Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎372r] (744/938)

Diary of th« 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, r1 ‘
Bushire, for the month of January, 1942.
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I. MOVEMENTS
1942
British officials .
1 . The Hobble Lieut .-Colonel W.R.Hay, C.I.E., Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and H.B.M.'s Consul-General,
Bushire, returned to headquarters on the 11th January and
left for Tehran on the 20th January. He returned to head
quarters again on the 31st January.
II. LOCAL OFFICIALS .
2 # Mr.Asas Bakhtari, the new Director of Posts and
Telegraphs, Bushire, arrived here from Tehran on the 5th
January and took over charge of his duties from Mr.Abbas
Ali Slahshoor who reverted to the post of Postmaster of
Bushire•
3. Mr .Mir Ali Zahir, the ex-Governor of Bushire who left
for Tehran in October 1941 when he was replaced by a
Military Governor, returned on the 12th January and took
over charge of the Governorate from Captain Abdullah Mujab,
the Commissioner of Police, who reverted to his own post.
4 . Mr.Abdul Aziz Qotb, the new President of the Law Court,
Bqshire, arrived from Ahwaz on the 24th January and took over
charge of the Law Court from Jalal-ud-Din Firuz who sailed
for Bandar Abbas on the 26th.
Mr.Abdul Aziz was the Public Prosecutor of Bushire
two years ago. He is a man of about 38 years and is the son
of Khan Bahadur Muhammad Shariff Awazi.
6 . Mr.Qayam-Muqami, an Inspector of the Ministry of
Finance,Tehran, arrived here on the 22nd January. He is
a member of a Commission sent to Shiraz to inspect the worktag
of the Iranian Government offices there and in Bushire.
III. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT .
| 6 . On the 15th January information was received concerning
the shipment of 1700 lorries expected to arrive in Bushire
/ early