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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [424r] (852/1028)
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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on the beach was washed away by a storm in the summer and as
no repairs have been carried out, the goods of the merchants
were damaged to a certain extent by the heavy rain-falls that
occurred during the month of December.
The relations between the British Indian traders and
the Director of the Sultan 1 s customs seem to have been
cordial during the year.
Police.— A>s a result of there being no police force at
(xwadur, four thefts were reported during the year. The
victims in each case were British Indian traders. One Shakar
Ali who durir^g the riots stole some clothes, etc. from the
house of a Khoja, was arrested in Pasni while disposing of them.
For this he was tried by the Naib
Wazir
Minister.
-i-Azam Kalat State
at Turbat and subsequently sent to Gwadur. While in the Wall’s
custody he managed to escape to Ormara where he was re-arrested
Riots.— On the 24th March communal trouble occurred between
Sunni subjects of the Sultan and Khoja British Indian subjects
over a Sunni mosque which had been desecrated. The Khoja
community was blamed for this act and in the disturbance
which ensued a Khoja died of a pistol wound, another Khoja
was wounded by a sword and two others beaten by lathis.
Three of the Sultan’s subjects were arrested and placed in
custody by the Wall and six Khojas were detained in the
building of the British Agent G-wadur pending enquiry of the
case by a Sultan’s official. The Khoja community closed
their shops and remained shut up in their Jamaat Khana.
The funeral of the deceased Khoja occurred without an
incident. A number of levies were sent from Muscat to Gwadur,
and had a good effect in restoring confidence. A shani court
enquiry was held by a Qazi specially sent from Muscat for
the purpose. He took to Muscat one Essa accused of shooting
the deceased Khoja and also two women who were Sultan’s subjects.
The Khojas who were detained in the building of the British
Agents were released. As the enquiry held by the
Qazi/
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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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- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
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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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