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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [181r] (366/1028)
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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CHAPTER IV.
Admiin istk \ r iii )N Report of the Consular, District of Bandar Abbas and Lingah
FOR THE YEAR 1934.
Personnel.
His Majesiii’s Consul .—Major C. H. Lincoln, O.B.E., held charge through
out the year.
Local Government.
Bandar Abbas .—Agha Ismail Khan, Bahadur, held charge of the GovernOr-
ate throughout the year under review.
As reported in previous years, the Governor has rip administrative duties,
as all the different departments are now in existence with their respective powers
and, in consequence, his chief duties have been confined to the supervision of the
'Municipality, of which he is President. He is without doubt very enthusiastic
in connection with the improvement of the town, especially the constructions of
new roads by dismantling houses whichever come in alignment, for which little
or no compensation is paid ; and the water supply to the town through the qanat
system.
Aghai Maghroori, Chief of the Census Department, Bushire, who had been to
Laristan on inspection duty, returned on the 26th May 1934.
Niamatullah Mirza Kameran, Chief Census Officer for Kerman and Persian
Baluchistan arrived at Bandar Abbas with a number of staff on the 27th and pro
ceeded to Charbar on the 31st October 1934 to open a Census Office there and
returned in February 1935.
His Excellency Agha Ali Akbar Khan Dawar, Minister of Finance, accom
panied by 7 members of his Cabinet, arrived from Bushire on the 8th February
1935. As he was recalled by the Shah, the party, after a stay of four days, left
for Tehran via Kerman on the 12th February 1935.
Minab- -Malnnood Agha Al-e-Aqa remained as Deputy Governor throughout
the year.
ZAupftA—-Mohamed Khan Fahimi held charge of the Deputy Governorate
throughout the year.
Finance.
Bandar Abbas.
Revenue Department.— Uirza Mohamed Klian Naumani Director of Reve
nues, after handing over charge to Mirza Muhamed Ah Khan Zand, left for
ICashan on the 20th December 1934.
When the Minister of Finance visited Bandar Abbas in February 1935, he
amalgamated the Revenue Department with the Customs Department and Uans
ferred the office there. This amalgamation is a blessing to the pooi as
extortion of money bv this department now ends.
Excise Department .—Slirza Ali Asghar Khan Rahimi, Excise Officer tor
Bandar Abbas, arrived from Tehran on the Oth July L ■
T \ f ,nod flip house of Kerbelai Abdullah Bushiri, a local merchant,
In August DLL the nouse oi iv ornaments found were confis-
was searched by the Excise Cfficer an ^ ^ tlie in tention of smuggling
cated, on the ground that these were hou^ J n ^ Excise Officer at Bushire
from the country. A telegram ^"4 gold ornaments possessed by inhabit
asking him to quote the law to ^o Lotion. The confiscated articles were
ants of the country according to then position.
eventually returned to the owner. , . ,
Mirza Ali Asghar Klian ^imi e^egra^ ^ ^
charge to the Finance Office! £ to P 25th October 1934. During Ins
these instructions, nut left tor Aehran money from various mer-
short term of office at Bandai AW - d bearhlg of bis recall, the creditors
chants to the extent of Rials ,
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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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