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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [172r] (348/1028)
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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SECTION 3.
Local. Administration.
Governor of the Gulf Ports.—His Excellency Muhammad All Mirza Kokni
•continued as Governor throughout the year. _
Assistant Governor, Bushire.— Abdul Shakoor Amin continued as Assistant
Governor and Honorary President of the Municipality throughout the period
under review.
Customs Administration. —On the 13th May M. Le Fontaine, ProymHaJ
Director Southern Customs and M. \ andenrydt, Special Inspector, Souther
Customs’ handed over charge of their duties to two of their subordinates an
left Bushire for Iraq en route for Europe on the termination of their services by
the Iranian Government. *
On the 18th May, Muhammad Vali Mirza Nouban arrived here and took
charge of the Customs Department in which position he remained until the end
of the year.
Customs Preventive Department.—Hxmng the year a good deal less zeal
in carrying out their duties was shown by the members of this Department than
during the preceding '12 months.
In February a Committee of Inspectors arrived here from Tehran and
arrested 28 persons suspected of being concerned in smuggling activities. After
investigations 15 were discharged and the remainder placed in the military
prison where they still were at the end of the year At the same time a Cir
cular was issued to all Local Government Departments warning officials tha he
death nenaltv would be inflicted on any of them found , 0± A b t zi g
simurolers These measures, however, failed to produce any effect and con -
£ q-e S r)arselv populated coast between Bushire and Lmgah
Sitttirtsed tn voTuSe 7 Emboldened by success a party of Tangistams
in Tune attempted & broad daylight to smuggle a quantity of sugar into
a spot within a few miles of Bushire. They were intercepted by Road Guards
! took place during which the Tangistams made good their
loape Tffie X of cfphmes made by the Preventive Department during the
year P amounted to_ some «i»0 packages of sugar, tea, piece-goods and sundries,
o dhows and 16 rifles.
Insveetion of Government Vepartmenls.-ln -February a Commission of
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all anonymous no action was taken.
The Commission visited Tangistan where they arrested. 15 persons cwnpi' is -
and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.
* u u nnnoar of this Commission’s report another Commis
sion of f 0 “ d S geaipMn^ 1 mofo^^lorries for SmW S
The StXrTw^
bags for npcoimtry did imt e^ape mspectm ^ am0Tlgst aT1 classes
fnacntainat^""^^?the Inspectors being attacked and beaten by a mob of
Infuriated shopkeepers.
The matter was reported to Tehran with the result ^ *« t ^ t 0 ^ US ^
were ordered to confine their activities to the^omia^me t ” e ' s y gteIn Q f separate
tiommissiou continued their work un i , ^ Central Government,
and independent inspecting bodies was abolished by the centra! or -
The ^ ^ 3
pierchants. . _ A •
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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