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Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [379r] (757/1148)
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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selves on a acst suoeessrul e^periiaeiitr, business tfss Dris^,
deposits sere heavy, one non-Covemnent account alone nuioujiting
to
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
thirteen
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, and merchants preferret payment in
cheques to payment ir; coin. This happy result was in lar^e part
11
due to the energy and personality of tne r anager vho nearly paid
•$ dearly for his entiiusiasm 'tad overwork by contracting typhoid
insJSLiA>r 0 n fever during the summer and being i" 1 for three months.
& a prosit'
i 3-)00/- <mc.it . XV. 7TfTT03f .
There h-’Ve been more visitors this year than during the
whole of the last ten years and the majority of the visitors have
either stayed or lunched at the .gency which has on -.any occasionf
resembled a hotel.
\t times it has been necessary to call on the other
British residents to help in accommodating guests and, inspired
as they all are with a genuine desire to help those whose lot is
harder than our own, their response has always been most pr-ti-
fying inspite of the inconvenience of putting up strangers at
short notice and the expense involved with prices several hundred
the pre-mr rates and essentials^now become
ruxuries^ scarcely obtainable even at very high prices.
xvi.
Total rainfall during the year : 2.73’*
Maximum temperature: (in July) l :, d.5
,r ini.mja tempernt’ure: (in January) 3*3.
8th ? ebruary, 1943.
Vajor,
3d. T. Hickinbotham,
Political \gent, Kuwait.
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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. .
- Extent and format
- 1 file (572 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3720A
- Title
- Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:448r, 448r, 449r:573v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence