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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎80r] (172/414)

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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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October and returned to Bahrain on the 24th October.
(v) Lieut-Col. A,C. Galloway, the
Political Agenc, Bahrain, toured the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
from the 12th.to the 19th December,
(vi)On the 26th February the Senior Naval
Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , visited Sharjah in H.M.S.
"Seabelle".
(vii) Major A,L. Greenway, M.B.E., 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.
Surgeon, Bushire, visited the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on the
6th December and left by air for Bahrain on the 9th
December.
(e) MEDICAL ,
There were no epidemics of any kind reported
during the year. The majority of people suffered from
chronic malaria with splenomegaly. Other prevalent
complaints were venereal disease, and diseases of the
eyes and respiratory and digestive systems.
(f) ROYAL AIR FORGE.
A large number of thefts from the R,A,F.
Camp were reported during the year. These included
thefts of cash, ammunition, cable, M.T. Parts, and
machine tools and parts. Theft was rendered com
paratively easy on account of the very inadequate
security arangements in the camp. In October,
however, the camp was partially fenced with barbed
wire and Levy guards were, with the approval of the
Shaikhs of sharjah and Dubai, ordered to open fire
on any person found in or around the camp at night
and who failed to halt when challenged in the proper
manner. These measures resulted in some decrease in
the number of thefts.
(g) U.S.A.A.T.C .
(i) in August the American Air Transport Command
Detachment were withdrawn from Sharjah. They took with
them most of their vehicles and equipment. A small
staff of one officer and eight men were left behind who
expect to leave there shortly.
(ii) An American Survey Party, consisting of
Lieutenant Moore and four men, arrived at Sharjah for
the purposes of establishing ground "fixes" in con
nection with the survey for an air route. They operated
in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, and Diba, and
eventually left the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on the 22nd October
for Muscat territory to continue the survey. They
returned to Sharjah on the 20th November where they
closed down and left for Cairo. Lieutenant Moore later
returned and disposed of the party's six vehicles by
sale to the Trucial Shaikhs.
v.
(Continued)

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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)
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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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