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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎110r] (232/414)

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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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PERSIAN SIDE .
1. The most ifflportant event of the year has been the
transfer of the 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. from Bushlre to Bahrain and the
separation of the functions of 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, and Consul-General, Bushlre. The transfer began in
May and was completed by the end of September.
2 # In the middle of the year the activities of the
Tudeh party gave rise to serious disturbances in Khorramshahr
and strikes in Bushire* In September the tribes of the coastal
belt around Bushire Joined the tribes of the hinterland in a
rising against the Persian Government and took over control of
the whole of the Fars Province, No attacks by tribesmen on
British subjects or British interests were reported. By the
end of the year tribal interest flagged and the rebel leaders
came to terms with the Central Government| who gradually re
established their authority in Bushire and elsewhere. With
the establishment of tribal control in Bushire f the Tudeh party
there disappeared. In Khorramshahr by the end of the year its
open activities had ceased but it still existed underground.
,3. PQLmCA}, AHAB 3I13E
No casualties occurred amongst the Rulers of the
Gulf States and except for a few minor disturbances on the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. all have enjoyed peace and a reasonable measure
of prosperity throughout the year. In Bahrain and Kuwait both
of which enjoyed a substantial income from oil royalties a
start has been made on important works of public utility in
spite of the shortage of materials. There is room for a great
deal of improvement in both places. The Sultan of Muscat
spent most of the year at his capital and left for Dhofar in
December. He is still intent on his plans for unifying the
interior of Oman under his control as soon as the Imam who is
old and feeble dies. *
4. ull •
The Kuwait Oil Company formally opened their oil
loading terminal at Fahahil in June when the first shipment
of oil was made. The Company have since then been in regular
production and are expanding their activities rapidly.
In the latter half of the year the Shaikh of Kuwait
announced his intention of receiving bids for a Concession of
his share in the Neutral Zone. Several oil companies have
approached him with offers, but he has not yet arrived at any
decision.
In Bahrain, the Bahrain Petroleum Company have continued
to expand and their production increased to 26,000 barrels a day
by the end of the year. Exploration work within the additional
area was resumed towards the end of the year and the drilling
of one structure hole was completed.
In April 1946, Petroleum Concessions, Limited, re
opened their Dukhan Camp in Qatar and plans have been made to
speed up production. January 1949 has provisionally been fixed
as the date for the first export. Meanwhile arrangements are
rapidly being made for laying down pipe-lines and building
roads and Jetties.
On the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Petroleum Concessions, Limited,
have carried out a geological survey along the coast and in the
interior.
In Muscat, Petroleum Concessions, Limited, carried out
a survey for water along the Batinah Coast at the request of

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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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