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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1936' [15v] (30/74)
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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ordering the removal of the old Quran Gate at the entrance to Shiraz from
Isfahan, which has been a well-known landmark for centuries. He has
made many empty promises to the merchant community regarding the im
provement of roads, joining up with the Trans-Iranian railway system,
and the financing of agricultural schemes. Though a connection of the
Kajar family, he is related to one of the Shah's wives and owes his position
to rank and influence. Soon after his arrival, the Governor-General visit
ed the Kazerun, Fasa and Lar districts. Since then he has never under
taken another tour in the Province except for private amusement with his
gun.
Dealings between the Consulate and the Governorate-General have been
confined throughout the year to routine matters and have been friendly.
Apart from the Deputies mentioned above, no official visitors .of im
portance came to Shiraz during the year. Members of the Government
appear to have lost interest in Fars. Exceptions were Sar Lashkar Jehan-
bani. Head of the Department of Industry, and Aqai Bayat, Head of the
Department of Agriculture, who both visited the cotton
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Shiraz
and the sugar refinery at Merv Dashi in the Spring and toured the Pro
vince. Most of the Provincial heads of departments on the other hand
went to Tehran at some time or other during the year.
Local officials have done little to attract the attention of the Consulate.
Most of the Directors of Departments remained the same, the only changes
being in the Police Department and in the Census Department.
The Municipality all through the year has been under the direction
of Aqa Soheily, brother of a high official in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
who has been mentioned as a possible future Iranian Minister in London.
He appears to share the unpopularity of the Governor-General and for
similar reasons. His dealings with the public leave much to be desired.
The year 1936 saw a large slice cut through the middle of the Bazar-i-vekil
as part of the scheme for carrying the Khiaban-i-Zand through from north
to south of the town. After much demolition work was stopped for lack
of further funds : so a large part of the Bazaar remains in ruins and is
a collecting place for water and malarial mosquitos. The Khiaban has
also been continued for some miles south of the town and several houses
built—mostly for the use of military and civil officials. This is said to be
the beginning of a through road to Ahwaz. The road from Isfahan has been
widened at the entrance to Shiraz (to the discomfiture of the Anglo-Iranian
Oil Company which has had to modify its plans for erecting a new depot
by "arrangement" with the Director of the Municipality after prolonged
negotiations), and the old Quran Gate, which was alleged to impede traffic,
has been removed by dynamite, for it was found impracticable to transfer
it piecemeal to another site, as had been intended. As the traffic is in any
event stopped by the Police close to the site of the Gate, it is not appreciat
ed why its removal was necessary. Its main crime seems to have been its
antiquity. The thousand-year old quaran which it housed has been placed
in the local Museum. An ornamental almond and fruit garden has been
laid out near the site of the Gate. The Imperial Bank of Iran has had to
postpone the erection of a new building as land bought for the purpose has
been cut in two by the municipal road-making schemes.
The road to the Tomb of Hafiz has been remade and work is in progress
on a road to the Tomb of Sa'adi. The reconstruction of the entire enclo
sure of the Tomb of Hafiz has been commenced and the Education Depart
ment is building an expensive granite monument with a gallery of twenty
columns. A large cemetery in the same neighbourhood is being laid out as
a public garden, the headstones being used for making terraces.
A site has been purchased in the town for a new Municipal Hospital.
An Orphanage, arrangements for which were made by the late Governor-
General, was opened during the year by the Municipality. Beggars are
again on the increase.
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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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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1936'
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- front, front-i, 2r:36v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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