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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [273r] (546/938)
The record is made up of 1 file (467 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1941-9 Feb 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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irit i sh Re& idcncy r.nd Cor.&u lat e If. nera 1 Intelli^c nc£
Sun::]ary far the period freo let t 15th January 1945.
1 • MOVELISITTS.
( a ) Eriti£h Officials.
(i) armed c&ccrt for a. convoy of lorries to he driven
by American soldiers* was sent to Bush ire by Tenth Army duribg
the fortnight and left with the. convoy on 5th January. They
were unable to obtain all their requirements locally, as th:ir
commander had been informed that there was a Base ‘Depot at
Bushirc, from which In could draw rations, clothing aii barbed
wir. .
(ii) Mr. E.G. Price, of the Ministry of Y/ur Trans per ,
Basra, arrived here on 1st January and left on 3rd January,
after discussing the development of the port v/ith local interest
ed parties.
(b) Ilrsian Officials.
Major PTcori, officer commanding. Bus hire garrison,
retui led from Shiraz on the 4th January 194 3.
( c ) Allied o f fici .ls_.
MIL
H . LOCaL
(a) Instructions have been received from Tehran that all
Mun pal taxes should b^ doubled with effect from 1st of
Bam.]: •: ( 22nd Jan .
fb' The Customs revenue during the last Persian month was
insufficient ^ven to cover the wages of the staff, a loan of
4000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
was taken from a local march--"' h to meet this liability.
Ill. COMMU1 TICaT101TS .
(a) ire 1 c ss. as a result of the representations of this
Consulate General, the Director of Posts and T.legraphs has
been instructed by Tehran that wireless communication with'
Bahrain and Abadan should be afforded only when the cable is
interrupted, and that even then wireless may only be used for
mess-ges to and from the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
: also that wireless may only
b^. us-d vath Tehran and Lingeh for four hours daily under the
supervision of the British Censor, and that s soon as this
period is over the instrument re m may b-- locked up by the Cc-nsoT
RECd. POL. DEPT.
24 MAY a
01 SICE
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This file contains copies of the monthly diary of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General in Bushire that was compiled by the Secretary of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bushire.
The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that month, most entries contain the following headings:
- movements of British officials
- local affairs
- tribal and political
- security
- public health
- public relations
- shipping and commerce
- tribal and political
- meteorological
- communications
- economic situation
- war supplies
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (467 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-468; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
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- Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:468v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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