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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [15v] (35/1028)
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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SECTION 4.
ARMY.
The strength of the Bushire Garrison was maintained at 8,000 men.
1. Brigadier General Amidi, Officer in charge of the f ars Division,
carried out an inspection in May.
2. The Recruiting Bureau which had been amalgamated with the Naval
Bureau was separated and re-constituted with the Governor as Piesident, a
Military Officer as Recruiting Officer, and a Military Doctor, the Chief of
Police, the Imam-i-Jumah, and two local merchants, as members. They
have been particularly strict and very few exemption papers were issued
during the year. 1,950 recruits were enrolled. Of these 500 were sent to
Shiraz and a 180 to Khorramshahr to join the Iranian Navy. The rest of the
recruits were admitted to the local Military Barracks at various times during
the year.
3. The Military Barracks, the construction of which was begun in 1936,
were practically complete and the local Garrison have occupied them.
4. Major Jalayer was Commander of the Garrison until relieved in July
by Lieutenant-Colonel Karimi.
DISARMAMENT OF THE TRIBES.
As a result of somewhat repressive measures by the Persian Military
Authorities a hundred rifles and two thousand rounds of ammunition were
collected in the districts and have been sent to Bushire. It is reported that
the Authorities resorted to flogging to induce persons to give information
regarding the whereabouts of arms and ammunition.
NAVY.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ghulam Ali Bayandor was in charge of the Iranian
Navy throughout the year.
2. During the year the sloop “ Palang ” seized five dhows with 800
packages of contraband goods, the gun-boat “ Shahrokh ” two dhows with
500 packages and the tug “ Niru ” four dhows with 350 packages.
3. The flashing lights installed by the Iranian Naval Authorities at
Bushire and on Qais Island have not been regularly operated during the year.
SECTION 5.
British.-
Foreign.
AVIATION.
-Ten British aviators passed through Bushire during the year.
„ yAir France maintained their weekly service except that in
December owing to heavy rains the landing ground was unserviceable for 20
days. During this peiiod Air mails for and from Bushire were carried
between Basrah and Bushire by the British India Steam Navigation Com
pany’s Fast Mail steamers.
The K. L. M. maintained their direct service between Jask and Basrah
Some forty of their machinesu landed at Bushire to refuel or to take im
passengers. F
SECTION 6.
POLITICAL SITUATION.
Se il i0r ° ffi ?. i i als from the
banian
Merchant of Indian extraction.
Ministry of the Interior
the eansps nrwPl™ ° +v,° con ^T ,Km °f the peasantry in the hinterland and
of the rnlf T^ lymg ^ the . co ? t “™ ed emigration of people to the Arab side
mit eet the rw^i r. 1 ' ” ^'t rep0rt has been submitted by the Com-
finding C Government but no indication is forthcoming of their
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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:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
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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- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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