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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [216r] (436/1028)
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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cellency tlie Governor, BusMre, by the Honourable
Loch, LA.
Lieut.-Colonel G 01 ‘don
The newly appointed Senior Naval Officer, Captain J. V. Creagh, D.S.O.,
I.N., in H.M.S. “ Shoreham ” and H. M. Sloops Fowey “ Lupin ” and
Bideford ” visited Bushire during the year.
SECTION 3.
Local Administration-.
Governor of the Southern Ports and Apanages. His Excellency Aqai Hirza
Ali Asghar Khan Taliqani was summoned peremptorily to Tehran on the Hst
October. He handed over his duties to Naib Abdullah Khan Mmjal the Ac mg
Chief of Police who continued as Governor throughout the year.
Taliqani toured the Coast ports as far as Charbar and was away for some
six weeks. He received numerous complaints of the bad treatment ot the
people by the Military authorities. He suggested to Tehran that a road should
be built from Charbar to Iranshahr (Bampur).
Assistant Governor. —Aqai Mohammed Khan Zand was Assistant Gover
nor up to July 23rd and from October 21st Abdul Shakoor Amin.
Customs Ad ministration. —Up to the 6 th August Shahzadeh Lutfnllah
Doulatshahi was Provincial Director of Customs when he was transferred to
Thhidan and was relieved by Monsieur Vendenrydt who acted m the dual capa-
dtv of Provindal Director and Inspector until the arrival of Monsieur La
Fontaine, who continued as Provincial Director until the end o le yeai.
Customs Smnanting Preventive Department. —The Customs Smuggling
Prerpnfce Kepm meh continued to work in a half-hearted manner. A spur
to their activities was given in the middle of the year by their being re-organised
and a Military Lieutenant made leader. About 1,500 bags of sugai, a ew ca. .
of matches aiid shoes and odds and ends constitute the year s bag ot eontrabai
captured from smugglers. ^ j . . rri
A subsidiary guard was formed in June under a Captain of Military. Inc
idea was to enlist time served soldiers, hire gun men and enlist the sympathy of
m * + ’ vf.ntlv mi the Driuciple of set a thief to catch a thief. l .c
the Tangistams cp] c - - ^ P sometimes caught unless they pay w some
rtalX a S o/ which sum is to be divided between the
Guard and Customs Mudir (Managei). .
Chamber of Commerce.— The Chamber of Commerce passed determined re-
Chamber of hovcott trade with Russians. The mam duty of tins
Chamber iTto apportion the right of importation to the traders the Bush,re por
tion of the tea and sugar quota. . „„„
The amount allowed to be imported at Bushire is al.oued by To i , .
Cl C- n , 1 - 0 vo e+nripj at Deshti and Ahram in Tangistan and on
Censjes Ov^a^ns^ is not ' to take R census in the ordinary sense of the word
huhtoasecrtaiii‘how many young men are available at a certain place as mi i aiy
consuipt. Conf ntion S .—Economic conditions were a little bot'er than the
year hoCon as much as there were crops. The mass of the people are, how-
ever, distressingly poor. # ^ T ^. . , . -ni c r ^
A scheme to set up a Spn 1 ? ™^e f vi^leactnng and ^.^Plantvas
iiTNoveiuber'in favour'of a Gunny
factory
An East India Company trading post.
? Apparently a small amount of
raw material is available at Kazeroon and Behhehan.
Education- —The Education Administration of Bushire has been separated
from that of Shiraz and now comes directly under Tehran. .
RWm-e Municipality.—This Department has an annual income of 24,000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. The sum is made up by monthly
Department. During 1933 an extra sum of 7,000 lomans was paid especially
for Town improvements.
The sources of income are octroi duties, taxes on houses, shops liquors
tobacco passages, etc. The taxes used to he collected by the Mumciiiahty^ itself
when the Municipality avers that the income was always between 4,0e0 and .>,000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
a month,
Lcl29FD
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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)
- 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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