Coll 30/50 'Persian Gulf: Smuggling'

IOR/L/PS/12/3766

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The record is made up of 1 file (110 folios). It was created in 20 Aug 1928-5 Jan 1938. It was written in English and French. 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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This file contains extracts from the diary of the British 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. and Consulate-General in Bushire that relate to smuggling in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . In addition to these extracts, the file also contains a limited amount of associated correspondence between British officials and the following documents:

Copy (in French) of the Persian [Iranian] Government's law for the repression of voter fraud (folios 36-54)
Copy of the Persian Government's law relating to the punishment of smugglers (folios 57-60)
'Persian Complaints of Smuggling in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' an 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. memorandum from 1928 (folio 106).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (110 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 112; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in 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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English and French in Latin script

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Archival file

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/12/3766
Former external reference(s): Coll 30/50
Date(s): 20 Aug 1928-5 Jan 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Smuggling
Places: Persian Gulf
People & organisations: Persian Gulf Political Residency

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/12/3766
Title: Coll 30/50 'Persian Gulf: Smuggling'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:112v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence