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'Administration Reports for 1947' [53r] (105/128)
The record is made up of 1 file (62 folios). It was created in 1948. 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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1. BRITISH kOlim
Mr* Hidayataullah throughout the year.
2. THE TALI
Saiyid Badr bin Saud from the first of January until the
beginning of December 1947, when he was relieved by QaziDAdmohd
son of Mr Khan Qazi of the Shara Coufct, temporarily.
3. ADI •IINISTRAT OR
Mr• Abdur Rahman, throughout the year. His status appears
to be rather questionable, as he has no official authority, and
his tasks entail municipal responsibilities and the supervision of
the issue of rationed commodities, but apparently he has no power
to enforce his orders if they are not acceptable to the Wall, or
even to a majority of the population.
4. TRADE
The figures of imports and exports are included in those for
Muscat. On the whole the shipping programme was good, and early in
the year Messrs Anderson and Sunter of the B.I.S.N. Col Ltd. Bombay,
visited Gwadur and attended a meeting of local merchants where their
requirements and difficulties were discussed. Gwadur’s fish markets
in Karachi and Colombo remained favourable, although during March there
was a serious fall in the price of fish in Colombo from Rs. 18/- to
Rs. 10/- per cwt which affected the prices in Gwadur. The accumulated
cotton stocks lying at Gwadur since the early part of the 1939/45
war has now been declared free from infestation by the entomologist
from Baluchistan and it is expected that these stocks will be cleared
to Karachi in the near future, free from import duty.
5. GENERAL
In August the mooring buoys laid in the west bay at Gv/adur by
the British Overseas^Corporation, Karachi, broke their moorings and
were washed ashore. The B.O.A.C. authorities were informed but took
no further action.
/ Gwadur
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The file contains unpublished typescript Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the year 1947, starting with the Report of 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. , Bahrain, followed by Reports for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (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); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait; and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat. The Reports cover political developments; oil and oil companies; aviation matters; trade and economic matters; lists of officials; details of local government; Ruling Families; customs; shipping; transport; communications; the administration of justice; medical matters; Royal Navy (RN), Royal Indian Navy (RIN), and Royal Air Force (RAF); notable visitors to the Gulf; meteorological information; slavery and piracy; pearling; date gardens in Kuwait; French and American interests in Muscat; missionary work in Muscat; a report on Gwadur [Gwadar] written by the 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. , Muscat; and a separate report on Guadur [Gwadar] written by the Administrator there.
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- 1 file (62 folios)
- Arrangement
The Report of 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. , Bahrain appears at the front of the file, followed by the Reports of the various Political Agencies.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 62, the last folio but one before the back cover. These 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.
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- IOR/R/15/1/721
- Title
- 'Administration Reports for 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:63v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence