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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [55r] (114/1028)
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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the genera 1 public. During the summer the Director General of the Grain
stabilisation Department visited Shiraz with a view to finding out what
stocks were available for supply to other centres and possibly for export.
Later in the year the Military Department took over supervision of the collec
tion of crops. It was reported that 200 rials per kharvar was being paid to
cultivators, who were not allowed to keep even enough for local requirements
When bought back from the stores in Shiraz it cost three times that amount*.
Towards the end of the year imported wheat arrived from Bushire for local
use. Tnere was then only one month’s supply in stock and supplies promised
from the north were not forthcoming.
34. The Opium Monopoly Office has had little to do during the year.
Early in the season ground already sown with seed was ploughed up in ac
cordance with the latest instructions. After examination in conjunction
with the Agricultural Department, it has been decided to allow limited cultiva
tion in the Fasa and Abadeh districts in the coming year.
35. The Tobacco Monopoly Office has been concerned chiefly with ar
rangements for winding up the local industry in favour of cigarettes manu
factured in the Government
factory
An East India Company trading post.
near Tehran. Local cultivation of to
bacco has ceased entirely.
36. The Banque Melli opened new branches at Lar and at Abadeh during
the year. These are said to assist in the collection of taxes and to act as
a check on other branches of the Finance Department. The Shiraz Manager
was transferred to Isfahan. His successor does not appear to be as well dis
posed towards the Imperial Bank of Iran. He has made himself unpopular
with local merchants, who dislike his peremptory manner.
37. The Customs Department at Bushire has proved dilatory and very
tiresome in the clearance of goods addressed to the Consulate at Shiraz and
to members of the staff. Complaints have been made against the treatment
of ladies arriving and leaving.
38. The Bushire and Isfahan roads were put into tolerably good condi
tion for the Shah’s visit. Work has been in progress on the Mashileh section.
In the autumn work was recommenced on the Firuzabad-Bushire road,
which it is apparently intended to carry through.
39. An irrigation scheme for bringing water from the Shapur River to
the Kazerun plain has been under consideration.
40. The mail has been most irregular in arrival during the latter part
of the year. Censorship operations have resulted in considerable interference
with newspapers and other printed matter. Changes in the mail arrange
ments in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
caused delay to the overland mail and to the Indian
mail for Southern Iran. The local post and telegraph offices have been rea
sonably efficient and apologetic. During the summer the Provincial Direc
tor was involved in the events connected with the late Governor General
and was dismissed.
41. A telegraph line from Kazerun to Fahlian (Mamessani) has been
completed.
42 The Director of Education is an energetic err-Army officer who has
lived many years in Europe. He has improved the accommodation and the
standard of education of many of the Shiraz schools. Pnmary classes for
adults, night classes and lectures have been organised. ,
Museum was opened during the year. The Department has also been actively
concerned with the enrolment and training o °y , American
Recently a course for training nurses has been sta ^ t “4”^“
specialist. The Education Authorities have ^ lso in\he Masud-i-
of the garden and buildings around the Tom o Persenolis and
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
. The Ministry of Education a so keci^a ^gue^y ^ on P the Occasion
maintains a representative there, who w TTnatpru Denartment of the
of the Shah’s visit and of that of the Head of the
Foreign Office. Much help of great
to Shiraz during the year. T T ran i a n subiect, in connexion with her
assistance to Miss Gerrard, an Anglo-I
Girls’ School.
53(C) ExAffairsDept
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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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