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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [17r] (44/414)
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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• • ' In March the Persian Government made a general
distributions^ cotton cloth on a basis of 3 metres per
person. The cloth, however, was only suitable for women's
wear, and in any case little or any of it reached people
living in villages outside of Bushire . In November the
Persian Government abolished the piece-goods monoply,
and merchants^ were at the end of the year free to import
cloth.
(d) Agriculture .
Owing to plentiful rain during the winter of 1944-
45 the 1946 harvest was the best for 23 years. The
autumn rains were very late, and ploughing could not be
started till mid December. The rain which fell then,
however, was sufficient to encourage the hope of a average
crop in 1946. The date crop was also good, and the
price of ciates was lower than it has been at any time
since 1939.
SECTION VII.
SHIPPING AND GQia/lERGB .
1 "
(a) Fifty British ships with an approximate tonnage
of 1,68,876 tons called at Bushire during the year.
The main imports were tea, sugar, piece-ggods etc.; the
main exports consisted of gum tragacanth, gum arable,
'attari 1 , assofoetida, wool and carpets.
(b) Owing to the great diminution of steamer traffic
in the Gulf, the owners of country craft have been enjoy-r
ing a period of great prosperity. Dhows carry cargoes /
of rice, potatoes, dried fruits, walnuts, ghee etc., to
ports on the Arab Coast, whence under a recognized system
of barter, they bring back tea, sugar and piece-goods.
(c) The Itima dieve h Spinning & Weaving Iv ill .
Production was maintained at the same level as
the previous year. In February a powerful new electric
engine was imported from England and installed.
/12.
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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