‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1899/1900’

Name: ‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1899/1900’
Author: Political Resident, Persian Gulf (author) | Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (author) | Muscat Political Agency, Surgeon (author)

İsim	‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1899/1900’
Yazar	Political Resident, Persian Gulf (author) \| Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (author) \| Muscat Political Agency, Surgeon (author)
Basım Tarihi:	1900/1900
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Agriculture \| Trade (practice) \| Meteorological data \| Cholera \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	60
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 volume (60 folios)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100000000358.0x0002f4_ar \| 81055/vdc_100000000358.0x0002f4_en \| IOR/V/23/77, No 379
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100000000358.0x0002f4_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1900/1900
Notlar	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. \| 1 volume (60 folios) \| 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. \| more \| less
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‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1899/1900’

Yazar Political Resident, Persian Gulf (author) | Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (author) | Muscat Political Agency, Surgeon (author)

Basım Tarihi 1900/1900

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Tür Kitap

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 60

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 volume (60 folios)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100000000358.0x0002f4_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000358.0x0002f4_en | IOR/V/23/77, No 379

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100000000358.0x0002f4_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1900/1900

Notlar 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. | 1 volume (60 folios) | 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. | more | less

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