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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [189r] (390/414)
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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ADMINa^ TFUI ION REPORT OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE, KHORRAMSHAHR
FOB THE YEAR 1946.
I> H,M. CQWSTTT.ATV.
!• ZszsgmA.
u held charge of the post of
n # M # Consul till 27th May, 1946* He was relieved by Lieuten
ant Colonel V»W 0 D # Wllloughby. who held charge for the re
mainder of the year.
(b) Mr. W.P, Keelan held charge as Yice-Consul till the 12th
April 9 1946, from which date the post was abolished^
(c) The post of Confidential Assistant to H.M. Consul was
created during the year. It was filled on 19th August, 1946,
by Mr# H # J# Nicholas, who held charge for the remainder of the
year#
2# ft^WQ^ fotion . The lease of the building occupied by H»M #
Consulate having expired, the office was moved into a building
rented from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, about i of a mile
nearer the town on the Karun river front, on the 17th November#
3# ctetts\4frr
British subjects in this area
Passports issued #•• 311
Passports renewed ### 105
Visas granted ••• 475
Marriages performed •## 10
Documents legalised/attested •#• about 1000
Shipping protests registered #•# 5
Fees levied during the year •#• £ 979-16-6
Births registered ##• 52
Deaths registered #•# 6#
IT , BRITISH INTERESTS
1. Trade. There was a slight improvement in commercial ac
tivities in this area resulting from the change over from war
to peace-time production in the United Kingdom and America#
Imports from the United Kingdom through this port consisted
mainly of machinery destined for other parts of Iraru electri
cal equipment and cars# Imports from India were mainly
second-hand clothes#
In spite of the fact that the local markets are fairly
well stocked with goods of American manufacture, there is a
general preference for British manufactured goods# and numerous
enquiries were received during the year from local merchants _
for information concerning suitable expor
the tvoe of goods allowed for export. Khorraaahahr is now
the main port of Iran and port facilities have greatly improved,
with suitable railway facilities from here to the hinterland.
It ls ^xpected therefore that Khorramshahr will soon develop
into an Important trade centre. The proposal for the appoint
ment of a Trade Assistant was not followed up during the year.
lUch Sn appointment would however be of great assistance to
the promotion of British trade.
2. anr^- t rfln1°" 011 cqmoa " t - the &ctivitie3 of the company
were A
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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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- '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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