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Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [222r] (443/1148)
The record is made up of 1 file (572 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1941-31 Jul 1946. 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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responsible to a variety of three different centres.
(c) The elections to the iajlis, which took
place in the autumn, were completed, by comparison with
many other areas of Persia, very promptly; and produced
the satisfactory result of the election by very comfortable
majorities of the candidatas who enjoyed the good-will
of the
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.
.
(d) Towards the close of the year, a drinking
water scheme for the town of Bushire was inaugurated. This
aims to bring in drinking water from an are a 25 kilometres
away, by means of pipes, which in places have to run above
the surface of the ground to avoid the effects cf the salt
swamps lying in between the Bushire peninsula and the
mainland. A grant cf one million
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
from the late
Shah’s estate has been secured by Aqai Safavi, one of the
Majlis deputies, to finance the scheme.
(e) Funds were collected and a church built,
mainly owing to the zeal of the Rev. R.N.Sharp, the C.M.S.
missionary in charge at Shiraz. The church was consecrated
by the Rt.Rev. W.J. Thompson,Bishop in Iran on the 6 th
January 1944 and named the Church of the Epiphany. At
the Persian opening ceremony on the £th January,' the
Governor, Imam Juma and all the local officials were
present, a display of friendliness which would be difficult
to duplicate elsewhere in Persia.
SECTION III .
CO^JNICATIQNS .
Land . The main road to Tehran was closed by
British Army orders for a short period after the Persian
Array’s defeat at Serairum at the hands of the tribes. Other
wise the road remained open, lorries and cars being run
in convoys between Kazerun and Shiraz during the late
summer and autumn. Petty robberies occurred on the country
roads to the south of Bushire: to the north, travel was
secure.
(b) Mail steamers became fewer and fewer
through the year, until 2 raonths became no unusual inter
val between padsenger ships to or from India. Postal
communication was maintained only by use of the A.P.O.C.
tugs, and the small packet, the M.V. Resang, which has a
circular run inside the Gulf roughly once a fortnight.
( c ) Air . The airfield at Bushire was laid out
with three runways, two of 1800 yards and one of 1200 yards.
In one place the approaches were cleared by levelling a
small hill. Arrangements were made for the storage of
petrol in three buildings on the airfield, lent by the
Persian Government.
At Asalu a strip of 1200 yards was laid out
and marked. At Lingah, the construction work on the aero
drome T/hich was in progress under the Garrison Engineer,
Sharjah, during 1342, was completed.
(d) Telegraphic . After an unsatisfactory period
during which the Persian Government wireless station at
Bushire was nominally controlled by a member of the Anglo-
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This file consists of copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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. in Bushire for the years 1939-1945.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire Area
- Administration Report for Kerman & Yazd
- Administration Report for Bandar Abbas
- Administration Report for Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report for Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report for Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
- Administration Report for Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report for Khorramshahr Consulate
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections that vary according to each report, but include the following topics:
- Personnel
- Visitors
- Foreign Representatives
- British Interests
- Local Administration
- Transport
- Education
- Military
- Aviation
- Political Situation
- Trade
- Medical
- Meteorological
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .
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- 1 file (572 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 574; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-571; these numbers are written in pencil or crayon and, where circled, are crossed through.
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