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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [464r] (932/1028)
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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■the struggles between the local political parties and he has throughout re
mained on friendly terms with this Consulate. He has suffered a good deal,
particularly during the first few months, from kidney trouble and though
ready to take up any matter brought personally to his notice has left most
of the Consulate work to his assistant, Rustam Khan Isfandiari.
On September 20 th he went to Tehran by aeroplane to discuss the pro
jected expedition to Baluchistan with His Majesty. He returned to Ker
man on October, 6 th.
His Excellency made considerable sums out of the Elections to the
Medjliss and there is every reason to believe that he got his share of the
money paid for the exemption of men called up for the Nizam-i-Wazifeh.
Finance Department. —Mr. P. J. Fitzsimmons, Provincial Director of
Finance, Kerman, handed over acting charge to his assistant Mirza Hassan
Khan, Nasir, on the 17th March and after waiting for 3 weeks for the pay
ment of his dues, which were held up by formalities at headquarters, left
for the United States via Duzdap on the 8 th April.
Mr. Fitzsimmon’s uprightness of character and amiable qualities were
unanimously recognized but he left no permanent mark on the administra
tion. The dishonesty of the subordinate officials was only driven under
ground not eradicated. Within four months his successor, Mirza Hassan
Khan, Nasir, was recalled owing to a scandalous case of corruption in the
Tahdid section. The chief culprit was Seyid Yahya Khan, Shahlavi, Rais-
i-Ayadat (head of the receipt office) who was also recalled. Nasir, though
<piite honest and of a pleasant and attractive personality, was too weak to
suppress the dishonesty of his subordinates of which he received many
warnings. He was relieved in July by Mirza Mohammed Khan, Nasiri,
who remained in charge till the end of. the year. The latter is personally a
pleasant man and his attitude towards this Consulate has been satisfactory.
Opium .—In July, in accordance with the recently passed Opium Mono
poly Law, the bandrol tax on opium was increased from Krans 105 to
Krans 2-50 per misqal. Orders were also received that a tax of Krans 80
per Man (lbs. 6-50) on exported opium was to be levied in the province of
production in addition to the Customs duty at the port. On October 13th
Tabibzadeh arrived from Tehran as Rais-i-Inhissar-i-Taryaak (Opium
Monopoly) but he was recalled at the close of the year, and this new depart
ment was again merged in the Malieh department.
The above mentioned increase in the tax may in a few cases have in
duced opium addicts to give up entirely or to restrict their use of opium
but its general effect has been to increase the poverty of the thousands of
addicts, mostly of the lowest class, who are unable to do without the drug.
The only class that benefitted were the retailers of contraband opium. That
Government has not benefftted is evident from the statement of a senior
member of the Malieh Department that from the day when the Opium Mono
poly was brought into force in Kerman till the end of the year not a single
misqal of opium had been bought from the Government ambar. It is un
derstood that the object of the Government in passing the existing law was
to restrict local consumption without loss of revenue and without affecting
export, and that they now realise that the law has been a failure and intend
to review their whole opium policy.
Survey. The Commissions are still working and it is anticipated that
it will take 2 years to finish the reassessment.
Police. In February Naib-Sarhang Mirza Ibrahim Khan ‘Sharif,’ the
Chief of Nazmieh, Kerman, who was in Tehran at the end of last year
trying to secure a transfer, was posted to Kermanshah and Naib Assadullah
Khan continued to officiate till relieved by YawarSayyed Nasir Khan, from
Tehran on the 10th April. This offifcer was quite unfit for the post, being
old, incompetent and a victim of diabetes. On August 30th he was re
called to Tehran, presumably owing to the disgraceful state of his depart
ment. Corruption was rapidly beginning to exceed all limits, the Yawar
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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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