katr [Qatar]; Fárs; Persian Arabistan; Persian Beloochistan [Baluchistan]; and Bassidore. The general report also contains summaries on British naval movements in the Gulf for the year; changes in official personnel; and the Bushire observatory. Appendix A contains tabulated and graphical meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory. Appendix B is a genealogical table for the Shaikhs of Bahrain, from 1783 to the present day. Appendix C is a complete list of the Persian telegraph lines and stations, recorded in June 1883, with the length of each line given in kilometres.

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 1882-83), submitted by Major 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 10 May 1882 (folios 417-23), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, as well as changes to British official personnel, and a brief report on the slave trade. An appendix contains an outline of the history of Oman from 1728 to 1883, written by Ross and dated January 1883.

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 1882), submitted by Ross (folios 423-78), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade, and followed by an appendix containing tabulated data on trade, including data on imports and exports into and out of the Gulf ports of Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. The appendix also includes data on opium shipments for the year from Bushire and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], and British and foreign shipping at Bushire. An index to the trade tables can be found at folios 424-25.

Part 4 (Trade at Muscat), submitted by Mockler, dated 6 June 1883 (folios 320-28), comprising a short summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and an appendix containing tabulated data on imports and exports at Muscat (listed by commodity), value and description of goods, and the nationality and average tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat.

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1 volume (79 folios)
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The report is arranged into a number of parts and sections, with tabulated statistical data following each part in a separate appendix.

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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 folio 408 and ends on folio 487.

Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.

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