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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎5r] (14/1028)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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PoKtical Department
REGISTER NO.
&
5451/39.
Telegram „
from
Letter
19 .
Initials.
SUBJECT.
Under Secretary
1- 11
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Secretary of State
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
Committee ...
It. ts.
PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. FOR 1938.
Under Secretary
Secretary of State
FOR USE BY DEPARTMENT ONLY.
SEEN
POLITICAL COMMITTEE
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(8320) Wt.36197/331 1,000 1/39 A.& E.W.Ltd. Gp.685
The whole report is of interest,
and attention is particularly invited
to Lieut.Colonel Sir T.Fowls’s review.
Points of special interest in the
body of the report are
I - IV. Iran.
Government control of foreign
exchange, trade and industry continued
to expand (pp. 2,3,5) to the detriment
of private enterprise (of- the opinion 3
expressed to a Government commission
by the merchants of landar Abbas p. -4)
and foreign trade, and apparently
without corresponding benefit to the
natives for whom the cost of li vin ^
remained very high (p.9). Government
monopolies alone seem to have made
large profits (pp* 5 ” 5 ) *
Some/

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This volume contains 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 and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.

These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:

These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:

  • Visitors
  • British interests
  • Foreign Interests
  • Local Government
  • Military
  • Communications
  • Trade Developments
  • Slavery

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 volume (510 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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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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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