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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎13r] (36/414)

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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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C'5
(c) Taagistan.

Ali Tangistani (Chahpiri), Rais-i-Inti§amat for
Tangistan retained his firm hold over the whole of the
Tangistan area. In October he was successful in catch
ing the thieves who had committed a burglary in the house
of the Kxacutive Engineer, Bushire. Rais Ali beat
the three thieves implicated in the burglary so severe
ly that one of them died and the other two confessed
where.the stolen property was hidden, which Rais Ali
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then proceeded to restore to this Consulate-General.
As a result of suc)3 ruthless methods Rais Ali has
succeeded in achieving a very high standard of security
in Tangistan, which has always httherto been notorious
for its thieves and robbers.
D^shtv .
This area remained in a lawless and disturbed
condition throughout the year.
(e) Banadi:r-i-Salas .
The Nasuri family have continued to maintain
security in this area. Their relations with this
Consulate-General have remained very friendly,
(f) Lingeh.
The Consular Agent continued to maintain friend
ly relations with the local officials, and, through
the Reading Room, with the local public.
The conclusion of the war brought to an end the
very useful work which the Consular Agent had previ
ously been performing a^s censor of the W/f station at
Lingeh.
SECTION V .
PUBLIC RELATIONS
(a) Relations with the Persians in both official
and....

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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.

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1 volume (203 folios)
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There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.

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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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