'Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75.'

Content

Annual Report on the Administration of 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 1874-75 , printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1875.

The report consists of a number of subsections, as follows:

• An administration report 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, with notes on personnel changes, Royal Navy vessels serving in the region,disturbances on land, The Maritime Truce, weather and winds, Bahrein [Bahrain], the coast from Kutr (Guttur) [Qatar] to the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al ʻArab], the Persian coast, the town and district of Bushire, postal services, and the slave trade (folios 49-52);
• A report on trade, also written by Ross (signed and dated 18 June 1875) (folios 51-52);
• Twenty-three tables and statements of trade statistics and data, including a memorandum on the opium trade, written by George Lucas, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 25 January 1875 (folios 52-63);
• A memorandum on the trade of Muscat, with six accompanying tables of trade statistics and data, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Miles Barrett, 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 (folios 63-69).

Extent and format

23 folios

It is part of

Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency Administration Reports, 1873/74-1874/75

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Ref: IOR/V/10/680

Arrangement

The report is arranged in sub-sections, those relating to the Bushire 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. appearing first, those related to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat appearing second. There is a table of contents (folio 48) that gives page references.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/V/10/680, ff 47-69

History of this record

Date(s)

1875 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

AgricultureTrade (practice)Meteorological dataOpium trade

Places

Persian GulfMuscat

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfPolitical Agent and Consul, MuscatUncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf

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