![Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎18r] (40/1028)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011a/IOR_L_PS_12_3719_00040.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎18r] (40/1028)")
Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [18r] (40/1028)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
feU^Euro^Tere S to strah ly^aU^stealers wl^ ^ Mail
ment was supposed to be made for their riposting by ImperiarAh^ays ange '
ftoad.—The Bushire-Shiraz road was passable for lorries and other motor
vehicles during the greater part of the year. It was washed out for some days
by heavy ram during December. The projected road Shiraz-Firuzabtd
have'been :-° SieSSmS - rates during the year
Lorry to Shiraz .
Lorry to Isfahan
Lorry to Tehran
Rials 48^ per Kharwar of 655 lbs
» 133 „ „ .. ..
197
Owners of lorries have not done too well during the year since the amount
ot goods for transport has decreased while the expenses for maintenance and
payment of instalments, etc., remain the same. Usually the only freight
they could obtain consisted of monopoly goods and Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company’s products.
6. Social .—Living conditions in Bushire have in no way improved during
the year under review. The local taxes are very heavy. Numbers of shops
in the bazaar have been closed owing to the great difficulty of obtaining goods
for sale. The few shops still open sell mostly a very inferior class of goods,
bought and brought from Tehran.
The cost of living varied considerably during the year as will be seen by
a reference to the following table :—
Commodities. Cost in February 1938 Cost in June 1938
Flour
. Rials. 4-00 .
. Rials
3-50
per
man of 7-75 lbs
Tea .
• 99
20-00 .
• 99
22-00
per
500 grammes.
Meat
• 99
8-00 .
* 99
9-60
per
99
man of 7-75 lbs.
Ghee
• 99
38-00 .
• 99
34-50
99 99
Tomatoes .
• 99
4-10 .
• 99
4-50
99
99 99 ff
Potatoes
• 99
4-00 .
• 99
4-00
99
99 99 99
Shiraz rice
• 99
8-25 .
• 99
10-00
99
*9 99 99
Bread (local)
• 99
4-50 .
• 99
3-50
99
99 99 99
Bread loaf
• 99
2-50 .
• 99
3-00
99
99 99 99
skin load.
Water
• 99
1-25 .
• 99
1-50
per
It is moreover to be noted that the flour and bread mentioned are of the
most inferior quality.
All the municipal taxes mentioned last year are still levied and a further
tax of 3 per cent, ad-valorem on goods imported into the town was imposed.
The system in vogue is that the goods arriving are valued at a Police post
about 8 miles above Bushire. One or two packages from the consignment
are then taken by the Finance Department agent and held up at the post
until the merchant concerned pays the tax levied and sends a lorry again
to bring the remaining goods into town.
The wages paid to local labourers have improved somewhat since there
has been a fairly steady demand both at the Etimadieh Mill and for construc
tion work at the Military barracks. The rates paid are as follows :
Customs
coolie
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
.
Labourer .
Cotton operator
Skilled builder .
Semi-skilled builder
Carpenter
Builders’ Foreman
. Rials 3 • 00
„ 4-50
2-50 to 6-00
„ 12-00 to 15-00
. „ 7-00
„ 12-00 to 15-00
„ 30-00
The population seems about the same as last year.
Smuggling or piecegoods and sugar has greatly decreased since these
goods are Lw g being sold at reasonable prices by the Government Monopoly
departments. But the smuggling of almost everythmg else, artificial silks,
foot-ware, perfumery, etc., still continues.
R. S. T. JOHN,
His Majesty's Vice-Consul.
About this item
- Content
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. .
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (510 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [18r] (40/1028), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3719/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100107848349.0x000029> [accessed 14 July 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107848349.0x000029
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107848349.0x000029">Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎18r] (40/1028)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107848349.0x000029"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011a/IOR_L_PS_12_3719_00040.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011a/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3719/1
- Title
- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence