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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [7r] (24/414)
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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QHATTER I v ^
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR BU3HIRE ARE A FOR 194 5.
SECTIO N I.
OF FICIALS .
(a) British .
(i) The Hon*ble Sir Geoffrey Prior, K.G.I.E., held
the office of
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
H• M 1 s- Consul-General, Bushire, from the beginning of the
year until 1st May, when he proceeded to the United King
dom on 6 months* leave. From 1st May until 30th October
Lieut-Colonel A.C. Galloway, O.B.S., officiated as Political
Resident and H.M f s Consul-General. On his return from
leave on 1st November Sir Geoffrey Prior held these offices
for the remainder of the year.
(ii) Mr. R.G. Daubeny, O.B.E., was Secretary to
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 Additional Consul from the be
ginning of the ye'ar until 11th July when he proceeded on
leave to the United Kingdom. He was relieved by Mr. T.E.
Rogers, M.B.E., who held the office of Secretary until
7th October when he proceeded on leave to the United King
dom. Captain R.G. Murphy acted as Secretary from 2nd
October to 8th November, when he was relieved by Mr. C.J.
Pelly, O.B.E., who held the office of Secretary and
Additional Consul, Bushire, for the remainder of the year.
(iii) Mr. T.E. Rogers, M.B.E., held the office
of l!,M f s Consul, Bushire, from the 1st January to 9th May,
when he was relieved by Captain J.C.E. Bowen, who was H.M 1 s
Consul for the remainder of the year.
(iv) The office of H.M's Vice-Consul, Bushire
was held as follows
1st January to 8th May, Mr. T.E. Rogers, M.B.E.,
9th May to 31st December, Capt.' J.C.E. Bowen.
(v) The office of Under Secretary to the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
was held by Mr. J.Croning,I.S.0.,
M.B.E., throughout the year except for the period from 7th Sept
/ember 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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- 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