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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1936' [‎9r] (17/74)

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The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 1937. 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 end of the year. In fact the formation of the first Company was sup
planted by another called the "la'timadieh Weaving and Spinning ^ 011 j"
panv, Bushire," the formation of which Mr. Agar, Husain Aqa la tima ,
of the firm of Haji Ali Akbar Shirazi and Sons, Manchester, had suggested
to the local merchants when he visited Bushire in July. The Governor a
this time being Aqai Ahmad Sadri, and the merchants being more in iavour
of this new Company than the Steamship Navigation Company, wliicn
they could not control, obtained sanction from the Lential Governmeii; or
the importation of a weaving and spinning plant and another tor d y ei ^S
purposes. All these had been brought in by the end of December and the
construction of a house, bought outside the town for installing the plan ,
was being accelerated.
Education. —The local school examinations were held on the 1st March
and 57 students sat for the examinations. The budget allotment of the
Education Department, Bushire, was put up by Rials 200,000 (£2,500) and
sanction was conveyed for the construction of two schools in Lmgah and
Charbar at a cost of Rials 200,000 (£2,500). The Education Department,
Bushire had made arrangements in the local schools at Bushire and the
Iranian'ports for some 2,600 illiterates to be taught to read and write.
They were instrumental in encouraging the discarding of the veil and in
November introduced public speaking on ordinary educational subjects.
They made some progress in collecting 5 per cent, out of the rent ot ^aq
properties (religious endowment properties).
Bushire Munici-pality.—The Municipal Council could not resume the
work of levelling the town streets because of a deficit in its budget allot
ment. It retained a staff of 70 persons to look after the sanitation and
lighting of the town. It also retained ten beds for the lying-m ward of
the poor of the town in the local infirmary, a local Doctor to look after the
patients free of charge, a local Government school, a small asylum for a
few lunatics and an isolated house for accommodating some 20 lepers.
Only in June did the Council interest itself in market prices and fixed!
the price of a pound of mutton at Cts. 70 instead of Cts. 80 previously.
The Council received its budget allotment of Rials 25,000 a month,
although irregularly.
SECTION 4..
MILITARY AND MARINE.
Army. —In January Brigadier-General Ibrahim Zand, the Officei
Commanding the Army Division of lars, visited Bushire on inspection.
The Recruiting Office, Bushire, re-opened with its members, viz., the
Governor as President, a Doctor from the Iranian Navy, another from the
Iranian Military Department, the Imam-i-Jumah, two local merchants
and the Head of the Police Department. Its branches also re-opened in
the districts. The names of youths who had attained military age weie
notified, exemption papers of others were examined and some 200 jouths
were sent from Bushire to Khorramshahr to join the Iranian Navy ana an
equal number sent to the Military Barracks, Bushire.
In Eebruary a plot of land was bought outside the town and the con
struction of a Military Barracks, large enough for a regiment, proceeded
with. The Military Authorities commandeered almost all the labourers
available and at times they took away labourers from the gangs that were
employed by Mr. Agar for the construction of his factory An East India Company trading post. . Building mate
rials also were commandeered making it difficult for the inhabitants as well
as the Iranian Wireless Telegraph Authorities to complete their .Wireless
Station.
The strength of the Bushire Garrison remained at 600 under the
command of Major Niknam who relieved Major Qotbi on the 23rd March.
46(C) ExAffa'rsD^pt,

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The file consists of 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 1936 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1937).

The Report, prepared 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. , summarises important information relating to the Gulf and notable events in the Gulf during 1936. The Report contains a review 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. , and separate sections on each of the agencies, consulates, and other areas that made up the 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. . The information provided includes lists of personnel, local administration, military and naval matters, aviation, the political situation, trade and commerce, medical reports, meteorological reports, and related information.

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1 file (35 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of the Report, on folio 2.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 37 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears 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.

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