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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [10r] (30/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. 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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only to Tehran, instead of to the Ustandar, bhlraz, (who
had in his turn to isfer them to the capital). In this
way when local schemes are proposed they ought in future
to receive sanction far quicker than before, and the
a- 1
F^rmandar should now find it easier to control the officials
serving under him. This reform has already led to a
considerable improvement in the local administration of
justice. Formerly the local court was a Petty Court
(Dadgah-i-Bakhsh) every decision of which had to be refer
red for decision to bhiraz, whereas it has now become a
Court of First Instance (fiadgah-i-Shahristan) whiSh can
decide and pass judgement on any case brought before it.
SECTION III .
C QMMU NIC ATIONS.
(a) k&Hd. The main road to Shiraz, in spite of receiv
ing little attention from the Pecsian Road Department, was,
up to the end of the year, in fairly j-ood condition.
The main road between Sabzabad and Bushire town is
still in deplorable condition. The Road Department made
a half-hearted attempt to repair it in October, but the
earth with which they filled the worst pot-holes was wash
ed away by the first winter storm. During August,
September and October a mumber of lorries travelling be
tween Burazjan and Shiraz were held up and robbed.
(bO Sea . Owing to the withdrawal from service in the
e 1
Gulf of the "R^sang", 11 t/Stoosahg M , and "Tsinan", the steamer
situation during the year became worse than ever, and on
the average only one slow mail steamer per month called at
ABushire. A.I.O.C. tugs continued to assist in providing
a means of communication with Khorramshahr.
Air . The R.A.F. continued to maintain the Bushire
airfield. From the beginning of May Irantour planes
maintained a weekly service between Bushire and Tehran via
Shiraz and Isfahan, These planes can carry four passen^
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The volume contains typescript '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 1945' [1946] and typescript '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 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas 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. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear 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. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/1/720
- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence