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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [97r] (198/1028)
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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CHAPTER IV*
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE KERMAN AND BANDAR
ABBAS CONSULATES FOR THE YEAR 1936.
PART I,
Kerman.
1. Personnel. —Major C. H. Lincoln, O.B.E., returned from leave on
the 26th March when he resumed charge of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas
Consulates from Captain J. E. A. Bazalgette, the Acting Consul.
Major Lincoln paid short visits, on duty, to Bandar Abbas and Shiraz
in July and September respectively.
2. British interests. —(i) 20 British subjects were registered at the
Consulate during the year.
(ii) In September, three loaded motor lorries belonging to Indian dri
vers, while passing through Kerman, were commandeered by the Military
authorities for the purpose of transporting military stores to Khwash, but
these were released when representations were made by the Consulate to the
Governor-General.
(iii) A quiet and informal tea party was given by His Majesty’s Consul
on the 23rd June, in commemoration of His Majesty the King’s Birthday,
to which all British Subjects were invited. Owing to Court mourning no
invitations were sent to the local officials and foreigners.
3. Demise of His late Majesty King George V. —On the 25th January,
the British communitv gathered at the Consulate to receive the condolence of
the Iranian officials and other local people. His Excellency the Governor-
General conveyed his condolence by letter in which he also mentioned his
^ inability to call owing to his indisposition. The only official to attend was
the Assistant Governor-General.
Over 40 Iranians presented themselves on the occasion and several more
would have come had they not been discouraged by the local authorities who
went so far as to post three men of the Secret Police to pry round the Con-
sulate to note the names of those Iranians who attended the function The
same espionage work was noticed on the 26th January when a Special
Memorial Service was held at St. Andrew’s Church.
4 Imperial Bank of Iran and Trade in General. Mr. R. C. Fergusson
remained in charge of this institution until 22nd September when it closed
dowm on account of the local difficulties arising out of the ever-growing
barrier of exchange restrictions and import controls prevalent m the coun
try These two factors, coupled with the ever-increasing tendency of the
Central Government to introduce as many monopolised Companies as possi-
,nd to cenSise them at the Capital, have practically killed the mde-
pendent and individual trading in the province, much to the dislike of the
1 P 5 Church. Missionary Society.—{a) General—On his transfcr to the
Stuart Memorial College It Isfahan. Rev.
duties as Chaplain to Rev. M. X. Lord, on the 29th September.
(ft) Educational. —(i) Boys’ School (Dahinstan-t-Jarn,)—^ number
of the students attending at the close of the year showed a slight mcrea
over that of the last year. . . . „ -i
ryn p -p rijff M A who was the popular Principal for near y
8 years”WM transferred to the Stuart Memorial College ^
UU •>“ *" K m «* *£» -St, £, M T f£d wK “
Indian Subject, arrived from Isfahan to assist ivev.
needed Rev. R. IlifL
46(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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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