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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [297r] (598/1028)
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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He was given charge of Shiraz in addition, and in the month of October shifted
his headquarters from Bushire to Shiraz. The local Weekly pointed out that this
would impair the efficiency of the Quarantine Department. Some people telegraph
ed to Tehran asking that Dr. Bahrami should remain in Bushire.
Doctor Muniri arrived at Bushire on the 18th February and held the post of
Health and Quarantine Officer, Bushire, throughout the year.
His wife holds a French Diploma in Midwifery and held charge of the local
Maternity Hospital for some time at
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
80 per mensem.
Census Department* —Aqa Abdul Majid Khan Ferrohi (the only Sunni Persian
official at Bushire) continued to hold charge of the Department till the 20th July,
when Aqa Qawami relieved him, and he left for Ahwaz.
Aqa Ferrohi was a man of literary tastes and his good treatment was appre
ciated by the people.
On the 8th May Mirza Ibrahim Khan Mumtaz, Director of Census for the
South, arrived at Bushire from Shiraz. As a resalt of his inspection, a clerk was
arrested for corruption.
Customs Department. —Monsieur A. Stas (Belgian) held charge of the Provin
cial Directorate till the 26 th July, when he left for Belgium for good after some 30
years in Persia. Though personally quite pleasant he was afraid to take the
smallest responsibility and was entirely in the hands of his subordinates.
Temporary arrangements continued till the 11th September, when Mirza
Habibullah Khan Bahruzi arrived from Tehran and assumed charge of the Direc
torate. He is a most pleasant official to deal with and is always helpful and obliging
within the latitude accorded him by his regulations.
In consequence of certain complaints made by the merchants of Bandar
Abbas, Monsieur P. Wolters (Belgian) was sent back to Bushire on the 19th Jan
uary. He held the post of Inspector-General for a few months, but in the month
of April a Commission of Inspection arrived from Tehran and inspected the Customs,
and he and several other customs officials were sent to Tehran, charged with taking
bribes. In the case of M. Wolters the charges were not pressed, and he was allowed
to leave the country, but his contract was not renewed.
On the 7th December, Monsieur L. B. Yandenrydt (Belgian), Special Ins
pector of Customs, arrived at Bushire—-an elderly man, he has been newly engaged
by the Persian Government, and is quite inexperienced, and probably too old to
learn.
Municipality .—The Bushire Municipality was presided over by Saiyid Husain
Siadat as usual.
The Assistant Governor, Aqa Muhammad Khan Zand, acted in an advisory
capacity to the Municipality.
The work of widening and improving the streets slackened on the transfer of
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Intisar, Governor, to Shiraz.
In July the Bushire Weekly “ Khalij-i-Iran ” commented on the inactivity of
the Municipal Committee, and pointed out that persons suffering from contagious
diseases were allowed to sell food articles in the bazaar, baths were not inspected,
and no attention was paid to the roads. Stirred by this criticism the Municipality
raised the tax on Hotels to Keans 60 per mensem. This raised a strong protest
and the Hotel Keepers went on a strike and closed the hotels. Two days later
the Municipality reduced it to normal rate of Krans 20 per mensem.
The income of the Municipality for a period of four months, from 23rd March
1931 to 24th July 1931, amounted to Krans 27,203'00 and after deducting expendi
ture, a net balance of Krans 3,000 *00 only was in hand.
In the last quarter of the year the Municipality decided to increase its income
of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
36,000 per annum to be raised by taxes. It increased the weighing tax
as from the 15th October and in some items the increase was quintupled.
In the month of December, the Municipality resolved to open two more ave
nues, one bisecting the town from East to West and the other from North to South.
To effect this project it will be necessary to pull own 60 houses and it naturally
meets with much opposition from the house-owners.
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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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