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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1938' [8v] (16/60)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 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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SECTION 4.
ARMY.
The strength of the Bushire Garrison was maintained at 8,000 men.
1. Brigadier General Amidi, Officer in charge of the Fars Division
carried out an inspection in May.
2. The Recruiting Bureau which had been amalgamated with the Naval
^ureau was separated and re-constituted with the Governor as President, a
Military Officer as Recruiting Officer, and a Military Doctor, the Chief of
Jrolice, the Imam-i-Jumah, and two local merchants, as members Thev
HnrT. T P^ 10111 ^ strict .and very few exemption papers were issued
during the year 1,950 recruits were enrolled. Of these 500 were sent to
felnraz and a 180 to Khorramshahr to join the Iranian Navy. The rest of the
the r year Were adinittecl to tiie local Militar y Barracks at various times during
3. The Military Barracks, the construction of which was begun in 1936
were practically complete and the local Garrison have occupied them.
4. Major Jalayer was Commander of the Garrison until relieved in July
by Lieutenant-Colonel Karimi.
DISARMAMENT OF THE TRIBES.
a + i as ^ a reSll 1 lt so 1 mewhat repressive measures by the Persian Military
Authonties a hundred rifles and two thousand rounds of ammunition were
collected m the districts and have been sent to Bushire. It is reported that
the Authorities resorted to flogging to induce persons to give information
regarding the whereabouts of arms and ammunition.
NAVY.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ghulam Ali Bayandor was in charge of the Iranian
JNavy throughout the year.
2. During the year the sloop " Palang " seized five dhows with 800
packages of contraband goods, the gun-boat " Shahrokh " two dhows with
500 packages and the tug " Niru " four dhows with 350 packages.
ti .i 3 ' The 1 flas ^ in g T li g ht s ^stalled by the Iranian Naval Authorities at
.Dushire and on Qais Island have not been regularly operated during the year.
SECTION 5.
AVIATION.
British. Ten British aviators passed through Bushire during the year
Foreign.—-Air France maintained their weekly service except that in
December owmg to heavy rains the landing ground was unserviceable for 20
days. During this period Air mails for and from Bushire wore carried
, l t ) i i o - ijaa ixuiu j >usnire were carried
between Basrah and Bushire by the British India Steam Navigation Com
pany s Fast Mail steamers.
ci T r e ^ ma i ntaine( i their direct service between Jask and Basrah
Some forty of their machines landed at Bushire to refuel or to take „ ^
passengers. P
SECTION 6,
POLITICAL SITUATION.
i u A C<( J^ mi t tee . of senior officials from the Iranian Ministry of the Interior
held an Enquiry into the condition of the peasantry in the hinterland and
the causes underiymg the continued emigration of people to the Arab side
oi the Oriui. It is understood that a report has been submitted by the Com
mittee to the Central Government but no indication is forthcoming of their
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The file consists of Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1938 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1939).
The Report is divided into sections relating to the various agencies, consulates, and other regions that made up the Political 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. . There is a review of the year by 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. at the start of the Report. The Report includes lists of British personnel and foreign representatives; lists of British interests; details of local administration; military and naval matters; aviation; political matters; manumission; trade and commerce; shipping statistics; medical reports; meteorological details; notable events; oil; and related information.
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- 1 file (28 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of the Report, f. 3.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 30 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1938'
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- 1r:30v
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