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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [203r] (405/1069)
The record is made up of 1 file (533 folios). It was created in 29 Jun 1931-31 Aug 1939. 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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by profession, arrived in Kerman on 21st and left on the 29th. During
181. Reference paragraph 165 of last diary.
Dr. Carpenter of C.M.S. Shiraz, after spending ten days at
Zirch (Khabis road) with the students of the C.M.S. School, Kerman,
returned to his headquarters at the beginning of the month.
182. Rev. H.U.J. Biggs left for Deh Bala - a hill station near Yezd-
for his siaramer holidays.
183. Mr. Ceorge Max Korper, a German Journalist arrived at Kerman
on the 19th. He was in possession of German passport No. 242 R/259/
1933, which was endorsed for *Iraq in transit to Iran by the Acting
British Consul at Mersina on the 11th May 1935, and it held Consul,
Shiraz’s visa No. 24 of the 13th June 1935, valid for India.
Mr. Korper left for India via Zahidan on the 20th to join his sister
(the wife of a Mechanical Engineer) in New Delhi.
LOCAL OFFICIALS .
184. Reference paragraph 167 of last diary.
Servan (Captain) Shahab, Officer Commanding Frontier Guards,
Bandar Abbas, returned by land via Jask and Minab from his Charbar
tour of inspection on the 6 th.
185. Malik-ul-Kalami, the Deputy Governor for Kishm and the surround
ing islands left for Tehran on the 1 st.
186. Mirza Ali Khan Basti, the Rais-i-Muarif (Education) proceeded
to Isfahan on the 2nd.
187. Khurshidi, the Investigating Judge of the local Court proceeded
on a short leave to Tehran on the 14th.
188. Dr. Ashraf Tabatabai, the Health Officer Minab, returned from
leave on 12th and proceeded to his headquarters on 30th.
189. Servan (Captain) Ibrahim Khan Ashrafi, the Rais-i-Nazmieh
Bandar Abbas visited Minab during the latter part of the month.
LOCAL AFFAIRS .
190. Reference paragraph 168 of last diary.
his stay in Kerman he took several photographs
BANDAR ABBAS
The Sergeant has since been acquitted and released
191 • •.. .
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Printed and typewritten monthly reports submitted by the British Consul, or Acting/Officiating Consul at Kerman (George Alexander Richardson; Abdul Alim L K; Major Cecil Henning Lincoln; Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Falconer). The reports cover affairs in the Persian [Iranian] province of Kerman, as well as in the towns of Kerman and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]:
- the activities of local officials and local government, including courts and customs
- activities of the Persian police, military and navy
- communications, including roads, railways, and trade routes
- municipal affairs, including public works
- health and sanitation, including reports of outbreaks of disease
- security, including reports of crime
- climate, including rainfall and floods
- agriculture and harvests (wheat, barley, opium)
- local trade and commercial activities, including carpet production, the activities of the National Bank of Persia/Iran, and the Government’s institution of monopoly companies
- British interests, including the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), the Indo-European Telegraph, and the movements of British individuals
- foreign interests in Kerman, including Russian, German and Japanese
- the arrival and departure of vessels on the Kerman coast, and, attached to a number of reports for 1935, detailed lists of cargoes
Minute papers are enclosed in front of many reports, containing notes made by 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. staff commenting on items of note in the report.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (533 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
The monthly reports for each year are numbered 1 to 12 (January to December). Paragraphs in the reports are also numbered, starting from 1 for the first paragraph of the January report, and increasing up to the last paragraph of the December report.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 534; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-533; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3413
- Title
- Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:534v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence