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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [469r] (942/1028)
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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I
rh I * 16 ? er T sl f n Government removed the embargo on import of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
at
Charbar m July. This embargo had seriously afiected trade.
tv ^ahdad Abba 8 , a British Indian subject, continued to be Mir
Dm Mohamed s Wall during the year.
Persian garrison.—The strength of the garrison was two officers
(including a Medical Officer), one non-commissioned officer and 88 men with
i an( ^ one ^ mac ^^ ne g un - The garrison was under the command
ot bultan Akbar Ah Khan who relieved Naib Mirza Ali Khan in May. The
latter was a strict efficient officer and held in great esteem by villagers and
British Indian subjects. He had inspired great confidence by severely
punishing any Persian soldier molesting the inhabitants. Since the arrival
of the present Officer Commanding a laxity in discipline has been noticed,
• which is reflepted in several cases of assault by Persian soldiers. In one
instance a serious assault was made on one of the Indo-European Telegraph
Department linemen. Complaints against the troops have been jignored
by the Commandant.
The troops have been put through an intensive course of physical drill
and parades. They are accommodated in barracks of sun dried bricks
recently built to the East of the telegraph premises at a distance of 800
yards.
Aviation. —A considerable number of aeroplanes landed at Charbar
during the year.
Diseases. —There was a mild outbreak of small pox in Charbar between
19th and 26th January. Two persons died in the village.
A Persian Medical Officer was sent from Tehran to inoculate all
villagers but none consented. As he could not prevail upon Mir Din
Mohamed to compel them, he was recalled. Subsequently a Quarantine
Medical Officer was sent to Charbar. t
Owing to the prevalence of cholera in India mail steamers were not
allowed to touch at any Persian ports below Bushire on the up trip.
Gwadur.
Mr. Lai Khan the former British Agent died on 28th October by hang
ing himself with a rope while in a state of temporary insanity. His duties
were temporarily performed by Mr. Abdur Rahim, a former Agent in
retirement at Gwadur- He was relieved by Mr. Waris Ali, a clerk in the
Bahrein Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
on the 25th December.
Wali. —Ali bin Hamud was His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and
Oman’s Wali at Gwadur throughout the year.
Police. —There are no police here. Several thefts of the goods of the
British Indian traders have occurred in the past two years. No culprit
has been traced in any of these cases.
The Wali has 25 irregular Arab soldiers under him. Of them two
work under the Collector of Customs and the rest take their duties by turns
in the Sultani fort built against raiders-
Sultan’s Customs —Seyed Ahmed Efiendi was in charge of the
Sultan’s Customs throughout the year.
Aviation. —A considerable number of planes landed at Gwadur during
the year including the “Iris” with the Under Secretary of State for Air as
a passenger.
Two observers of the Indian Meteorological Department are accom
modated in the telegraph quarters at Gwadur.
Local events. —Locusts made their appearance in the months of
January and March and caused much damage to the harvest in Gwadur
(territory.
Several earthquake shocks were felt here on three occasions in January.
The one of 11 th January was said to have lasted about seconds causing
much damage to buildings-
71(C) F&PD
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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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