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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [90r] (192/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. 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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III. EDUCATION.
For most of the year, the Saidieh Schoil was only
able to run under make-shift arrangements. The teachers
recruited from Palestine during the previous year resigned
in May due to the Muscat Government's refusal to increase
their pay. The Headmaster, Anwar al Khatib, proceeded on
leave to Palestine in July, and later informed the Sultan of
his intention not to return A new Headmaster and three
teachers were recruited from Palestine and expected to reach
Muscat at the close of the year. Pending their arrival, the
school was placed in the charge of Saiyid Thuwaini bin Shihab.
The result of these circumstances was that attendance fell
from an average of 130 in the previous year to 90.
IV. GEI'IERAL COMMUNICATIONS .
(1) Muscat continued to be in direct cable commu
nications with Aden, Bahrain and Bushire throughout the year.
The Karachi cable was broken - apparently in several places
by the earthquake reported in the Arabian Sea on the 2Bth,
November.
(2) The Royal Air Force wireless station was closed
in March.
(3) At the close of the year, arrangements were
completed for an airmail service to Muscat but its introduc
tion had to be postponed owing to mechanical defects in the
only launch available for the carriage of mails between Muscat
and Ras al Hadd.
V. TRANSPORT .
Ebcbernal: Only 15 mail steamers from India and
13 from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports called at Muscat during the
year.
The A.I.O.C. oil Tanker "Khuzistan' 1 made 5 trips
( to Muscat»
VI. POLICE .
Mohammad Jawad Darwesh was in charge of the Police
Force for the year.
VII. DKFRNCE .
Major L.B. Hirst, 10th Gurkha Rifles continued
to hold the post of Military Adviser to His Highness the Sultan.
A copy of his report to His Highness the Sultan
is attached.
VIII. ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL INDIAN NAVY .
The following of His Majesty's ships visited Muscat
during the year.
H.M.S. !, Sea Belle" on the 20th February and 24th
April
H.M.S."Neyrou" on the 11th May.
h .M .i .S.^Lawrence 11 on the 23rd June.
H.M.I.S."Madras 11 on the 23rd June, 25th July, 6th
August and 7th October.
h .M.I.S."Karachi"
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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up 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. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
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- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, 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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