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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [491r] (986/1028)
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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1 he disposition of the forces in the Bushire area was estimated to be
roughly as follows at the beginning and close of the year: —
1st January. 31st December.
Bushire
260
men
186
men
Borazjun
60
yy
240
yy
Behbehan
300
yy
110
v
Dilwar
3
>>
3
yy
L ngah
2b
yy
21
yy
Danhti
50
yy
Dilam
15
yy
3
men.
Section 6.
A viation.
The work of preparing the route for the Imperial Airways Ltd., service
from Cairo to Karachi was continued. Colonel Shelmerdine, representing
the Air Ministry, and Mr. Wolley Dod, representing Imperial Airways,
Ltd., toured the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, selecting suitable aerodromes and propos
ing improvements to those in existence.
On the 26th March two Danish aviators, Lieutenants Botved and Her-
chend, arrived from ’Iraq on their flight from Copenhagen to Tokio. They
left the next day.
On the 13th April Captains Loriga and Gallanza, Spanish aviators,
passed through on their flight from Madrid to the Philippines.
On the 16th May Lieutenant Herchend returned on his way back to
Copenhagen, and left the next day.
On the 13th July Mr. (now Sir Alan) Cobham arrived on his sea-plane
flight to Australia, and left for India the next day. He passed through
again on the 26th on his return flight to England.
On the 26th December, Messrs. Stack and Leete arrived on their Moths
en route to India. This was the first long distance flight on such small
machines. *
Section 7.
The Political Situation.
Politically, as regards Bushire, the year has been a quiet one. The
Shah’s coronation was celebrated at Bushire on the 24th, 25th and 26th
April, when the town was gaily decorated and illuminated. There was not
very much enthusiasm in the town over these celebrations, which were re
garded very generally as merely another excuse for a holiday.
In the summer the Shah agreed to the replacement of military gover
nors by civilians—more or less throughout the country. It is interesting
also to note that about the same time the Amniyeh (Security) Department
took over from the Military the issuing of licenses to persons wishing to
possess rifles.
The elections to the sixth Mejlis passed off quietly, with about the
same amount of jobbery and corruption as usual. Shaikh Ah Dashti and
Nizam us Sultaneh were elected by large majorities for Bushire the sitting
member Mirza Ali Kazaruni, being the only other candidate to obtain many
votes Shaikh Ali Dashti is the editor of the Tehran newspaper Shafagh-
i-Surkh ” and Nizam us Sultaneh is the son of the previous Governor
General’ for Ears, and may be described as a local absentee landlord ot little
importance. .
The end of the year found nobody in Bushire very interested in poli
tics, and the military in a somewhat less important position politically than
they had been for some time past.
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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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