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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎58r] (128/414)

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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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chapter vii
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BAHRAIN AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
INCLUDING THE TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. AND QATAR
FOR THE YEAR 1945.
OFFICERS .
( a ) Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. .
Major T. Hickinbotham,
C.I.E., O.B.S.
Mr. C.J. Pelly, O.B.E.,
I.C.S.
Lt-Col. A.C. Gallovmy,
O.B.E.
(b) Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. .
Captain M.P.O'C. Tandy
Captain R.E.R. Bird
( c ) Indian Assistant .
Mr. M.A. Hafiz
(d) Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon .
Lt. Dr. M.L.A. Steele,
I.M.D.
(e) Political Officer .
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Shar.iah .
Captain R.E.R. Bird
Captain R.C. Murphy
(f) 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. Agent .
Khan Bahadur Saiyid
Abdur Razzak
Mr. Jassim bin Mohammed
From 1st January
to 26th March.
From 27th March
to 31st October,
From 1st November
to 31st December
From 1st January
to 11th February.
From 7th March
to 2nd April.
From 12th February
to 6th March,
From 3rd April to
31st December.
From 1st January
to 31st December.
From 1st January
to 19th July.
(Post vacant from 20th
July to 25th October)
From 26th October
to 31st December.
From 1st to 3rd January.
From 25th January
to 2nd April.
From 3rd April
to 31st December.
From 1st January
to 28th February.
From 1st March
to 31st December.
(Continued)

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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.

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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