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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [269r] (542/1028)
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 V.
Administration Report of His Majesty’s Consulate^ Kerman, for the year
1932.
A.— British Interests.
1. His Majesty’s Consulate—personnel—Mr. Gr. A. Richardson, O.B.E., held
the officiating charge of the Consulate (in addition to holding the appointment
of His Majesty’s Consul, Bandar Abbas) till the forenoon of the 9th December
w hen he was relieved by Captain C. H. Lincoln, O.B.E., from Mohammerah.
Khan Bahadur Abdul Alim, L.K., held the post of Indian Attache to His
Majesty’s Consul, throughout the year.
2. Consulate Work. — (a) 34 British subjects were registered at the Consulate
during the year, the number registered during 1931 being 54.
(h) The campaign of espionage on the Consulate on behalf of the Police
authorities continued throughout the year. A certain Mirza Darwish, a Persian
subject who was formerly a
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
in the British Vice-Consulate, Bam, but since
its closing down in 1906, kept on supplying local news to the Consulate, was
arrested in Bam by the Police authorities on the 26th Jailuary and sent to Kerman
where he died on the 9th March in the Police lock-up.
The anniversary of H. I. M. the Shah’s Birthday and the Nauruz were
celebrated by the* acting Governor-General on the 15th and 21st March
respectively. On both the occasions the acting Governor-General abstained from
sending any official intimation or invitation to the Consulate as had always been
done before. Plis Majesty’s officiating Consul, however, paid complimentary
visits.
(c) A Hindu trader, Pamanmal, was sent up to Kerman from Bandar Abbas
in Mav to stand his trial for attempting to smuggle, in April 1931, 413 nuscals
of gold out of Persia. The Court of the First Instance sentenced him to three
months’ imprisonment and to a line of double the value of the gold. Pamanmal,
who was absolutely destitute, filed an appeal which was heard on the 28th July.
He received unofficial support of the Consulate. At the hearing by the Appeal
Court he denied having admitted at the lower court that the gold was ms, but
•stated that it actually belonged to another Hindu, Waparimal, at Bandar Abbas.
The Appeal Court forwarded the dossier to the latter place for further enquiry
and nothing further has been heard, of the case. In the . ^ ean ^ im ® . P ^ I Pf. n ™ a . 1
appears to have returned to India, his surety at Bandar Abbas (a third Hindu)
has died and Waparimal has also proceeded to India.
There were no other criminal cases concerning British subjects tried dining
the year by the local. Courts.
'■» Imperial Bonk of Persia and Trade in General.—Mr. W. Y Gov- con-
tinnod as Manager of the Kerman Branch till the end of October when be was
rXved on (rSer to Mohammerah, by Mr V. H. Glendemng from Resht.
Mr J F. Luttrell was Accountant throughout the year.
' The ’. e i s verv little to sav about business during the period under review
except to repeat what is unfortunately becoming an only too monotonous
remark— “ Nothin#: doing High customs and the new trade regulations have
lot improved matters in any way and the fact that business In general has fallen
off considerablv is confirmed by the shortness of ready cash m the bazaars.
The average demand Rupee buying and selling rates for “ Free ” exchange
during the year were .. Rials. 756 per Rs. 100.
Buj ing . • ^ Rials. 762 per Rs. 100.
These rales mav, however, be taken as practically nominal as very' little
business wls don“ in
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
’by the local Banks during the period under
4 chnrr.h Missionary Society.—(a) Ge«eral.—During the year the Rev.
li C 1 *
Woodroffe remained in charge of the Girls’School throng out
-p. /i tp nndcou was the head of the Medical Mission, assisted by Dr. (Miss)
Piggot as Medical Officer of the Female Hospital. Miss Stratton, who was ip
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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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