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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [32r] (76/414)
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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- 21. Mr. a md Mrs.Milsiter a rrived from Tehran on the
20th September and left for Zahidan on the 25th.
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22. Colonel Barker, D.C.E.^uetta, accompanied by Lt.
Colonel Fortescue, C.R.E.fuetta, arrived by plane from Zahi-
-dan on the 12th. October, The former returned by plane to
Zahidan on the 14th October and the latter by truck.
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25. Mr.Warren of the British and Foreign Bible Society,
India, arrived from India on the 10th October and left for
Isfahan on the 15th.
2^ Coipt.Rawson, R.I.A.S.C., with an advance party of an
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25. Major R.S.Davis, Officer Commanding the 3ist Indian
A rmoured Division Leave Convoy consisting of 800 men and
officers arrived from Yezd on the 14th October and left for
India the next da y.
26. Dr.R.E.M.Wheeler, Director General of Archaeology to
the Government of India, and party, arrived from Zahidan on the
29th November and left for Tehran the next day.
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Indian leave convoy from Iraq arrived in Kerman from Isfahan
on the 13th October and left the same day for Zahidan.
27th Air Commodore the Hon ! ble W.L.Runciman, A.F.C., Air
Atta che to H.M.Embassy, Tehran, arrived in Kerman by Anson
a ircraft on the 6th December and left for Zahidan the next day.
28. (mpt.Munroe, Salvage Officer, arrived in Kerman from
Zahidan on the 5th December and returned on the 7th.
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29. Ca pt.Bea rd, A.G.B.,Zahidan, arrived from Zahidan on
the 5th December and returned on the 11th.
(b) Foreign Visitors.
The following foreign nationals passed through Kerman
during the year:-
America ns 6 Poles 2
^ 13 ^ Russia ns 8 Danes 2
Italians 2 Yugoslavs 1
On of the Polish visitors was Mme.Telatyska, wife of
the Polish Consul, Kabul. Amongst the Russians was the Russian
Cdnsul General, Meshed, with three members of his staff. The
A mericans were all of the Military a nd Financial Missions in
I Ira n.
III. BRITISH)INTERESTS.
(a^ Trade. There was practically no trade through-
-out the year owing to war restrictions and lack of transport.
(b) The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
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Mr.M.A.Iranpur, the Kerman District Manager of
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, remained in charge throughout
M the year.
The price of petrol and kerosine remained more
or less constant atr, Rials 58/- for kerosine and Rials 76/-
for petrol during the year. Gas and furnace oils were slightly
increased in jcfe price after 15th July. About the middle of the
yea r transport of fuel was somewhat handicapped but in spite
of this no stock shortages^of any produce was experienced any
where in the Kerman district including the sub-agencies at
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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.
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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