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'Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1877-78.' [255v] (56/165)
The record is made up of 1 volume (81 folios). It was created in 1878. 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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34- ADMINISTRATION REPORT 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.
which all have received, so that in the case of one of them levanting
and throwing in his lot with another master, should he be recognized,
he is immediately recaptured, “ Arte vel. marte,” and failing this, redress
is sought by an appeal to the Chiefs. As a rule, however, there is very
little quarrelling, and boats even of tribes at enmity with each other
will often pursue their business within a few cables length of each
other without disturbance.
21. There is usually one chief boat in a fleet to which the others
from the same port or district look for guidance, and when this one
hoists the flag of departure, the lesser fry generally follow suit.
22. There is a certain amount of entertaining among the
Nakhodas, who visit each other's ships of an evening to discuss coffee,
# pi)cs wafer cakes, and “kullians,*” as well
as to compare notes on their mutual
successes or failure.
Seasons.
23. There are three different seasons in which fishing is carried
on. r lhe first is the “Ghusul Bard," which opens in the spring when
deep sea fishing is not attempted, and lasts for about 40 days, beginning
about the 15th April.
The divers have to relieve each other every half hour or so, on
account ol the cold, and the share of the proceeds of this fishery is
equally* divided between the divers and the “ haulers," as these are sup
posed to have to work more than during the summer fishing.
24. The second is the fishing season the Ghusul-i-
Kabir, which begins when the blustering “shimals"of June are over,
and lasts all through the great heats till the end of September.
25. The third is the cold weather fishing “ Mojennah," which is
conducted principally by wading the shallows along the coast. The
boats are armed to repel the attacks of the Bedouins, which are not
infrequent, but altogther this season's fishing produces small profits, the
pearls being for the most part small and discoloured, but not as a rule
malformed.
Such then are the seasons for the regular Gulf fisheries, but large
boats often go from the Arab Coast and fish at Socotra, returning home
sometimes only after a lapse of two years, and having visited Aden,
Moculla, &c. These boats insure themselves against losses from bad
luck in pearl fishing, by taking the shell of the Zinni Mussel, on which
they make considerable profit.
Hair or Pearl Banks.
26. Phe pearl oyster is found in all the waters from Has Mus-
sendom to the head of the Gulf, but there are now no famed banks on the
Persian side, although mention is still made of some minor ones. Old
writers allude to several which were well known on those shores, and I
# In contradistinction to the shares of 3 to 2.
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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 Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1877-78, published by Authority at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1878. The report is based on reports sent by the 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross) 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 (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles) to the Government of India. The report is preceded by a copy of a letter sent by Ross to Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, dated 8 July 1878, which enclosed the submission of the original reports.
The report is organised in a number of sections and subsections, as follows:
Part I: General Report, signed by Ross, and arranged under subheadings as follows: Oman; Arab Coast; Bahrein [Bahrain]; Nejd [Najd]; Province of Fars and the Persian Coast and Islands; Bushire; Coast from Bushire to Lingah [Bandar Lengeh]; Lingah; Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas]; Persian-Baloochistan [Baluchistan] Coast; Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū]; Establishments; Slave-Trade; Appendices (including meteorological tables, notes on the Kara Aghach River by Dr Friedrich Carl Andreas*, the route from Bushire to Lar and Shiraz, and the route from Lar to Shiraz, the Persian Post Office and Foreign Postage, and tables of Persian money and measurements).
Part II: Report on trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1877, signed by Ross and arranged under subheadings, as follows: Effects of late war on the trade; Steam communication; Grain harvest; Scarcity of coin; Opium; Pearl fisheries; Impediments to development of trade in Persia; and appendices (including notes on the pearling industry by Captain Edward Law Durand, notes on date palm cultivation by James Charles Edwards, and 31 tables of trade statistics covering imports/exports from/to the various ports and settlements of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and between the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and India).
Part III: Administration report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat, for the year 1877-78, prepared by Miles and arranged under the following subheadings: Political; Official changes; Slave Traffic.
Part IV: Trade statistics for Muscat, prepared by Miles, and comprising of six tables covering imports, exports, and number and tonnage of vessels entering and leaving the port.
* Folio 246 - a map has been temporarily removed and replaced with a green sheet of paper noting its removal.
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- 1 volume (81 folios)
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The report is arranged into four parts (I-IV).
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- IOR/V/23/32, No 152
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- 'Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1877-78.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, 2r:2v, 232r:310r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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