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22. Our inspection of the various ^ to She Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. -a
described as the Gromits more exclusively Indian aspect and hearing—
subject which-no doubt trom ts more e j b „ t upon which it is
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of all nations, the n ° r . wh;le ;ts we stem and southern coasts are partially
m the do “ l ““ 1 ; * f la i m ed by Turkey, or are in the occupation of Arab tribes,
owned and partial y + , OQ x Ar V pi a ti OT1 allies of varying character, constituting a
sort oTveiM Protectorate, with Great Britain The islands in the Gulf are
sort or veueu . } ^rab Chiefs (m the case of Bahrein under British
protection)! hut upon one of the Persian Islands, mz Kishm, Great Britain pos
sesses a piece of land by virtue of an original grant fiom the Imam of - askat,
to whom the island once belonged. Outside the entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
hut included in the same political system, are, on the northern snore of the
Arabian Sea, the coasts of Persian Baluchistan, along which the overland wires
rTf the Indo-European Telegraph Company run as far as Jask, where a reserve of
Mb territoi/exists uSde! an agreement concluded in 1887 between the
British and Persian Governments, and where a detachment of Indian troops,
who had previously been stationed there between the years 18/9 and 1887, was
replaced in January 1898 in consequence of the murder of a British telegraph
official and the disturbed state of Persian Baluchistan A larger detachment
was at the same time despatched to Charbar, near the eastern limits of the
same province. On the southern and western coasts is the still independent
kingdom or Sultanate of Oman (Maskat).
24. The de facto position upon the waters and on the shores of the Persian
Gulf reflects a more positive British predominance than the preceding paragraph
mMit indicate. In the early years of the present century, the slave trade was
rampant in the Gulf, and the vessels of the Indian Marine uere engaged
in a long and arduous struggle with the Arab pirates who infested its southern
coasts. This conflict which was conducted entirely by British agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and
means, without any help from the Persian Government, resulted in the establish
ment of treaty relations with the great majority of the Arab Chiefs, under
which they hound themselves to observe perpetual peace and to refer all
disputes to the British Resident at Bushire. The pax Britannica, which has
ever since, with rare exceptions, been maintained, is the issue of these arrange
ments and is the exclusive work of this country. Of similar origin were the
soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. of the channels and the surveys of the shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
which the navigators of all nations owe to the labours of a long line of naval
officers of the Indian service. Meanwhile, British trade has acquired almost a
monopoly of the foreign commerce of the Gulf ports. Indian Bunias from
Shikarpur and other parts of Sind have settled in considerable numbers at
Lingah, Bunder Abbas, Bushire and Bahrein. They frequently farm the
customs. The foreign imports and exports pass through their hands. These are
for the most part conveyed to and from the Gulf in British ships, more than one
Anglo-Indian Company (the { British India’, the c Bombay and Persia’, and the
e Anglo-Arabian and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ’) having maintained for years a merchant
steamer service between Karachi and Basrah, touching at the Gulf ports on the
way, whilst the rival ventures that have occasionally been attempted by foreign
nations have uniformly failed and have been withdrawn.
25. As the result of careful calculations of the trade returns of the three
years, 1895-96-97, which are the latest at our disposal, we have ascertained that
the total value of Imports and Exports in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (including the
Persian ports of Bunder Abbas, Eingah, Bushire, and Mohammerah; the Arab
poris on the opposite coast; and Bahrein) in that triennial period amounted to
£17,241,300 (at the rate of Rs. 15=£1). Of this total, Local trade accounted
for £5,124,000, and External trade for £12,117,300; while of the latter total
the trade with British possessions (including India) amounted to £9,709,500,

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