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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [127v] (259/1028)
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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Mr. S. Rajaram Aiyer throughout the year.
Assistant Registrar.
Assistant Engineer.
Mr. Fatahli Shaikh, B. S. E. throughout the year.
SECTION 2 .
A —FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES.
French Consulate. —The French Consulate remained closed and in
charge of a local caretaker throughout the year.
Butch Consulate. —Like the French, Dutch interests also remained un
represented throughout the year.
His Majesty’s Consul-General continued to look after Norwegian
Estonian and Iraqi interests. The protection of Greek interests was dis
continued in 1934.
U. S. S. R. —A Russian Armenian who remained in charge of the
Russian Trading Concern at Bushire proceeded to Resht in November
leaving a local caretaker in charge of the office.
No business was done by them during the year.
B.—VISITORS.
1 . His Excellency Ali Akbar Davar, the Iranian Minister of Finance,
arrived at Bushire on the 28th January and left for Bandar Abbas on the
4th February.
2 . On the 1 st February His Excellency Lieut.-Colonel Sir Francis
Humphreys,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, G.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.I.E., His Majesty’s
Ambassador, Baghdad, and Air Vice-Marshall W. G. B. Michell, C.B.E.,
D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq, arrived
at Bushire and returned to Baghdad on the 3rd. They were accompanied
by Mr. G. E. F. Douty, Private Secretary to Sir Francis Humphreys,
Squadron Leader F. E. Waring, R.A., and Captain R. E. Saule, R.A.F.
3. Mr. H. M. Knatchbull-Hugessen, C.M.G., His Majesty’s Minister
in Tehran arrived at Bushire on the 28th February and left for Abadan on
the 3rd March.,
Mr. H. M. Knatchbull-Hugessen, C.M.G., again visited Bushire on
the 1 st November and left for Karachi on the 4th. He passed through
Bushire again on his way to Khorramshahr en route for Tehran on the
11 th December.
4. Mr. William Hornibrook, American Minister in Tehran, arrived at
Bushire on the 14th April and left for India.
5. Mr. H. Matshushima, Japanese Minister, arrived at Bushire on the
28th August. He was accompanied by three Japanese. He was met on
board the S.S. “Varsova” by the Director of Customs and Revenue,
Bushire, and left for Tehran on the 29th.
6 . Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E., the famous British archaelogist and
geographer, arrived here on the 4th November and left for Shiraz, accom
panied by an Iranian official of the Ministry of Education, named Karimi,
to carry out research work in Fars, Bakhtiari and Kuh-Giluieh.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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