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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan' [38v] (81/143)
The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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Turkish authorities although it was considered that the cultivators, who
were “ tab‘eh ” or owners of one quarter of the land and a proportion of the
crops had right on their side. (The passive espousal of their cause by
Muhammad-af-Kanan, a brother-in-law of the Shaikh and tribal chief was
the immediate cause of the bombardment of his house at Kut-i-Zain by the
Turkish eun-boat, and the consequent difficulties between the Shaikh and the
Wall.) Before his departure, Sulaiman Nazif Bey, under whose Governor
ship they had been ejected, arranged it is understood, for their re-instate-
ment but his successor Jalal Bey, took no steps in the matter. The ejected
peasants therefore took the law into their own hands, and accompanied by
other Arabs amongst whom were no doubt Persian subjects living on t e
Persian side of the river, forcibly seized the dates, which had just been
packed ready for export, together with other property and scattered to their
homes on either side of the river.
The Wall, when the incident was reported to him, telegraphed to the
Porte that the attack on the Faddaghiyah lands was instigated by Shaikh
Khaz’al and Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait, and occurred on the day atter the
former had been decorated by the English. He asked permission to bombard
the Shaikh’s palace at Failiyeh and the town of Mohammerah, though the
Administrative Council of Basrah had not consented to this proposal when
invited to do so by him. Upon receiving orders from the Porte to take no
action locally, as representations would be made in Tehran on the subject, he
tendered his resignation in a fit of dudgeon, but it was not accepted.
Annex, to Chapter 9.
List of the Walls of Basrah from 1891 to date: dates to 1900 approximate.
1891— Hidayat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1892— Ditto.
1893— Hafidh Muhammad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1894— Hamdi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
-
1895— Ditto.
1896— Ditto.
1897— Aniz
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1898— Hamdi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1899— Arif
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1900— Muhsin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1901— Ditto.
1902— Mustafa Nun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1903— Ditto.
1904— Fakhri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
(acting).
1905— Mukhlis
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
1906— Hassan Bey.
1907— Muharram Bey.
1908— Arif Bey.
1909— Sulaiman Nazif Bey.
1910— Jalal Bey (dismissed 1911).
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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows:
- I. British Interests in 'Arabistan;
- II. 'Arabistan: Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah, 1527-1881;
- III. Shaikh Miz'als's rule, 1882-1897;
- IV. Shaikh Khaz'al's rule, 1897-1910;
- V. Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;
- VI. Shaikh Khaz'al: Political Relations with British Government;
- VII. Piracies;
- VIII. Turko-Persian Frontier Question;
- IX. Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;
- X. Irrigation in 'Arabistan;
- XI. Acquisition and Tenure of Land in 'Arabistan with Annexes.
Between folios 51-70, the volume contains a number of appendices including copies of various relevant agreements. On folios 69-70, the volume contains the Persian text of a concession granted to the Nasiri Company for running ships from Ahwaz to Shushtar.
The volume was compiled by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Consul for 'Arabistan. The printing statement reads, 'Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912'
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- 1 volume (68 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4) followed by a prefatory note (folio 5), a list of relevant officials (folio 6), a schedule of appendices (folio 7), eleven chapters of text (folios 8-50) and ends with sixteen appendices (folios 51-70).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-65.
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- 'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:46v, 49r:52v, 57v, 65r:66r, 67r:68v, back-i
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