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Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [554r] (1107/1148)
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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15
CHAPTER II.
NOTE ON EVENTS IN THE BIKARZ AREA DURING 1939.
Exploratory drilling was continued at Gach Saran on seven sites and two
oil veils were completed. Exploratory drilling was also continued at Agha
dan.
I he following British and British Indian staff were employed in the
Southern Area at 31st December 1939
Staff.
Wives
and
Children.
Gach Sarmu
British
35
11
British Indian
34 4
4
Agha Jari adn Puzanun.
British
26
7
British Indian
14
4
Pipe Line Construction.
British
24
1
British Indian
9
Totals
142
27
A 250,000-gallon water tank and boosting pumps were installed at Ba
Mohammad and a second 2,000,000-gallon water tank was erected on Seh
Qalatun. Hand wells were dug near the springs at Du Gumbadan and proved
a large supply of good water to be available.
Various new buildings such as stores, offices and quarters for staff and
artizans were completed.
Apart from the construction of roads to well sites, repair work was carried
out to the Kumbal—Ba Mohammad road, the Ganoweh road to Mile 22 and Ba
Mohammad road to Turk Village. At the bridge over the Zurab four culverts
were cut through approaches to clear flood water and the bridge between Zurah
and Gach Saran was widened.
Ba Mohammad industrial area was fenced-in. The swimming bath was
re-built and enlarged, tennis courts made at Dasht-i-Mirza and Ab-i-Shirin and a
5-ton ice plant installed in the Stores building.
During 1939 Ganoweh was completed as a transhipment area ; the work
involved included :—
Jetty construction and piling.
Internal railway.
Butters stiff leg derrick on jetty.
Filling and levelling transhipment area.
Completion of water wells.
Installation of tankage and pumping equipment.
Installation of 2 30 KAV. Lighting Sets.
Construction of transhipment buildings, casing racks, petrol store, dis
pensary and Artizan Quarters.
Construction of the Gach-Saran-Abadan pipe line continued.
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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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- 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
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