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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [137r] (278/1028)
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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Gove.rmrate-General.-K. E Majid (Khan) Ahy, the Governor General
t]:ie f^ovmce of Fars, was able to tour part of his district and visited
iNiriz, Jahrum and Lar in March. It was the first occasion upon which a
Governor General had visited the district. H. E. again toured to the
sarhad of Semirum, in Mamassani, in August accompanied by a senior
military officer from the capital.
H. E. Majid (Khan) Ahy was recalled to Tehran at the end of the
year and appointed Minister of Communications. He left Shiraz within
twelve hours of receiving the Shah’s summons. It is thought that his
immediate task will the to complete the roads in Azerbaijan and Mazandaran
before the arrival in the spring of the Ghazi Ataturk.
ic tuc cuiiveil in liic spring ui uie uriiazi AVLaiuiK.
His departure is a loss to the Province which has benefitted much
under his administration. He is an honest, capable and hardworking
official and a person of understanding. The relations between him and
His Majesty’s Consul were excellent.
His successor has not yet reached Shiraz.
MunicipaMty and Town Improvements .—The budget of the Munici
pality for the next year has been assessed at Pials 1,820,000 (£25,000).
In shiraz it has been decided to extend the Zand Avenue (the broad
thoroughfare upon which His Majesty’s Consulate is situated) right
through to the Bazar-i-
Wakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
. This work will require cutting through
the Arq or oldcitadel, formerly the Governorate General offices.
Monsieur Goddard of the Ministry of Education was at Shiraz in July
and was consulted upon works of reconstruction of the Tomb of Hafiz and
of the Masjid-i-
Wakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
.
Majliss .—The elections to the Xth Majliss, held early in the year,
showed the return for Shiraz of the five deputies sitting m the last assembly.
This election was a foregone conclusion, after their nomination through
the central authorities.
Military.— The Fars Brigade acquired Divisional status at No Kuz
(22nd March 1935) and is now known as the Lashkar Numere Hafh (V
hss. SA- 0 : “
(battalions) of infantry at Bushire and Lar respecUve y.
The full strength of the Division is to be 12,000 men.
A Qf-ffiool of N C. Os. exists at Shiraz.
Road Guards.—The services of A .. rdan ” wa s
afield and new block-houses .were tailt during Y
stationed at Fasa, m the . : • • r . rnv inp > vear by year, though occa-
The discipline of thm forceps improv^g y f ^ in the remoter
sional complaints are he
districts. . n- Arprn v, pr after court martial, for the
One road guard was executed m N ’ g subseque ntly brought into
murder of a shepherd boy, whose ttocK
Shiraz for sale. f tribes under military governors has
Tribal. The rigni control of th incr eased and no events were
continued. The Ammeh posts nave
reported from the tribal areas^ official of the Ministry of
Mnoawim-ul-Mulk Zahedi, a former s ^ Trjbal Settleme;lt )
225(C) y&PD
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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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