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97. ‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1894-95’
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- Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1894-95, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1,is a general summary (folios 62-65v) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The summary gives an outline of regional developments during the previous year and is divided up as follows:1. Oman-Maskat Coast2. Oman Pirate Coast3. Bahrein [Bahrain]4. Nejd5. El Hasa [Al Hasa] and Ojair ['Uqayr]6. El Katif [Al Qatif]7. El Katr [Qatar]8. Persian Arabistan9. Fars and Persian Coast10. Persian Baluchistan and Mekran11. Slave Trade12. Royal Navy Vessels13. ObservatoryAppendix A to Part 1 (folio 66) contains two tables; 1) Table showing force and prevailing directions of Winds and recorded Rainfall at Bushire for the year 1894-95 & 2) Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1895 taken at the Residency Observatory. Bushire.Part 2,is an Administration Report on the Maskat Political Agency and Consulate for the year 1894-95 (folios 67-69) written by Lieutenant John Frederick Whyte, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Maskat throughout the previous year.Part 3,is a report on the Trade and Commerce of the Consular District of Bushire for the Year 1894 (folios 70-72) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The report contains a summary of matters related to trade in the region and a description of imports to/exports from Persia. Appendix A to part 3 (folios 73-80v) contains 25 tabular statistics tables related to trade in the region.Part 4, is a Trade Report of Maskat (folios 81-86) written by Lieutenant John Frederick Whyte, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report contains a number of tabular statistics tables related to trade to/from Maskat.Part 5,is a Trade Report of Mohammerah for the Year 1894 (folios 87-88) written by W McDouall, Vice-Consul, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. Part 5 contains the following appendices: A) A series of tabular statistics tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah (folios 88v-90) and B) a note on the Conditions of Date Cultivation in Persian Arabia (folio 90v).Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 60, and ends on the last folio, on number 90.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
98. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1895-96’
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- Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1895-96, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1, is a General Summary (folios 257-261) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that provides a summary of regional developments during the previous year and is divided up as follows:1. Oman Maskat Coast2. Oman Pirate Coast3. Bahrain4. Nejd5. El Hasa6. Persian Arabistan7. Fars and Persian Coast8. Persian Baluchistan9. Slave Trade10. Piracy11. Royal Navy12. Official Changes13. ObservatoryAppendix A to part 1 (folio 262) contains the following two tables:Table No. 1 - Table showing the force and prevailing directions of wind and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the year 1895-96.Table No. 2 - Abstract of meteorological observations for the year ending 31st March 1896 taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire.Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the year 1895-96 (folios 263-264). The report is written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat and provides a summary of developments in Maskat during the previous year.Part 3, is a Report on the trade and commerce of the consular district of Bushire for the year 1895 (folios 265-266). The report is written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident, Persian Gulf and provides a summary of trade developments during the previous year. It is followed by Appendix A (folios 267-281) which contains a series of 25 statistics tables related to several aspects of trade in and around the port of Bushire during the previous year.Part 4, is a Maskat Trade Report (folios 282-293) written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report contains a series of statistics tables related to trade to/from Maskat during the previous year.Part 5, is a Report on the trade and commerce of Mohammerah for the year 1895 (folio 294). Appendix A (folios 295-297), that follows the report, contains a series of statistics tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah during the previous year.Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 255, and ends on the last folio, on number 297.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.
99. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1899/1900’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1899-1900, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1, is a General Summary (folios 268-71) written by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade:Section 1: entitled General, includes: a report on the year’s rainfall and harvest; the Governorship of Bushire; public peace and tranquillity in and around Bushire; public health and measures to restrict cholera and the plague in the Gulf; Persian currency; customs house arrangements in Bushire; compensation claims; and the Resident’s tours through the region during the year;2: Oman – Muscat: including: a change in personnel, with the role of Political Agent being taken over by Captain Percy Zachariah Cox from Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan; the Sultan of Muscat’s finances; French proposals to construct a coal depot in Muscat; use of the French flag by Muscat vessels; association of the French flag with the arms and slave trades; the impact of cholera and plague in the region;3. Oman – Pirate coast, including: a list of the those shaikhs in the region who have met with the Resident in the past year; Arab-Persian relations over Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and the expulsion of Persians from that port; the discovery of a large pearl at Kumzār and its subsequent sale for a lower-than-expected price; the prevalence of smallpox on the Arab coast;4. Bahrain, including: the wounding of two British-Indian subjects; difficulties discharging cargoes in Bahrain; and