![Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎309r] (622/1028)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011a/IOR_L_PS_12_3719_00622.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎309r] (622/1028)")
Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [309r] (622/1028)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
CHAPTER V.
Administration Report of His Majesty’s Consulate, Kerman, for the
YEAR 1931.
A .—British Interests.
1. His Majesty’s Consulate — personnel. —Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. C.
Noel C I E., D.S.O., held charge of the Consulate till the 25th April when he was
transferred to India. Mr. G. A. Richardson, O.B.E., His Majesty’s Consul and
Assistant Resident, Bandar Abbas, held additional charge of the Kerman Consulate,
with headquarters at Kerman, from the 26th April till the end of the year.
Khan Bahadur Abdul Alim, L. K., held the post of Indian Attache to His
Majesty’s Consul, throughout the year.
2. Consulate Work.—{a) 54 British subjects were registered during the year.
(h) During the month of April it was discovered for the first time that the
Consulate was being constantly watched by 2 men of the C. I. D., especially
deputed by the local police for the purpose.
At the official reception held at the Consulate on His Majesty the King’s
Birthday in June the only local officials who attended were the Governor-General,
the Officer Commanding, and the Chiefs of Police and Municipality. Several
messages were, however, received from a number of Persian officials and notables
expressing regret at being precluded from continuing their friendly relations with
the Consulate. In July intercourse between Persian officials and the British
Consulate had practically ceased.
In the month of August, at the suggestion of the Governor-General, the manage
ment of the Zirisf Qanat, which had been under this Consulate since the summer
of 1929 and by which arrangement, thanks to the zealous endeavours ot
Lieutenant-Colonel Noel, the water supply had increased nearly four-fold, was
transferred by the land-owners to a Persian agent.
During the latter part of the year the campaign of espionage on the Consulate
increased in vigour. Most people visiting the Consulate, or the Indian Attache s
house, on business, were stopped and interrogated by the secret police on the
watch.
3. Political Fines. —It will be remembered that Brigadier-General Sir Percy
Sykes, on re-establishing the Kerman Consulate in 1916, fined a number of er-
manis for having had dealings with German agents. Amongst the former
were the two leading Parsi traders, Surushiyan and Kayaman, who were fined
heavily for buying from M. Bruggmann a quantity of yam, etc., the property
of tlmOrientaAarpet Manufacturers, Limited, a British firm. In the inonth of
July 1931 these two local traders forwarded notices throug 11 the Adheh Courts
to Sir Percy Sykes, and the Petag Company trading m the North of Persia, as n
was on behalf of this Company, whom he represented at the Lme tha
M Bruggmann had sold the yarn to the above traders. The notice on Sir Rercy
Sykes wfs to be served through the Persian Legation m London and the amount
of damages claimed was said to be more than 10 times the actual fines paid. It
may be mentioned that, as the result of the transaction referred to above, the
two Parsi claimant firms were placed on the Black List.
4 Indo-European Telegraph Department.-The Persian Government took
over the telegraph offices and lines in the Kerman Province from the Indo-
Euronean Telegraph Department on the 28th February, and Mr A Robertson,
the officiating Superintendent of the Department m Kerman, and other members
of the Europin staff left for England in batches during the next month.
5. The
Mr^Sheahan acted till the beginning of August, as Manager, and was then relieved
MC392FD
About this item
- Content
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [309r] (622/1028), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3719/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100107848352.0x000017> [accessed 3 August 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107848352.0x000017
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107848352.0x000017">Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎309r] (622/1028)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100107848352.0x000017"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011a/IOR_L_PS_12_3719_00622.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00011a/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3719/1
- Title
- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
- Pages
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence