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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [102r] (208/1028)
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 schoolmasters are all young, under 25 and the Palestinian authori
ties had no observations to make on their past. The educational pro
gramme is already much improved and football has been introduced.
(d) Police. —The Ruler has selected suitable metal number badges for
the Kuwait Watch, which is no doubt destined to be the basis of a future
Police Force.
{e) Bank for Kuwait. —The question of a suitable Bank for Kuwait
has been among the subjects which have engaged the serious attention of
the Ruler during the year under review. Nothing final has yet been decid
ed.
(/) Post Offi.ce. —The Ruler continued during the year under report
to press the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
for a Post Office under either his or the Politi
cal Agent’s influence unlike the Iraqi Post Office now here, which acknowl
edges no control of anyone in the State. This has been the subject of cor
respondence and progress towards a better arrangement has been made.
({/) Telephone System for Kuwait. —The question of a telephone instal
lation for Kuwait was for the first time mooted during the year. The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
has put several British firms interested in touch with the
Ruler, who is considering the matter.
(A) Imperial Airways. —The services, two eastbound and two west
bound by land machines, continued as in the last year.
The percentage of non-landings to the whole number of passages across
the territory was roughly 20 per cent., i.e., a proportion of 4: 1 between
landings and non-landings. No building or equipment has yet been pro
vided by Imperial Airways on the landing ground except a small and simple
fire apparatus in a box. Their agents for supply of petrol have built a
small store.
The local manager from Basra visited Kuwait at the end of the year
QT,ri ortnlrp nf imorovements in accommodation and air mail arrangements.
( 7 ) The Pilgrimage to Mecca
grims who left Kuwait this year was
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grims who left Kuwait this year was
Kuwaitis by sea
Kuwaitis by car
4
Iraqis by oar through Kuwait -30, in 10 cars.
Many Iraqi pilgrims now prefer the Kuwait route to that from Ncjd via
Hail. . ...
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The Ruler has given orders which will ensure the Quarantine Building
and Isolation Hospital being kept in good order.
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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. .
- 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.
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- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
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- 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
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