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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [87v] (179/1028)
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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Disarmament of Tribes .—The Military Authorities continued with re
doubled severity to collect arms from the peasantry in Dashti, Dashtistan
and Tangistan. On mere suspicion of their being in possession of arms the
peasants were flogged, heavily fined and imprisoned. As a result of these
methods 50 Tangistanis and Dashtis came into Bushire and complained
bitterly against the Military Authorities and their methods of collecting
arms. It was, however, often heard that the Tangistanis or the Dashtis
smuggled arms and ammunition into their districts for themselves or their
clients and malcontents. During the year some 100 rifles and a small
quantity of ammunition were brought in and delivered to the Military
Authorities, Bushire.
Navy. —Lieutenant-Colonel Ghulam Ali Bayandor continued in com
mand of the Iranian Navy throughout the year.
This 3 ^ear none of the ships of the Iranian Navy went out for dry
docking as they were provided with facilities in Khorramshahr.
Continuing their efforts to suppress smuggling the Sloop “Babr”
caught 5 empty smugglers’ dhows which she set fire to, and the gunboat
“Chahrokh” 3 dhows, 171 packages of contraband goods and the crew of
two of the dhows.
During the first week of October an Italian construction engineer in
the employ of the Iranian Government arrived here and began building
a foundation for a lighthouse at a spot on the coast 3 miles south of Bushire
town. The construction of a small house, consisting of 3 rooms, was also
begun at the same time. They were not completed by the end of the year,
SECTION 5.
AVIATION.,
21 British aviators passed through Bushire during the year.
French and Dutch .—The Air France maintained their weekly service
throughout the year. The Royal Dutch Air Lines continued their bi
weekly service up to October when they began to fly direct between Basrah
and Jask instead of visiting Bushire. Occasionally, however, one or two
of their aeroplanes landed at Bushire for passengers who had booked before
hand.
SECTION 6.
POLITICAL SITUATION.
During the year under review the Military Authorities in charge of
Dashti, Dashtistan and Tangistan had a number of outlaws, with more
or less large followings, to deal with. While the main Bushire-Shiraz
route remained secure, off it a certain amount of brigandage went on in the
way of raids on villages and caravans and encounters with Amnieh guards
and Customs officials. By the end of the year some of the brigands had
been accounted for while others remained at large.
The discarding of the veil by women was rigorously taken up during
the year by the local authorities acting under orders from Tehran, and
various methods of pressure were brought to bear towards this end. Gene
rally speaking the change has been accepted fairly philosophically. The
women, at any rate the younger and more good-looking of them, show no
objection to exposing their faces. Some of the husbands object but mainly
—it is said—on financial grounds. As long as their wives wore the all-
enveloping chaddar little possibility of feminine competition in dress was
possible. With the abolition of the chaddar, however, this competition has
now begun and to dress their wives costs husbands considerably more.
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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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