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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎88r] (188/414)

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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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VIII. SLAVERY .
40 slaves applied for manumission certificates during
the year under report and 30 were granted. Of the 40 appli
cants 11 were captured slaves and the remainder domestic slaves.
IX. ENEMY ACTIVITISS .
Nil.
X. WEATHER .
In common with the Shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Muscat experienced a very unpleasant summer. Total rainfall
during the year amounted to IS cents and the absence of rain
at the end of the year is generally regarded as a bad omen for
the coming summer.
PART II.
I- RULING FAMILY .
(a) His Highness Saiyid Said bin Taimur ; His High
ness the Sultan returned from India to Dhofar on the 12th Feb
ruary in an aircraft provided by the United States Government.
On the 4th April, he paid an official visit to Masirah
island and inspected the various installations and buildings of
the Royal Air Force, the United States Transport Command, the
A§en Protectorate Levies and the British Overseas Airways Cor
poration.
In May, His Highness arrived at Muscat, where he
stayed for the remainder of the year.
His long absence from the capital of his State and
the consequent inadequate supervision over the various depart
ments of his Government had resulted in the standard of admi
nistration falling to a deplorably low level. Immediately
on arrival. His Highness set about the much needed re-organisa
tion with vigour. He took into his own hands the direction
of financial matters and control of the Treasury, preparing
himself the long overdue budget. His Director General of
Customs, who had previously acted as Finance Officer, was ins
tructed to concern himself with Customs matters only. The
control and distribution of essential supplies and the regu
lation of price levels, in connection with which a number of
malpractices and abuses had been allowed to go up, were placed
on a more satisfactory basis under his personal direction.
His actions soon produced a very marked improvement in all
branches of his administration.
In March, His Highness requested the assistance of
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in securing the services of a British Of
ficer to act as his principal Adviser and to undertake a number
of executive and administrative responsibilities. War time
conditions made it difficult to find a suitable person for
this post, and., upto the end of the year no appointment had
been made.
On

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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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