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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [448v] (901/1028)
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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Early in the year owing to the receipt of numerous reports that smug
gling was on the increase the Officer Commanding the Bushire Garrison ac
companied by the Inspector General of Customs proceeded with 50 men in
an armed
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
to Asaloo. Tangistanis fired on the party killing the helms,
man. The
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
thereupon returned to Bushire. At a later date the Gene
ral posted a few guards both at Dilwar and Asaloo. So far as is known the'
efforts of the local authorities to put a stop to smuggling have not been very
fruitful. The Tangistanis still manage to smuggle sugar and tea in laree
quantities into the town of Bushire. Whenever the military or police have
located and rounded up a party of Tangistani smugglers, the latter havp
generally escaped unharmed with their loads.
Sarhang (Colonel) Husain Quli Khan, Hoshmand-i-Muzaffar, Inspector
General of Census, arrived at Bushire on the 13th August and left for
Mohammerah on the 17th.
At the beginning of the year, the Officer Commanding the Troops at
Bushire received sanction to sell the present barracks, and to quarter the
troops outside the town at Bahmani village, but nothing could be done to
give effect to the sanction by the end of the year, as no good bids were offered
tor the present barracks neither were funds available with which to build
new barracks. The present barracks are filthy and very unhealthy.
. In August the Army Headquarters for the South at Shiraz were abolish-
ed and three Brigade Headquarters were created instead, at Shiraz, Ahwaz
and Kerman. According to the new arrangement Bushire and other North-
ern Gulf Ports come under Shiraz, Bandar Abbas, under Kerman and
Mohammerah under the Ahwaz Command.
About 250 Infantry arrived at Bushire from Khuzistan on the 3rd Sep
tember and left immediately for Shiraz. The General Officer Commanding
m the'rnomro/septeie^ AtUl FarS ’ tWiCe Visited Bushire
On the 23rd November S. S. ‘Bahristan’ of Messrs. Strick Scott and
F °“ pa r y f dlScha v , rged ‘tr Persian Government 500 cases of bombs and 80
cases of fuses shipped by Messrs. A. & G. Valicki and Co., Marseilles
the mniUry^unt ;^ 1 " 11 arriVed ^ Tehran dUring N ° Vember to audit
On the 25th November, His Maiesty the Shah arrived at Rnshiro
MurteTrKhan a °Tn?S ied r by T Sad ’ Minister of War . aI >d Sartip
barracks m fhe omh m G . eneral Tro °P s ' The Sarti P inspected the
27* of November N ° Veraber and the wh °le P a rty left for Shiraz on the
tan had nractSX ^ Taruf troubIe a ‘ Huwaiza in Khuzis-
eress against Imnifonl/V’t, e ,’ , u *’ n l 1 lt ar ^ operations were still in pro-
mad Khan of Bampur ’ l6ader ° f MamaSani and Amir Eost Muha “'
roughly affoUows-T 0 ' tr0 ° PS “ the Bushire Area — estimated to be
Bushire ...
Chaghadak
Borazjan ..
Daliki
Dilwar
Lingah ...
Lawar' 1
J
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Asaloo
1st January.
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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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