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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [224r] (452/1028)
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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Oo. Ltd., of Oldliara for 5,000 spindles. During the summer work proceeded
steadily with the construction of the mill building : in the autumn the machinery
duly arrived at Bushire, was transported to Shiraz and the work of fitting and
installing under the supervision of an English mill manager, an English mechanic
and two English titters was well-advanced at the close of the year.
Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E., having paid a brief visit to Shiraz in March,
returned in November with the intention of making an extended archreological
tour in the Eastern and South Eastern portions of the province. After a short
delay due to difficulties over escort arrangements, Sir Aurel left Shiraz on
November 21st for Piruzabad. The following day^ news wan received from
H M’s Legation in Tehran that the local authorities considered visits to
certain places, including Lar and Darab, for the present inadvisable. In spite
of various representations, this decision was maintained until the end of the
year.
In November a party of Anglo-Persian Oil Company geologists under
Mr Washington Gray using Shiraz as their base commenced a survey oi the
reo-ion included in the quadrilateral formed by Shiraz, Kazerun, Jahrum and
Niriz. A second party under Dr. Harrison starting from Isfahan were canynig
out simultaneously a survey of the area to the North-West of Shiraz and to the
South-East of ITrujan.
Two Dominican priests, the Very Reverend Father Dominic Bleiicowe 0 P<
and Father Cvprian Rice (formerly of the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Consular Service) aruved m
Shiraz in November and rented two bungalows in what was formerly the Inuo-
European Telegraph Department compound, for the purpose of ioundmg c
monastery Their flowing white robes made them conspicuous figures ^ iei
IlX arnSrcd iu the “ Khiabans » and at first aronsed some curiosity amongst
fho^inliTbitouts Father Blencowe himself tells the story of the small hoj who
1 ^t+ mStook him for a ghost and proceeded to throw stones at hint. Their
re^tve persons into ttTn™*
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F. H. GAMBLE,
M. U. M.’s Consul,
Shir
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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. .
- Extent and format
- 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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- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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