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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [181v] (367/1028)
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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approached the Police and the judicial authorities to stop him from going, but
he managed his escape quietly. The police sent telegrams to the intermediate
towns to have him returned, but nothing has been heard.
Minab- -Aghai Nazimi, Excise Officer for Minab, arrived from Tehran via
Bushire on the 6th July, and proceeded to join his appointment on the 10th July 4
1934. He was in charge until the post was finally abolished in Bandar Abbas
and Minab in September 1934.
Lingah .—Mirza Hassan Khan Dariabaghi, held charge as Director of Reve
nue from November 1934.
National Bank of Iran .—Aqeyi Zainal Abedin Khan Montazini remained as
Manager of the local bank throughout the year.
Two officials of the National Bank of Iran, Sayyed Inayatullah Tabatabi
(younger brother of the famous Sayyed Ziya, the earstwhile Iranian Prime
Minister and Dictator) and Mr. Joseph, arrived on inspection duty from Kerman
and Busbire on the nth and 6th December 1934, respectively. The former went
to Bushire on the 13th and the latter proceeded to Kerman on the 8th December
1934.
In April 1934, some 900 bars of silver were landed at Bandar Abbas from
England in transit to India via Kerman and Zahidan, most of the consignment
being handled by the local branch of the National Bank. In May last the
Ittefagheyeh k Co., received a telegram from Bombay that the Government of
India had put a stop to the importation of silver in transit from England to
India via Zahidan. This caused much embarrassment and the dealers, includ
ing the National Bank of Iran, were holding up their consignments of about
1,500 bars. They were eventually obliged to ship to Bombay by B. I. Steamers.
^ The selling quotations of the Bank on London and Bombay during the year
under report were as follows :—
On London—
Rials.
Highest
62-50 per£.
Lowest
66-00 „
Average
■ • • • .. .. .. 78-C0 „
On Bombay—
Highest
620 per Rs. 100.
Lowest
4£9 „
Average
580 „
Post and Telegraphs.
Bnndai Abbas. Agha Mirza Ibrahim Khan Arbabi remained in charge as
Director of Posts and Telegraphs throughout the year.
I aruaz, Director ot Posts and Telegraphs for Gulf Ports, who travelled to
J ask 1 a air, armed at Bandar Abbas on inspection duty on the 27th September
and left for Bushire on the 11th October 1934.
I he '\ork ot repairing the telegraph lines on Kishm Island, which links
iandai A »bas b\ cable to Henjam, had been taken in hand by the local Tele
graph authorities at the beginning of the financial year, with a view to establish
ing direct communication between the two places.* At the time of writing this
report, the cable portion of this line still remains to be repaired.
Di No\ ember, Mirza Najaf Azari, Accountant and Cashier of the local Post
mice who misappropriated Government money to the value of Rials 6,300 and
hec in disguise to the opposite Arab Coast, was pursued by 2 Policemen from
Kishm m civilian dress who discovered him in Khasab and with the help of the
Nieikh arrested and brought him to Bandar Abbas for trial. This unprece-
i out eel action on the part of the Sheikh of Khasab in surrendering an Iranian
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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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