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'Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.' [10r] (19/44)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in after 1957. 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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We stayed there for about 18 months, our time being cut short
by the fact that unfortunately we lost our first child ( a
baby of a few months) and the Government of India was kind
enough to realise our plight and transferred me to a post in
India at Ajmer.
At that time the Persian ruler, Reza Shah Pahlevi had recently
taken over the throne of Persia from the previous decadent
dynasty and was trying to stabilise the country. One of his
early schemes was to re-Persianise the language and abolish
as much as possible of the Arabic influence which had got into
the language in a big way. This scheme eventually faded away
as the Arabic influence had permeated all Persian culture since
the beginning of Islam and the end of Zoroastrian Persia. The
work in Zahidan was by no means strenuous as few British sub
jects passed through, although we did have some interesting
visitors in the early days of travelling by road from Asia to
Europe. One of these was Professor Black, a Canadian archaeol
ogist from China and the discoverer of the Pekin man. There
were also a few British officers going on leave from India by
this route.
A couple of anecdotes relating to our time may be of interest
and show the attempts of the Persian authorities to tighten
up control.
The Vice-Consul up till then had flown the Union Jack on a
flag pole in the grounds of the Consulate. He was ordered to
remove this flag from the sacred soil of Persia. To comply
with this order I transferred the pole and flag to the roof
where it became more conspicuous and I heard no more!
The second incident was that, in common with my predecessors,
I arranged to go on a partridge shoot with a Baluchi tribal
leader who had been a friendly ally of the British forces in
the East Persian cordon. As a result, I received a letter
from the British Embassy in Teheran saying that the Persian
Government had complained that the Vice Consul in Zahidan had
been stirring up the Baluchi tribes against the Government.
The probable reason for this was that the Persian Government
were of the Shiah branch of Islam and the Baluchis were of the
Sunni branch like the Afghans and Arabs who were always at
loggerheads with the Persian Government.
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A memoir written by Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Alexander Gordon Pinhey about his career in the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. ( IPS The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. ), 1927-47. The memoir details:
- His education, early career and reasons for joining the IPS The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
- A description of Baluchistan, where he served as Assistant 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. , 1929-30
- A description of Zahidan [Zahedan], where he served as Vice-Consul, 1931-33
- A description of Ajmer, Rajputana [Rajasthan], where he served as Assistant Commissioner, 1933-36
- An account of an earthquake that struck Quetta on 31 May 1935
- A description of Kalat State, where he served as Wazir Minister. -i-Azam [Chief Minister] to Sir Ahmed Yar Khan, Khan of Kalat.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 22; 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.
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- 'Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.'
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- 1r:22v
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- Pinhey, Louis Alexander Gordon
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