'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [19r] (37/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 1906. 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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Government. But it came from a private source. In June 1863 Mr. Aitchln-
.. , . T „ son, who was then compiling the Bombay
Political A., January 1864, Nos. 248-49. TreatieSi called for an authentic Copy of
the agreement. Revd. Mr. Badger, the well-known Arabic scholar, who was
then engaged on the Maskat-Zanzibar Commission, obtained—
" a copy of the treaty referred to on the original Persian, together with an English
translation of the same from an Arabic version, furnished by His Highness the Sultan of
Maskat."
101. In Revd. Mr. Badger's translation, article 12 restricted the grant
" to the person of Saiyid Said, who is now living, and to his children"
(ouLad) In article 4 the privilege of selection of a Governor is vested in the
" Imam and his sons." In 1864 Colonel Pelly submitted translation of the
agreement made from the Persian original, which was inserted by Mr. Aitchin-
son in his Treaties. It differs slightly from Badger's translations, but both
agree on limiting the terms of the farm to Saiyid Said and his sons. The
. , , „ %T ^ point was raised afterwards whether the
Polit cal A., January 180S, Nos. Ii5-i ID. i t ;7j ^ i . ii.j
word oulad was not wrongly translated
and should not include grandsons and further issue (see paragraphs 103 et seq.
below).
XVI.— Revocation of the lease of Abbas, etc., on the death of Saiyid Thoweni and
succession of Saiyid Salim, his son and its renewal, 1868.
102. After the death of Saiyid Thoweni, and on the accession of Saiyid
.,, , . . o<o vt Salim, grandson of Saivid Said, Colonel
Political A., June 1868, Nos. 151-52. r» n . c i. 4. J -u
, , „ , o< Felly at first reported, on the authority
No 47, dated 21st March 1867, 1,1, rr-i
of two independent but unomcial sources,
"that the Persian Government had consented to farm Bandar Abbas and the
adjacent districts to the present Sultan of Muskat, as they did to his late father."
103. A fortnight later he reported that the Persian Governor of Fars had
, ^ 0 , communicated to him the wish of the
No. 5*1 datad 5th Apni p ers i an Government that Saiyid Turki,
the younger brother of the deceased Sultan, should be nominated Governor of
Bandar Abbas, in which case the lease would be continued, though at an
increased rent. The
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
in this communication brought forward
the argument that Saiyid Salim, as grandson of Saiyid Said, could not continue
to hold under a lease granted only to Saiyid Said and his sons.
104. This argument was reiterated by the
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
at an interview
See Colonel Felly's letter No. 106, dated 5th which Colonel Pelly had with him in the
September 1867. course of the next few months. The
Prince informed him that the lease of Bandar Abbas had been renewed at an
enhanced rate of 20,000 instead of 16,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
in favour of its former Arab
Governor, Sheikh Said, a relation of the Maskat family, but as a direct
dependent of Persia, and not in his capacity as representative of Maskat.
105. The neighbouring port, Lingah, which had been included in the
original lease, was about the same time made over in name to Hajee Ahmed,
late Vizier of Maskat, but in reality remained in the hands of its former Arab
Governor. The Hajee Ahmed thus mentioned had now again been received
into favour by Saiyid Salim.
106. Matters remained in this state till the spring of the year 1868.
Throughout the winter Saiyid Salim was too much occupied in the difficult
task of securing himself in the Government of Maskat to be able to devote
attention to the former dependencies of his family on the Persian side of the Gulf.
107. The Persian Government, however, found that they had a by no
means submissive lessee in Sheikh Said. Their demands for the balance of
tribute were rejected by him, and, accordingly, the
Prince Governor
A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
of Fars set
out for Bandar Abbas with the view of coercing him.
108. The Shah was much alarmed by the aggressive attitude of the Maskat
Arabs, and requested the good offices of the Government of India for the pro
tection of Persian territory and commerce.
109. In reply Mr. Alison was informed that the Sultan of Maskat had too
much difficulty in maintaining his position to be of any cause of just apprehen
sion to Persia.
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This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906.
The volume is divided into twelve chapters:
- Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16);
- Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands of Kishm, Angaum and Ormuz and the town of Bandar Abbas and its dependencies (folios 17-30);
- Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. British Expedition to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Karun River (folios 31-34);
- Various attempts made to establish Persian influence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1887-1905 (folios 35-39);
- 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. appointments, establishments, and guards and buildings on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 40-49);
- British extra-territorial jurisdiction on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 50-62);
- Questions of Status (folios 63-69);
- Claims of British subjects and protegés against the Persian Government and Officials and Persian subjects (folios 70-80);
- Certain miscellaneous affairs with regard to British relations with Persia (folios 81-87);
- Infringement of British Commercial Rights (folios 88-94);
- Introduction of Belgian Customs Administration and new Tariff, 1900-1905 (folios 95-100);
- Persian interference with the British Postal arrangements (folios 101-103).
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- 1 volume (106 folios)
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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