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ADMINISTRATION REPORT

OF THE
PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY

FOR
1907-1908.

Review by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.

There were no changes of personnel during the year among the officers in
charge of Agencies, but Major Grey, Political Agent at Maskat, and Mr. George
Grahame, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz, proceeded to Europe a few
days after the close of the administrative year and were unable to compile their
yearly narratives before leaving.
The record has thus been furnished by the following officers: —
Persia.

Bushire and Fars The Officiating Resident, and Mr. J. H.
Bill, Acting Consul at Shiraz.
Arabistan Captain D. L. R. Lorimer.
Kermanshah . • •I Captain L. B. Haworth.
Kerman Major C. T. Ducat.
Bunder Abbas. Lieutenant C. H. Gabriel.
Persian Mekran Compiled from reports of Mr. R. H. New,
Assistant Superintendent of Telegraphs,
Jask Sub-Division, to the Director, Per­
sian Gulf Telegraphs (ex-officio Political
Officer, Mekran Coast).

Arabia.
Maskat Territory • • t Captain Norman Scott, I.M.S., Agency
Surgeon (in temporary charge).
Trucial Oman ... ... The Officiating Resident.
Bahrein • M • •• Major F. B. Prideaux.
Koweit • •• Major S. G. Knox.
In the arena of higher politics the year 1907-08 has seen the development
or conclusion of several important measures directly affecting our interests both
in the Persian and Arab spheres of the Bushire Residency.
The chief of these has been the conclusion on 31st August 1907 of the
Anglo-Russian Convention, adumbrated in
Anglo*Russian Contention.
last year’s report, in which are enunciated
the terms of an understanding arrived at between the two powers in regard to
various points connected with their respective interests in Persia, Afghanistan
and Tibet.
That portion of the Convention relating to Persia opens with the declara­
tion that the two contracting powers have mutually engaged to respect the integ­
rity and independence of Persia; after which preamble Great Britain
engages