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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [232r] (468/1028)
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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Amir Khan Suhrabian (a Persian Armenian) held the post of Provincial
Director of Finance througnout the year and being a capable alid^ tactful
Finance and Revenue.
oincial* the administration of the Finance
Department in this province has improved all
round since his appointment. An official of this department was put under arrest
early in the year on a charge of misappropriating money while holding the post
of f inancial Assistant at Bam and Baft. ^
OpiwYL —The outturn for the opium harvest was slightly smaller than the
previous year, amounting to just over 2,000 Tabriz Mans. The amount at
taxed opium issued to shop-keepers by the Monopoly Department for local con
sumption in the province, during the year, amounted to about 3,o00 Mans, t ic
shortage being made up by supplies from other provinces.
The income of the Monopolv Department on taxes was, therefore, about me
million Kials, which is probably a record so far as Kerman is concerned.
Searching of houses of all classes of the inhabitants on the least suspicion
was more frequent than before, although the actual quantity of contraband
opium confiscated was practically negligible.
The total fines awarded for smuggling during the year amounted to between
7 and 8 thousand tumans, hut only a small proportion of this ys actuady
realised, as most of the parties concerned served the required teims ot
prisonment in lieu of fines.
As the result of enquiries made by a special inspector who arrived from
TVhrm in -Wust the person in charge of the Monopoly godown was put under
a“ In tcmnection witli a shortage in the stocks of opium amounting to nearly
Eials. 40,000.
There was little or no smuggling from the other provinces and no exports
during the year. . ./
There are no indications as to any decrease in the number of opium addicts^
Herr V Meyer remained in charge of the National Bank of Persia until
the end of September, when, his g^timi having ^ headed
National Bank of Persia. naturalised Persian Subject, said to be of
Arab or Syrian origin. _ . , ,
M Bahoshi appears to be a marked improvement on his predecessor in dea -
w wiiirfh! Persians and in the conduction of business in general, and, m spite
J"’,i p a 4 i,nt thp forms offered by the IniDerial Bank of Persia were on the
whole more favourable than those of the National Bank, the latter are said to
have handled a greater proportion of the hamong business dm mg the y ‘ •
th e e
close of the 5^ Sheikh-ul-Islami held the charge of the Police
lawar b of July, when he was relieved by Yawar Sayyed
Department until the d Yusuf Khan Khatimi, who held the post of
police. Commissioner for the rest of tbe year.
Tim nrestme of the Police force in Kerman, which had improved under
Sayyed Sadiq Khan, appears to have suffered since the arrival of the new clue ,
who is said to be not nearly as efficient as Ins predecess > .
The dealings of the Police authorities with the Consulate have been stiff an
foimal. . t i -i i t 4i ie -n 0 st of Chief Judge of the Appeal Court
Mirza Riza Khan Tajaddud ^ ^ the Appeal Coiir t s
Kerman throughout the >ear. for K erm an and Khuzistan had been amalga-
, T ustice. mat^d during the previous year and that the
1 P rt
m • 4 p^fondiuo’ the iurisdiction of tbe Bandar Abbas A.dlieh Couit
t0 Xh u^^mideration in the latter part of 1932, did not
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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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