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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [183r] (378/414)
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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VII. FRENCH IImTERK^T.^
xhe French Consulate remained closed throughout the
? ea : r * , ir'French Consu3. at Bombay proposed to visit Muscat
informally, but cancelled his visit later.
VIII, AMERICAN INTERESTS ..
In April, a party consisting of Mr. Parker Eart,
American consul at Dhahran, Commander Herring of the United
States Navy ana a number of other American Officers arrived
from Dhahran by air in connection with the disposal of
American equipment at Masirah and Salalah. They visited
Masirah and Salalah.
Another party of American officials which included
Commander Herring, Lt. Commander Maxwell and American Vice-
Consul visited Muscat again in May.
IX - MISSIONARY WORK .
The American Mission continued its work under the
charge of the Rev. Dykestra and Dr. W.W. Thorns, but the
former left for the United States of America on leave in
May and had not returned till the end of the year. Dr.
W.W. Thorns left for India for h5s usual summer recess in
August and returned in November.
X. SLAVERY .
14- slaves applied for manumission certificates
during the year under report and all the 14- were granted.
Of the L4 applicants 6 were captured slaves and the
remainder domestic slaves.
XI. ENEMY ACTIVITIES .
Nil.
XII. WEATHER .
The summer was very unpleasant owing to the lack
of rain during the previous year. Total rainfall during
the year amounted to 55 cents.
PART II.
I. RULING FAMILY .
(a) His Highness Saiyid Said bin Taimur ; His Highness the
Saltan remained in Muscat till the middle of December, after
which he left for Dhofar in a A.I.O.C. Tanker specially arranged
for him.
During his stay in Muscat he visited Sur twice. He
received numerous requests from the people there to improve
amenities in the way of a piped water supply, electric light,
a school and a hospital. His Highness is reported to be con
sidering the matter. Arrangements to procure the services of a
doctor from India were made but no one was appointed till the
end of the year.
In February
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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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- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
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- 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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