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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎119r] (242/1028)

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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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Minute Paper.
Department.
Page 21 . M ilitary . The Sharjah Brigade acquired
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status during the year under review. The total
strength of the division is stated to he 12,000 men.
Pages 22 and 23 . Trade. There has heen a large
increase in the number of trading companies in which the
Iranian Government holds the principal capital and in
consequence private traders are finding it increasingly
difficult to carry on business.
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Page 24 . Government sugar factory An East India Company trading post. (with f
(ycrvfto)
supplied by the Skoda frAafce /has now been opened at
Marvdasht.
Chapter 6. Kuwait.
Page 48. Depression in the industry.
Page 49,section ?(a).Relations with Saudi Arabia.
section 7(b).. Relations with Iraq.
Chapter 7. Bahrein.
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Page 54. paragraph 4 . Improvement in law and order.
Page 55. paragraph 6 . Activities by the Bahrein
Petroleum Company. 176,388 tons of crude oil were shipped
from Bahrein during the year and the total royalty^.
to the State amounted to Rs.618192. A refinery
erected. Paragraph 9 . Increase in Bahrein customs
revenue.
ah. paragraph 14 . Trade. Figures for imports
and exports show a substantial increase.
87. paragraph 18_ . Transfer of the naval oase
from the Persian side of the Gulf to Bahrein.
^ fin, paragraph 28 . Qatar- 011 negotiations
between the Sheik and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
Construction of a landing ground and petrol store
near D0ha.
47‘J5 5000 5.36
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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:

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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