the death of Aga Muhummad Rahim, the Native News Agent in Bahrain;5. El-Nejd, with no report due to the recommendation that no one be deputed to travel there;6. Koweit [Kuwait]: no particulars reported;7. Persian Arabistan: the navigation of the Kārūn river, and opening up of river and land routes for trade;8. Fars and Persian coast: Bandar-e Lengeh in Persian hands; the arrival of the British Vice-Consul for Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās];9. Persian Baluchistan: delays in compensation claims against the murder of Mowladad Khan; a change in the Directorship of the Persian Gulf Telegraphs Department; rumours of a revolt against the Shah in Persian Baluchistan;10. Slave Trade: numbers of slave captured and manumitted during the year;11. Piracy: cases of piracy reported during the year, with details of where and against whom they were committed;12. Navy: details of the movements of British naval vessels (Sphinx, Lapwing and Pigeon) and significant foreign vessels, including Russian warship Gilyak;13. Official Changes: changes in British personnel;14. Changes among foreign representatives, with particular reference to German, French and Dutch representatives.An appendix to part 1 (folios 272-75) includes statistical tables comprising meteorological data for the region; dispensaries in Bushire and data for the numbers of patients, diseases, surgical operations and income and expenditure of the Residency dispensary.Part 2 (folios 276-78) is a separate report from the Muscat Political Agency, written by Cox, with reports on events in Muscat, Rostak [Rustāq], Sohar, Soor [Sur], and Dhofar [Z̧ufār], including: accidental shootings by Wahabee [Wahhābī] tribesmen; the appearance in Muscat of cholera and the plague; British and foreign naval movements in Muscat; and a statistical overview of manumission applications heard at the agency.Appendix A to Part 2 (folios 278v-85) is a detailed report with statistical data on the cholera epidemic in Muscat and Oman, written by the Lieutenant-Colonel Atmaram Sadashiv Jayakar, Chief Surgeon at Muscat. Jayakar’s report contains historical data on outbreaks of cholera in Muscat, symptoms of the disease, mortality statistics, treatment and its results, preventative and sanitation measures. Civil hospital and dispensary statistics follow on folios 285v-287v.Part 3 (folios 288) is a trade report of the Persian Gulf for 1899, written by Meade. Its appendices (folios 289-328) comprise tables showing the value of all goods imported and exported to and from various parts of the Gulf region, and the numbers of vessels (with figures on tonnage) of various nationalities plying their trade in the region in each port.Part 4 (folios 329-30) is a separate trade report with statistical data for Muscat for 1899-1900.Part 5 (folios 331-35) is a trade report for Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and the Kārūn river for the year 1899.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (f. 267) which lists the report’s contents in alphabetically ascending order, and refers to the report’s own pagination sequence.
100. ‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1900-1901’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1900-01, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, Calcutta [Kolkata], forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident and other Agents in the Persian Gulf.The Administration Report is organised as follows:1. General Summary, submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (folios 4-10), including reports on: the year’s rainfall, harvest and wheat embargo; the governorship of Bushire; the public peace, including cases of violent incidents; public health, including incidences of smallpox and the plague; currency; customs administration, including the establishment of Belgian customs administration in the Gulf; compensation claims; the death of Queen Victoria; Resident’s tours. The General Summary also includes summaries for towns and regions, chiefly comprising accounts of local politics: Oman and Muscat, including agreement on the location of a French coal shed; Oman Coast; Bahrain, including reports from the Katr [Qatar] peninsula; Koweit [Kuwait] and Nejd, with a report on the fighting taking place between Abdul Rahman bin Feysul el Saood [Ibn Sa‘ūd] and the Emir of Nejd, Ibn Rashīd; Persian Arabistan; Fars and the Persian Coast; Persia Baluchistan. Further reports are included on: the slave trade, including numbers of slaves manumitted by British officials in the region; incidents of piracy; naval movements, chiefly British but also one incidence of a French vessel in the Gulf; changes in British official personnel; and movements and changes in foreign representatives. Appendix A contains meteorological data for the year. Appendix B contains data from dispensary reports.2. Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency, 1900-01, submitted by Captain Percy Zachariah Cox, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul and Political Agent at Muscat (folios 10-14), including: reports and incidents of a tribal or local political nature at Muscat; events at Dhofar [Z̧ufār], Sohar and Soor [Sur]; a report of the Sultan’s tours; Cox’s tours as Political Agent; customs administration at Muscat; taxes; a pearling dispute; arms trafficking; a visit to Muscat by the bishop of Lahore; plague; the death of Queen Victoria; naval movements at Muscat, chiefly British also French vessels; the slave trade, including numbers of slaves manumitted at Muscat; and changes in official personnel. An appendix of statistics for dispensary activities, surgical operations, and civil hospital expenditure follows the report.3. Trade Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1900, submitted by Kemball, in his capacity at His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul-General for Fars and Khuzistan (folios 15-45), including summaries of: imports; exports; harvest; the pearl fisheries; the region’s new gum (tragacanth) industry; exchange; currency; specie; mule hire rates; freight and shipping, customs administration; and a more detailed breakdown of imports and exports by specific products. An appendix follows with trade data of the principal imports and exports from various Gulf ports, and number, tonnage and nationality of vessels, for the period 1898 to 