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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [56v] (117/1028)
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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are finished and it is now proposed to import weaving machinery if an ex
change permit can be obtained. Production of yarn was kept up for part of
the year, until stocks accumulated which could not be disposed of. The
selling price dropped from Rials 70 to Rials 48 per bundle. Since then only
two shifts of one hundred and fifty workers each have been employed and
the null at present is only working five days in the week.
58. The spinning mill owned by Dehqan Brothers, attached to the Elec
tric Company, commenced production at the No Rouz. 30-count yarn is
turned out, which does not compete with the other mill. Some was shipped
to Germany m the summer. A plan for a second mill has not been proceeded
of). The Directors of these mills formed a subsidiary company which
operates the cotton ginning plants in Shiraz and other parts of the Province
m co-operation with the Wool and Cotton Company.
60. An establishment started by the Agricultural Bank is producing
handwoven cloth and smaller articles. The looms were obtained from India
and machines for making ribbons and shoelaces from Japan. The looms are
soul or hired to weavers on an instalment plan, payment being effected bv
sale of the products of the looms. Apprentices are trained. ^
f CfVp 6 f ars Electric Company has ordered a new British diesel engine
Of h H ' P " rf ? haS rei " amed , ln tlle Customs at Bushire throughout most
of the year It has now been cleared, but difficulties have arisen over the
payment of a foreign expert required to erect it. As from the No Rouz a
en-hour service was given for town lighting, starting at sunset. The nrice
per unit was at the same time reduced from Rials 5 to Rials 3-50 Since
the cotton mill started working the plant has been overloaded.
62. The Khollar Wine
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
continued to produce wine spirits and
various liqueurs, a small quantity being supplied to Tehran and other cen
tres. A German engineer is in charge
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64. The Industrial Companies in operation at the end of the year were
Sherket-i-Sahami Nassaji-i-Fars (Pars Manufacturing Co )
fcherket- 1 -Sahami Bargh-i-Fars (Pars Electric Co.). °
Sherket-i-Sanayi-dasti (Handicrafts Co.).
Sherket-i-Khollar-i-Fars (Khollar Wine Co.).
65. The Government Sugar Refinery at Merv m „
Shiraz, re-opened for the winter season in November. ’ m leS nortl1 of
66 . Military affairs .—The strength of the Fir«? TW™*
the same. There have been various G , msion remains about
of the Province during most of the year The^Sh - ° n i' dty in < ^ i ^ eren t parts
pleted and training has proceeded as usuaJ UnrestlnKut^ ^ n ° W C ° m '
a military expedition in the autumn General kn^u^ 1 " necessita ted
General Officer in Command by General Amidh Z dl6h Was re P la “d as
• 16 Road ^ uarcls ^ mnieh ) have been kent im
incidents occurred in Laristan with smugglers nnr/C ^ 1 to , st ^ en S tl1 - Various
an attack on a post near Bar in Septemblf The Offi P n had to be sent after
was suspended in December and a new and ene^^ mandi ng Amnieh
has taken over. CA,nd ener getic Colonel from Tehran
68 . British interests Tho PnncUe.T
Watkinson throughout the year. His MaLtX C ° f Mr ' A - E '
April 4 to May 3 and again from OetobeMOL lf T V1Slted Isfahan fr «m
Visit to Tehran. Mr. T H . Yo“ng ActW 6 , and also paid a
le d M n °p T nu , ar y 3 and was succeeded by Mr rTT S ii iraz ’ left for
and Mr. R. Cecil were attached to the Conflate f G ' SareI1 ' Mr - Sarell
year, a part of which was spent in Isfahan ivr_ n f , a ' n .f u f§ e dut y during the
Kingdom on Hint- 1 ........ c* . . _ • alr. Cecil left for the United
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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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