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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [398v] (801/1028)
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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This year owing to the rebellion there has been considerable movement of troons
chiefly by requisitioned mechanical transport and Sirjan became a more imnort-
ant military centre than Kerman.
The state of the army is on the whole better than that of other Government
departments There have been nevertheless a number of scandals in connec
tion with bribes-takmg and high handed action on the part of Militarv officers
The most prominent cases were the gift of a village to Sartip Ali Shah Khan
General Officer Commanding Kerman by Saeed Khan a well known robber on
the Bandar Abbas-Jiruft-Kerman road and bribe taking at Bam in connection
with requisition of animal transport. A Commission of enquiry arrived from
Tehran m February to enquire into these matters. At Bam they awarded a
sentence of 10 years imprisonment with hard labour to a Naib. They then went
to Jiruft where another accused committed suicide rather than face a trial Tt
looked as if the G. 0. C. would also be brought to book but by his energetic
action against the rebels at Sirjan in June he saved his skin. g
onn Tlie lj i st C0 . ns r r 'Pl lon se . ason fro . m November 1928 to July 1929 yielded about
« 0 leciuits out of 2,000 notified as liable. It was extremely unpopular : at least
Military Conscription. ^ mci ! committed suicide. In January
i tt u . . on e of the recruits set fire to himself with
kerosene. He was rescued m time to be given a sound thrashing which ensured
his death. The Conscription Committee took bribes right and left with the
result that a commission of inquiry was sent from Tehran in April but apDarentlv
did not succeed m bringing any charges home. 1 apparently
» 1 nt COnS ?i lipt + 1 T? n - f 2 r the second y ear re-opened in October. The new Com-
mdtee unaer the influence of the scandal connected with their predecessors^ an-
p led themselves conscientiously to their task. Last year it was the Parsis’who
had chiefly paid for exemption. This year it was they who were the first to he
=s
Requisitioning of motor transport by the voh^les, it is Indians who have been the
Mlbtar y- ohief sufferers in connection with the re-
The chief complaints have been on the q score°onI 0f l0rrieS f ° r m0vinS tr00ps -
(1) Ill-treatment.
(2) Not being given time to make necessary adjustments and repairs.
(3) Being kept on the road for long hours at a stretch.
(4) Prolonged detention for which no halting allowance is paid.
^slmk'rftmmandeering^ PerSian 0Wned TOhicleS d ° not bear
market ^rate^Tut'^whfch^'^woufd^^e 118 wdlhfgty 1 "accepted 01 ^! W the^1
soon as (here is a rumour of requisitioning. J P * th CarS ° nt ° f actl0n as
mstmtto^rsf^ Moh^d Khlnt Mlit^ ^or.^’ 7
Host Mohammed, who at the hecn-n-ninrv.
following of about 1,000 surrendered in Fefruary Ind walTent toTehram* 11 "
vince rntfre^su^g^/rUa^uaitv^ftr 31516 , ^ the Pro-
was to play off the^aluchSh-dars^ iff through the rebellion. His method
to extend Government’s influence wilCufprovoking'a crisis" 11 ^ ^ time
fear^ad oofnmdTan'app^frfn^ but b >' tlle e,ose of the
in Eudbar and durinf"(h(fr< 1 if>'r"^'V 1 <J "' still exercises a semi-independent rule
“» 1 " “ ”*” d
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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