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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [141v] (287/1028)
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 Customs Preventive Department have kept a careful watch on
smues'ling' between Kishm and Bandar Abbas town. Several houses were
searched, and fines amounting to over Rials, 60,000 (about £700) were
collected from those found in possession on contraband articles, although in
some cases the goods were old or the owners produced their Customs receipts.
Secret Agents were employed to report smugglers. Reports were received
from Dubai and Bahrein of Dhows loading contraband cargo for Iranian
Ports.
When the order prohibiting the use of the Pahlevi hat came into
force in July the Customs had orders to pass European hats without the
necessary import permits. A sum equivalent to the value had to be depo
sited.
In the month of Julv, a Customs Motor Boat fired at a
Dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
landing
nassengers between Bustano and Pohl (Clarence Strait) and wounded a
man. The man was brought to Bandar Abbas and received medical treat
ment and recovered.
The Custom notified the public in August that anyone caught smuggling
gold or silver out of the country would be shot, no matter how small a
quantity was smuggled.
There was a great fall in the Customs revenue during the first four
months of the present Iranian year (1314) as the import of Yarn and
cotton piece goods, the chief imports of Bandar Abbas, were forbidden.
The examination of passengers’ luggage has been very strict and heavy
duty is charged on small article.
Aqayi Ali Amini, the £< 2 ?-mudir of Charbar committed suicide at
Kishm on 19th September and his body was brought to Bandar Abbas for
The export of cotton was prohibited from the 4th Mehr (27th Septem
ber) and a Company has been formed to deal in cotton. A consignment
of 1800 bales cgtton was cleared from the Customs and shipped to Germa y.
Owing to this the price of cotton rose from Rials 8 ,_to Rials 14 per batman.
Five Baluchis suspected of smuggling were arrested and sent to Bandar
Abbas from Sirik in the month of October.
4. Finance Department.—M-irza Mohamed Ali Khan Zand Md charge
till 9th December 1935. He was accused of helping Seyed Abbas IJabti
to export more Red Oxide from Hormuz than was shown m the permits ana
has been suspended. Aqayi Wazien took over on 10th December 1935.
His Excellency Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Dawar, Minister of Finance
visited Bandar Abbas in February. During his stay he reeved the to
merchants and traders. He said he was shocked at the hi Y
able condition of the town and said improvements should be ® ad ® a ‘® .
He promised Government aid. He recommended ^he formation of comp a
nies to buy sugar wholesale from Government and to sell it at a lair p
to the public. The price of sugar was reduced to Rials 7 a batma
crystal and Rials 8 a batman for loaf.
The Finance Minister ordered the Customs to hand over the Whar 4 ,
tax (15 dinars per package) to the Municipality, and said the Custom
to maintain the pier out of their own budget. Rials ^,000 the balan w f
the Customs, was transferred to the Municipality. The Finance M
said he would try to allot a sum of Rials 100,000 annually for the mprm
ment of the condition and sanitation of the town and to establisn apt
Municipal hospital. ,
He amalgamated the Malieh office with the Customs. This has
of great benefit to poor villagers who had to deal with the tormer ,
this amalgamation the extortion of money from the poor has encte . ^
The Ministry issued telegraphic instructions to the Customs, tha ,
effect from the 9th June, the cost of loaf and soft sugar for ttie , t0
(beyond the coastal Area) was to be reduced from Rials 17-5U ana
Rials 13-20 and 12-60 respectively.
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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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