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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [51v] (102/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. It was written in English and French. 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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100
Report on the personal aspect of life at His Britannic Majesty’s Consulate
Bandar Abbas.
Climate and General Standard of Health.
1. Climate and general standard of health are bad especially during the summer %
months when it is extremely hot, humid and most relaxing. The winter is tolerably
good. A Consular Officer can take his wife and family to Bandar Abbas for the
whiter months without endangering their health. English women and English
children can live at Bandar Abbas for the winter only.
Health resorts.
2. Kerman is the nearest hill station. It is 350 miles from Bandar Abbas
and can be reached comfortably by car in two days.
Clothing requirements.
3. Normal, Light summer clothing and light winter clothing.
4. General cost of living.
(a) Cost of food. —The same as for Kerman.
(b) Cost of clothing for men, etc. —The same as for Kerman.
(c) Housing accommodation, etc. —The same as for Kerman.
(d) Furniture, etc. —The same as for Kerman.
(e) Fuel, lighting and water. —The same as for Kerman.
(/) Servants. —The same as for Kerman.
(q) Facilities for, and cost of, travelling, etc. —The same as for Kerman.
{h) Medical attendance. —An Anglo-Indian Compounder is attached to the
Consulate.
(i) Local taxation, as applied to consular Officers. —The same as for Kerman.
(j) Prevalence of “ tipping ” and general average scale of tips. —The same as for
Kerman.
(k) Other local conditions affecting cost of living. —Nil.
Size and composition of British community.
6. With the exception of the Consular staff and one European employed as
Engineer in the local Spinning Mill of Mr. Khunji, an Iranian, there are no other
members of the British Community.
Society and Social obligations (clubs, etc.).
7. Nil.
Public speaking.
8. Nil.
Sport and recreation, etc.
9. Fishing is occasionally indulged in.
British institutions.
10. There is a Christian burial ground at Naiband.
Educational and Medical, etc.
11. Local.
Local Customs as affecting or modifying life of an Englishman.
12. The same as for Kerman.
Any other points of personal interest, etc.
13. Nil.
Brief statement as to main categories of Consular work at the post.
14. The same as for Kerman.
Locally employed staff.
15. The same as for Kerman.
Language or languages actually most requ red.
16. The same as for Kerman.
Population and size of consular district, etc.
17. Bandar Abbas and suburbs has a population of approximately 12,000
inhabitants. Minab is the only other town of importance.
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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.
At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).
A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (158 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:7r, 8r:11r, 12v:14v, 16r:16v, 20r, 23r:32r, 34r:41v, 42v:48r, 50v:55r, 56r:61r, 63r:65r, 68r:69r, 71v, 75v:77v, 79r:81v, 82v:85v, 89r, 91r:91v, 92v:93r, 94v:96v, 97v:101r, 102v:108v, 115r:118r, 124r, 125r:130v, 132r:134r, 136r:139r, 141r:141v, 145r:146v, 149r:151r, 152r:153v, 154v:159v, back-i, back
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