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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [4r] (18/414)
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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increase in the services of the British Overseas Airways
Corporation but owing to service priorities and the pref
erence given to long distance travellers} passages frora
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
were difficult to obtain,
So final decision was reached about a new
aorodro: e at Bahrain, and air officers concanding continued
to change with bewildering rapidity.
11. r'alforcB-
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Smith, General
Officer Commanding in Chief Palforco paid a visit to
iiushlre in npril on his way to 3hlraz. Such problems as
arose with Paiforco were rapidly and smoothly settled
with his assistance.
12. Haw .
Our relations with the Wavy remained as ex
cellent as ever, but the number of war ships suffered a
severe reduction.
I 3 ' Education.
educational activity in Bahrain and Kuwait
were much hampered by the failure of the British Council
to provide a .-Irector of Education. Xho iCuwait Oovernnient
opened a hostel in Cairo for their students. Several
Bgyptian teatfhers were engaged by Kuwait and Bahrain. The
indulging in propaganda by sosae of them suggests that the
action of the Egyptian Governnent in paying half their
salaries is not wholly altruistic.
14. Conmerclal.
The end of the war brought little relief to
trade as few of the manifold restrictions in force had boon
/
lifted by the and or the y«ar f and shipping space continued
to be scarce. Stea&ar conmunicatlon In the Gulf was In
adequate and irregular.
15 * Imperial Bank of Iran at Kuwait continued
/to
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/720
- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence