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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [185r] (382/414)
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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Hasn... Najib, was post.6d as Hsa.drnas'ber. ikll "these "teachers
left for Palestine during summer vacation, but did not return
to Muscat again,
j.Vs'O more teachers were recruited from Paiestine at the
end o. the year and Ghalib Abdurrahman Nakshabandi, one of them,
was posted as Headmaster.
The strength of the school at the end of the year was
150; and there ?/ere seven teachers.
IV. GENERAL COLg/iUNICATIOMS .
There have been no changes in communications during
the year. Bahrain and Bushire cables have twice been in
terrupted and repaired. During these interruptions, indirect
communication with stations in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
has been
maintained via Aden, The Karachi cable remains still inter
rupted. The cable ship "Enterprise 11 visited Muscat twice
during the year.
The proposal regarding airmail service via Ras al Hadd
to Muscat had to be given up owing to the closing down of
the Royal Air Force Station at Ras al Eadd.
Mr. Jairath, Director, Posts and Telegraphs, visited
Muscat in December to inspect the Muscat Post Office, During
the course of conversation, he mentioned to the Political
Agent that he had made arrangements to improve the general
communications in Gwadur.
Y. TRANSPORT .
External: 13 mail steamers from India and 17 from
the Gulf ports called at Muscat during the year.
One B.I. steamer brought sugar from Africa.
The A.I.O.C. oil tanker "Khuzistan" made 5 trips to
Muscat.
VI. POLICE .
Mohammed Jawad Darwesh was in charge of the Police
Force at the beginning of the year, but resigned the job
later. Had Niwas Khokher, Clerk, Muscat Infantry, held
additional charge of the Police Force for the rest of the
JPear.
VII. DEFENCE .
Major L.B. Hirst, I.A., 10th Gurkha Rifles, held the
post of the Military Adviser to His Highness the Sultan till
the middle of December, when he handed over charge to Captain
J.E.H. Hudson, Ealuch Regiment.
VIII. ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL INDI AN NAVY.
The following of His Majesty's ships visited Muscat
during the year,
H .M .S. "Falraouth 0 on the 17th January.
H.M.S. "Shoreham" on the 13th and 16th February, 16th
'April, 30th May and 3rd July.
H .M ^S. Jamaica.
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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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- 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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