'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha,...

This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906. The volume is divided into twelve chapters:. Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16); Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands of Kishm, Angaum and Ormuz and the town of Bandar Abbas and its dependencies (folios 17-30); Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. British Expedition to the Persian Gulf and Karun River (folios 31-34); Various attempts made to establish Persian influence in the Persian Gulf, 1887-1905 (folios 35-39); Residency appointments, establishments, and guards and buildings on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 40-49); British extra-territorial jurisdiction on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 50-62); Questions of Status (folios 63-69); Claims of British subjects and protegés against the Persian Government and Officials and Persian subjects (folios 70-80); Certain miscellaneous affairs with regard to British relations with Persia (folios 81-87); Infringement of British Commercial Rights (folios 88-94); Introduction of Belgian Customs Administration and new Tariff, 1900-1905 (folios 95-100); Persian interference with the British Postal arrangements (folios 101-103)

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