1900.4. Trade Report for Maskat[Muscat] , 1900-01, submitted by Cox (folios 46-47), is a separate trade report with statistical data for Muscat for 1900, with summaries of key commodities.5. Report on the Trade and Commerce of Mohammerah[Khorramshahr] and the Kārūn river for 1900, submitted by William McDouall, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Mohammerah (folios 48-52), including summaries on: exchange; imports and exports; shipping activity; freight charges; activity on the Kārūn; caravan routes; agriculture; and health in Khorramshahr. An appendix follows the report, containing tabulated trade data.6. Trade Report of Bundar Abbas[Bandar-e ʻAbbās] for the Year 1900, submitted by Vere Hunt, Assistant Resident and His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul (folios 52-59), with summaries on: trade, and reasons for its overall reduction; customs administration; the Nushki trade route and the Bandar-e ʻAbbās to Yezd [Yazd] and Kermān road; embargo on cereals; carriage rates; exchange and specie. An appendix follows the report, containing tabulated trade data for Bandar-e ʻAbbās.7. Report on the Trade and Commerce of the Bahrein Islands for the Year 1900, submitted by John Calcott Gaskin, Political Assistant, dated 27 January 1901 (folios 59-67), including a summary of trade, with particular focus on the pearl market; details of imports and exports; coinage, freight and shipping. An appendix follows the report, containing tabulated trade data for Bahrain.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of parts and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 3) which lists the report’s contents, and refers to the report’s own pagination sequence.
101. ‘Administration report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1901-1902’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1901-02, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, Calcutta [Kolkata], forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident and other Agents in the Persian Gulf.The Administration Report is organised as follows:1. General Summary, submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 21 April 1902 (folios 4-6), with overviews of: the year’s rainfall and harvest, and the impact of drought; the governorship of Bushire and Gulf ports; public peace; public health; currency; customs administration in the Gulf, under Belgian control; settlement of claims for compensation. The General Summary also includes summaries for key towns and regions, chiefly comprising accounts of local politics: Oman and Muscat; the Oman Coast; Bahrain; Koweit [Kuwait] and Nejd, including details of the loss of a decisive battle by Shaikh Mubarak al-Sabah at the hands of the Amir of Nejd, and the capture of Riadh [Riyadh] by Abdul Aziz [Ibn Sa‘ūd]; Persian Arabistan; Fars and the Persian Coast; Persian Baluchistan. Further reports are included on: the slave trade, including numbers of slaves manumitted by British officials in the region; incidents of piracy; naval movements, chiefly British but also Russian and French vessels; changes in British official personnel; and movements and changes in foreign representatives. An appendix to part 1 comprises statistical tables with meteorological data for the region.2. Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency, 1901-02, submitted by Major Percy Zachariah Cox, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul and Political Agent at Muscat, dated 2 April 1902 (folios 7-9) including: an account of recent tribal politics of Oman, most notably disturbances at Wadi Maawal; events in Sohar; ill-treatment of British Indian subjects in Muscat and Oman; customs; arms trafficking; pearl disputes; the death of the Sultan’s Vazir [Wazir], Sayyid Saeed bin Mahomed bin Salimin, and a brief account of his life; opening of the Muscat to Jask telegraph cable; epidemics and preventative measures; the slave trade; and naval movements.3. Trade Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1901, submitted by Kemball, in his capacity at His Britannic Majesty’s Acting Consul-General for Fars, Khuzistan, etc., dated 31 March 1902 (folios 9-39), with summaries on: imports and exports; the harvest; exchange; currency and specie; mule hire; freight and shipping activity; Russian commerce; customs administration; administration of justice; further details of imports and exports, with reference to particular commodities including cotton, medicines, kerosene, opium and shells. An appendix follows with tabulated trade data of the principal imports and exports, and number, tonnage and nationality of vessels.4. Trade Report for Maskat[Muscat], 1901-02, submitted by Cox (folios 40-41), with brief summaries on the import of arms, cereals, coffee and silk, and the export of dates and dried fish. An appendix follows the report, containing tabulated trade statistics.5. Report on the Trade and Commerce of Mohammerah[Khorramshahr] for 1900(folios 42-46), with remarks on: exchange; exports; imports; shipping; caravan routes; agriculture; health; and the river trade. An appendix follows the report, containing tabulated trade data.6. Trade Report of Bundar Abbas[Bandar-e ʻAbbās] for the Year 1901, submitted by Captain C H Boxer, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Bandar-e ʻAbbās, dated 12 March 1902 (folios 46-52), with remarks on: the value of imports and exports; harvest; exchange; transport; shipping; and the benefits to British trade that an extension of the telegraph cable to Bandar-e ʻAbbās would bring. An appendix follows the report, containing tabulated trade data.7. Report on the Trade and Commerce of the Bahrein Islands for the Year 1901, submitted by John Calcott Gaskin, Assistant Political Agent, dated 7 February 1902 (folios 53-60), containing remarks on: total trade in Bahrain; the year’s pearl fishing season; importation of cotton and coffee; exports, including oyster shells; imports from India, Turkey and Persia; weights and measures in Bahrain; shipping; and a schedule of the lighterage rates at the Port of Bahrain. An appendix follows the report, containing tabulated trade data.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of parts and sections, with tabulated statistical data directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 3), which refers to the report’s internal pagination sequence.
102. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1902-03’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1902-1903, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident and other Agents in the Persian Gulf. Folios 181 and 168 are copies of notes, dated 15 and 21 May 1903 respectively. Both notes were sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Louis William Dane, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. The first note (no.82) enclosed the Residency and Muscat Political Agency reports. The second note (no.87) enclosed statistical tables of trade at Ahwaz and Shuster for 1902, drawn up by His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] from returns supplied by Messrs Lynch and Brothers.The Administration Report is organised as follows:1. General Summary, submitted by Kemball (folios 183-87), including reports on: the year’s rainfall and harvest; the governorship of Bushire and Gulf ports; public health, with details of outbreaks of cholera and smallpox; customs administration in the Gulf; settlement of claims against the Persian Government; and the coronation of King Edward VII. The General Summary also includes summaries for towns and regions, chiefly comprising accounts of local politics: Oman and Muscat; Oman and the Pirate Coast, including an assessment of the pearling season; Bahrain, including news from El Katr [Qatar]; El Hassa [Al-Hasa] and El Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]; Koweit [Kuwait] and Nejd, with an update on the fighting taking place between Abdul Rahman bin Feysul el Saood [Ibn Sa‘ūd] and the Emir of Nejd, Ibn Rashīd; Persian Arabistan; Fars and the Persian Coast, with separate reports from Shiraz, Lār, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; Persian Baluchistan. Further reports are included on: the slave trade, including numbers of slaves manumitted by British officials in the region; incidents of piracy; naval movements, chiefly British but also Russian, French and Persian vessels; changes in British official personnel; and movements and changes in foreign representatives. An appendix to part 1 comprises statistical tables with meteorological data for the region.2. Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency, 1902-03, submitted by Major Percy Zachariah Cox, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul and Political Agent at Muscat (folios 187-92), including: an account of the tribal politics of Oman; reports from Seeb, Awabi, Nezwa [Nizwa], and Gwadur [Gwadar]; the Political Muscat Agent’s tour, including Fujeyrah [Fujairah], a Persian flag flying on Sirrī Island, and the journey from Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] to Muscat; a report of Cox’s attendance of the Delhi coronation durbar; customs; the arms trade; public health; slave trade activity; telegraph rates; Agency buildings; naval movements at Muscat, chiefly British but also Russian, French and U.S. vessels; official changes and the Resident’s visit. A trade report for Muscat is appended to the administration report, summarising imports and exports, itself followed by an appendix of tabulated trade statistics.3. Report on the Trade and Commerce of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1902, submitted by Kemball (folios 192-99), including: general remarks on trade; imports and exports; exchange; mule hire rates; freight and shipping rates. An appendix follows with trade data of the principal imports and exports, and number, tonnage and nationality of vessels.4. Report on the Trade of the Bahrein Islands for the Year 1902, submitted by John Calcott Gaskin, Assistant Political Agent (folios 200-02), with details of: coffee imports; pearling season; shell exports; exchange; port improvements. An appendix follows the report, containing tabular data on the principal imports and export at Bahrain.5. Report on the Trade of Mohammerah[Khorramshahr] for the Year 1902, submitted by William McDouall, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Mohammerah (folios 203-08), with summaries on: exchange; shipping; river trade; caravan routes; and agriculture. An appendix follows the report, containing trade data in tabular format.6. Trade Report of Bundar Abbas[Bandar-e ʻAbbās] for the Year 1902, submitted by Captain William George Grey, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Bandar-e ʻAbbās (folios 208-11), with summaries on: openings for British trade; mistakes made by British traders; the progress or decline of rival trade; obstacles to trade; communication between traders and the Consular Officer; legislative and tariff regulations; shipping. An appendix follows the report, containing trade data in tabular format.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of parts and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 180) which lists the report’s contents, and refers to the report’s own pagination sequence.
103. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1903-1904’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1903-1904, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of the Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat. Folios 165 and 166 are copies of notes, dated 18 April 1904 and 18 May 1904 respectively, sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Captain William George Grey, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul and Political Agent, Muscat, to Louis William Dane, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, submitting their respective annual administration reports.The Administration Report is organised as follows:1. General Summarysubmitted by Kemball (folios 167-69), including reports on: the year’s rainfall and harvest; the governorship of Bushire and Gulf ports; public health, with details of outbreaks of cholera and plague; settlement of claims; the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon’s visit to the Gulf, including details of the itinerary; the British Minister at the Court of the Shah of Persia’s visit to the Gulf; and the postal service. The General Summaryalso includes summaries for towns and regions, as follows: Oman and Muscat; Oman and the Pirate Coast, with an assessment of the pearling season, incidents of piracy and tribal relations; Bahrain [referred to as Bahrain], with an assessment of the pearling season; El Hassa [Al-Hasa] and El Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]; Koweit [Kuwait] and Nejd, with an update of the struggle between Abdul Rahman bin Feysul el Saood [Ibn Sa‘ūd] and the Emir of Nejd, Ibn Rashīd; Persian Arabistan; Fars and the Persian Coast, with separate routes from Shiraz, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; Persian Baluchistan; the slave trade, including numbers of slaves manumitted; incidents of piracy; movements of British naval vessels; reports on changes in British officials; and visits made by foreign representatives. An appendix to part 1 (folios 168-70) comprises statistical tables with meteorological data for the region.2. Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency, 1903-04, submitted by Grey (folios 170-77), including an account of the tribal politics of Oman; a detailed account of Lord Curzon’s visit to Muscat, including copies of the addresses presented to Lord Curzon by the community of British subjects and other British protected persons in Muscat, and Sultan Seyyd Faisal [Sa‘id Fayṣal], and Curzon’s replies to each. The report also includes details of the Resident’s visit to Muscat; political tours made by the Muscat Agent; administration of customs; Gwadur [Gwadar] customs; arms trafficking; health; law; building work in Muscat; improvements to the coal depot at Makullah cove; marine incidents, principally the wrecking of the French steamship Amiral Gueydon; naval movements at Muscat; the slave trade, including numbers of slaves manumitted at Muscat; and changes to official personnel at Muscat.3. Report on the Trade and Commerce of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1903, submitted by Kemball (folios 178-87), including general remarks on trade, and more detailed remarks on customs tariffs; imports and exports; tea; indigo; exchange; freight and shipping. Two appendices to part 3 contain tabular data on the value and quantities of imports and exports into Bushire and other Gulf ports, as well as data on the numbers, tonnage and nationality of visiting vessels.4. Trade Report for Muscat, 1903-1904, submitted by Grey (folios 187-91), containing details on imports and exports at Muscat, and followed by an appendix with trade statistics.5. Report on the Trade of Mohammerah[Khorramshahr] for the Year 1903, submitted by William McDouall, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Mohammerah (folios 190-92) with summaries on: exchange; shipping; caravan routes; and agriculture. An appendix follows the report, containing trade data in tabular format.6. Trade Report of Bundar Abbas[Bandar-e ʻAbbās] for the Year 1903, submitted by Arthur Prescott Trevor, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Bandar-e ʻAbbās (folios 193-96), with summaries on: openings for British trade; mistakes made by British traders and their foreign competitors; the progress of rival trade; obstacles to trade; changes to trade tariffs; communications; exchange; and shipping. An appendix follows the report, containing trade data in tabular format.7. Report on the Trade of the Bahrein Islands for the Year 1903, submitted by John Calcott Gaskin, Assistant Political Agent, dated 9 January 1904 (folios 196-99), with details on: cotton, rice and coffee imports; lantern manufacture in Bahrain; assessment of the pearling season; the oyster shell export trade; boatbuilding activity; exchange; and shipping. An appendix follows the report, containing tabular data on the principal imports and export at Bahrain.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of parts and subheadings, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (. 164) which lists the report’s contents, referring to the report’s own pagination sequence. Some statistical tables (ff. 197-99) are arranged on the page in landscape format.
104. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1904-1905’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1904-1905, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta).The report is divided into a number of parts:1. General Summary, prepared by Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (pages 1D-16), including reports on: the year’s rainfall and harvest, governorship of Bushire; public peace and tranquillity in and around Bushire; quarantine and public health, with details of plague and cholera epidemics in the region; administration of customs in the Persian Gulf, including new posts created in the Imperial Customs Administration; postal service; events in the ports of the Trucial coast, including an assessment of the year’s pearling season, comments about the character of each ruling shaikh’s administration, changes of rulers, visits made on shaikhs by the Resident; events in Bahrain [referred to as Bahrein], including the taking over of Political Agent’s duties by Captain Francis Beville Prideaux from John Calcott Gaskin, assessment of the year’s pearling season, the character of Shaikh Esa’s [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] administration, and unrest and violent incidents; unsafe conditions and customs at El Hassa [Al-Hasa] and El Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]; events in Koweit [Kuwait] and Nejd, including Captain Stuart George Knox’s appointment as Political Agent for Kuwait, Ibn Saood’s [Ibn Sa‘ūd] territorial gains in Nejd, and subsequent meetings between Wahhābī and Turkish representatives, and friction between Turkish officials and Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ’s Land Agent over the Shaikh’s date gardens; events in Persian Arabistan, including the appointment of governor, security in the region and violent incidents, including assaults on a Lieutenant Lorimer and Colonel Douglas; events in Kermānshāh, chiefly the appointments of British officials; events in Fārs and on the Persian coast, including restrictions on movement as a result of the cholera epidemic; events in Kermān and Persian Baluchistan, including the appointment of officials, epidemics of smallpox and cholera; the slave trade, with numbers of slaves freed; incidents of piracy; cases of arms trafficking; details of the Resident’s annual tour; the movements of British naval vessels, and changes of British and foreign official personnel. The appendix to part 1 contains statistical tables of meteorological data.2. Annual Administration Report of the Maskat[Muscat] Political Agency for the Year 1904-1905, prepared by Major William George Grey, Officiating Political Agent (pages 17-20) including reports on inter-tribal quarrels; the political situation in Muscat; the cholera epidemic; fires caused by the hot weather in Muscat; customs administration at Muscat, Soor [Sur] and Gwadur [Gwadar]; arms trafficking; rainfall; the acquisition and construction of new government buildings; the slave trade, including measures taken to suppress the trade, and numbers of slaves seeking manumission at Muscat; the marriage of the Sultan’s son, Sayyid Taimoor [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr]; events at sea, including the wrecking of the British vessel Baron Inverdaleand the murder of its crew.3. Report on the Trade and Commerce of Bushire for the Year 1904, prepared by R A Richards, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul (pages 21-128), with general remarks on imports and exports, with additional notes on tea, wheat, and vegetables; rates of exchange for London and Bombay; cost of freight and transport; customs, and the effect of the new Customs Tariff on small traders; advice to shippers and steamship companies; and total figures on the numbers and tonnage of shipping at Bushire. Appendix A is comprised of tabular data showing trade figures for the years 1902-04, indicating: the value and quantities of all goods imported and exported between Bushire and England, and between Bushire and other countries in the world; imports and exports to and from to other ports in the Gulf, with details of the nationalities and tonnage of vessels, and volumes and values of the different categories of goods traded.4. Trade Report for Maskat[Muscat], 1904-05, prepared by Major William George Grey, Officiating Political Agent, Muscat (pages 129-32), with an overview of trade, included value of imports and exports, and chief items traded; and percentages of Muscat trade to other countries. Appendix A includes tabular data of imports and exports into Muscat for the years 1902-04, indicating the quantities of goods and their value in dollars, and the tonnage and nationality of vessels visiting Muscat.5. Report on the Trade and Commerce of Arabistan for the Year 1904, prepared by William McDouall, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Arabistan (pages 133-40), with a general overview of trade; rate of exchange; shipping; details of the local cotton trade, caravan trade routes; agriculture (wheat, dates and wool); public works; health; and customs. Appendix A contains tabular data of trade into the port of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and other Kārūn ports for 1904.6. Trade Report of Bunder Abbas[Bandar-e ʻAbbās] for the Year 1904, prepared by Lieutenant William Henry Irvine Shakespear, His Majesty’s Britannic Consul, Bandar-e ʻAbbās (pages 141-49), including: general remarks on the year’s trade; customs tariff and duties; opportunities for British trade and the progress of rival trade; difficulties faced in trade at Bandar-e ʻAbbās, including a lack of banking facilities and inadequate landing and storage facilities; rate of exchange; freight; and shipping. Appendix A contains tabular data presenting comparative data on trade between the years 1903 and 1904, value of trade, and nationalities and tonnage of trading vessels at the port.7. Report on the Trade of the Bahrein[Bahrain] Islands for the Year 1904, prepared by Captain Francis Beville Prideaux, Assistant Political Agent (pages 150-56), with reports on trade, including: the activities of Messrs Gray Paul & Co. of London, and the German company of Robert Wonckhaus; trade in cotton, rice, coffee and dates; assessment of the pearl fishing season; export of oyster shells. Appendix A contains tabular data presenting an overview of Bahrain’s principal imports and exports during 1903-04.8. Trade Report for Koweit[Kuwait] , 1904-05, prepared by Captain Stuart George Knox, Political Agent (pages 157-62), including estimated figures for the year’s trade. Appendix A contains tabular data of import and exports at Kuwait for the year ending 31 March 1905. Appended to the trade report is a medical report, prepared by Daudur Rahman, Assistant Surgeon at Kuwait, dated 2 April 1905, which reports on the work of the Kuwait dispensary, with an overview of the prevalence of diseases in the town (including eye diseases, tuberculosis, rheumatism, skin diseases, venereal diseases, and cholera epidemic), sanitation measures, and mortality.Physical description: Foliation: The volume contains an original printed pagination sequence, which starts on the title page and ends on the last page; these numbers are located in the top outermost corners of each page. Additions to this sequence have been made in pencil to account for any pages not originally labelled. In consequence, the following pagination anomalies occur: 1, and 1A-D.
105. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1896-97 (Foreign Dept serial no. 92). Calcutta: Supt. Govt. Printing, 1897 & Appendices to the Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1896-97’
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- Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1896-97 followed by a separate series of appendices to this report. Both published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1, is a general summary (folios 220-223) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that gives a summary of developments in the region during the past year. It is divided up as follows:1. Oman-Maskat Coast.2. Oman Pirate Coast.3. Bahrein [Bahrain].4. El Hasa [Al Hasa].5. Katif [Al Qatif] and Katr [Qatar].6. Kowait [Kuwait].7. Persian Arabistan.8. Fars and Persian Coast.9. Persian Baluchistan and Mekran.10. Slave Trade.11. Piracy.12. Royal Navy.13. Official Changes.Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the Year 1896-97 (folios 224-225) written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in the region throughout the previous year.Part 4(sic), is a Maskat Trade Report for the Year 1896-97 (folios 225v-226) written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. Appendix A (folios 226v-228) that follows the report contains the following tables:Table 1 - Imports into Maskat.Table 2 - Exports from Maskat.Table 3 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that entered the Port of Maskat.Table 4 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that cleared from the Port of Maskat.Part 5, is a Report on the Trade and Commerce of Mohammerah for the Year 1896 (folios 228v-229) written by W McDouall, Vice-Consul, Mohammerah. Appendix A (229v-231) that follows the report contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah.A separate series of appendices that follows the Administration report is contained on folios 233-267 and includes two meteorological tables and a Trade Report of the Persian Gulf for 1896 (folios 236-237) written by Malcolm John Meade, Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The trade report itself has an appendix (folios 238-267) that contains a series of 27 tables related to several aspects of trade in the region.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 219) which list the report's contents.
106. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1897-98’
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- Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1897-98, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1, is a general summary of events in the region during the previous year (folios 319-322) written by Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, Officiating Political Resident, Persian Gulf. The summary is divided up as follows:1. General2. Oman-Maskat Coast3. Oman-Pirate Coast4. Bahrein [Bahrain]5. Nejd.6. Kowait [Kuwait]7. Persian Arabistan8. Fars and the Persian Coast9. Persian Baluchistan10. Slave Trade11. Piracy12. Royal Navy13. Official Changes14. ObservatoryAppendix A (folio 323) that follows Part 1 contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Table Showing the force and prevailing directions of the wind and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the year 1897-98.Table No. 2 - Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1898, taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire.Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the Year 1897-98 (folios 324-325) written by Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Muscat throughout the previous year.Part 3, is a Trade Report of the Persian Gulf, for 1897 (folios 325v-327) written by Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, Officiating Political Resident, Persian Gulf. Appendix A to part 3 (folios 327v-362) contains a series of 27 tabular statistics charts concerning several aspects of trade throughout the region.Part 4, is a Trade Report for Maskat for 1897-98 (folio 362) written by Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. Appendix A to part 4 (folios 363-364) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Imports into Maskat.Table No. 2 - Exports from Maskat.Table No. 3 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that entered the Port of Maskat.Table No. 4 - Showing total number and tonnage of vessels of each nation that cleared from the Port of Maskat.Part 5, is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and the Karun River for the Year 1897 (folios 364v-365). Appendix A that follows part 5 (folios 365v-368) contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah and Karun river ports.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 317) which list the report's contents.
107. ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1898-99’
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- Abstract: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1898-99, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:Part 1, is a General Summary (folios 4-7) written by Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf that provides a summary of developments during the previous year. It is divided up as follows:1. General2. Oman-Maskat3. Oman-Pirate Coast4. Bahrein [Bahrain]5. Nejd6. Koweit [Kuwait]7. Persian Arabistan8. Fars and Persian Coast9. Persian Baluchistan10. Slave Trade11. Piracy12. Royal Navy13. Official Changes14. ObservatoryAppendix A to part 1 (folio 8) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Statement showing the force and prevailing directions of the wind and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the year 1898-99.Table No. 2 - Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the year ending March 1899 taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire.Appendix B to part 1 (folios 9-12) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Statement showing the number of Dispensaries in the Persian Gulf during the year 1898.Table No. 2 - Statement showing the number of In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Dispensaries of the Persian Gulf during the year 1898.Table No. 3 - Statement showing the diseases of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 3a - Statement showing the Surgical Operations performed in the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 4 - Statement showing the Classes and Sexes of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 5 Part 1 - Statement showing the Income and Expenditure of the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, during the year 1898.Table No. 5 Part 2 - Account of Invested Capital of the Residency Dispensary, Bushire, for the year 1898.Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the Year 1898-99 (folios 12v-13) written by C. G. F. Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a summary of developments in Maskat during the previous year.Appendix A to part 2 (folios 13v-16) contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Statement showing the number of Dispensaries in Maskat during the year 1898.Table No. 2 - Statement showing the number of In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Civil Hospital, during the year 1898.Table No. 3 - Statement showing the Diseases of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Civil Hospital, Maskat, during the year 1898.Table No. 4 - Statement showing the Classes and Sexes of the In-door and Out-door Patients treated in the Civil Hospital, Maskat, during the year 1898.Table No. 5, Part 1 - Statement showing the Income and Expenditure of the Civil Hospital, Maskat, during the year 1898.Table No. 5, Part 2 - Account of Invested Capital of the Civil Hospital, Maskat, clearing the year 1898.Part 3, is a Trade Report of the Persian Gulf for 1898 (folios 17-19) that provides a detailed description of trade developments in the region during the previous year.Appendix A to part 3 (folios 20-57) contains a series of 27 tabular statistics charts related to several aspects of trade in the region.Part 4, is a Trade Report for Maskat for 1898-99 (folio 58) written by Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report provides a brief description of trade in Maskat during the previous year and is followed by Appendix A (folios 58v-59) which contains the following tables:Table No. 1 - Imports into Maskat.Table No. 2 - Exports from Maskat.Table No. 3 - Showing total number and tonnage of Vessels of each nation that entered the Port of Maskat.Table No. 4 - Showing total number and tonnage of each nations that cleared from the Port of Maskat.Part 5, is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and the Karun River for the Year 1898 (folio 60). It is followed by Appendix A which contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah and the ports of the Karun River.Physical description: The report is arranged into a number of sections and subsections, with statistic data in tabular format directly following written sections. There is a contents page at the front of the report (folio 3) which list the report's contents.
108. ‘Administration report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1887-88.’
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- Abstract: Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency (no 245, Foreign Department serial no 20) for the year 1887-88, published by Authority and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta [Kolkata]. A copy of a letter from Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General for Fars, to Henry Mortimer Durand, Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department), dated 14 June 1888, is included in the report (folio 4), the original of which submitted the report to Government, under the following headings:Part 1 (General Summary), submitted by Ross (folios 5-11), containing numbered summaries of local political affairs, and incidents or events of particular note for: 1) Muscat state; 2) Oman pirate coast; 3) El-Bahrain (referred to as Bahrain in the text); 4) El-Katr [Qatar]; 5) Nejd, El-Hasa [Al-Hasa]; 6) Fars and the Persian Coast, including Shiraz, Bushire and its districts, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 7) Persian Arabistan; and 8) Persian Baluchistan. The report also includes summaries for: 9) Climatic observations, recorded by the observatory at Bushire, and 10) British actions against the slave trade. Appendix A contains tabulated meteorological data for the year, supplied by the Bushire observatory.Part 2 ( Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency for the year 1887-88), submitted by A. S. Jayakar, Surgeon Major in Charge of the Political Agency (folios 12-18), containing a summary of affairs at Muscat, under the headings: political affairs, official changes, and slave trade. Appendix A to Part 2 is a sketch of the career of Seyyid Sultan bin Ahmed, the Imam Muscat, written by Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.Part 3 ( Report on the trade of South Persia for the year 1887-88), submitted by Ross and dated 15 April 1888 (folios 18-30). The report comprises a short summary of the year’s trade, with notes on: exports (opium, tobacco, cereals); imports (Manchester [cotton] goods, sugar, metals and rice); shipping; exchange; custom; and notes supplied by Lieutenant Vaughan on the economic state at Yezd [Yazd], where Ross advocates the establishment of a British agent. Appendix A comprises tabulated data on import, exports and revenue, in the Gulf ports of Bushire, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e ʻAbbās, Bahrain and the Arab (Oman) coast. An index to the trade tables can be found at folio 20.Part 4 ( Muscat trade report for the year 1887-88), submitted by Jayakar (folios 30-36), comprising a brief summary of the year’s trade at Muscat, and also containing tabulated data on imports and exports at Muscat (listed by commodity), and the nationality and average tonnage of vessels visiting Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio, on number 3, and ends on the last folio, on number 36.Pagination: The volume contains an original typed pagination sequence.