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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎96r] (204/414)

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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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If money permitted, it is my opinion that it would be
a good scheme to have a cadre of Indian Army N.C.Os here for at
least a year. On the basis of 2 per company they would be ad
ditional to the ordinary strength and would therefore not block
promotion. They would act in an advisory capacity If this
scheme were decided upon v it is thought that they would noin be
obtainable.
5. Training .
(a) Training has been carried out as usual and is consi
dered to be stex. satisfactory in every way for the work for which
the Force is intended.
Training Camps have again been impossible owing to short
age of Tentage and Transport, mainly the latter. Short schemes
are held and., as reported last year, are considered more bene
ficial than long camps, as with the type of man enlisted it is
not possible to hold their interest for long periods.
The results of Cadre Courses have been better than usual
as the standard has been set higher than previously and promo
tion stopped if men have failed to qualify at the new standard.
Individual and collective training has been carried out
satisfactorily.
(b) Signallers: All men, with one exception, have passed
the Indian Army Tests in Flag, Helio and Lamp, and have worked
well on schemes.
An Instructor, however, is really necessary to keep the
standard up. Since the departure of Jemadar Ahmed Sher we have
no one from the Indian Army capable of dealing with this branch.
The Signal Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. is good but is inclined to be a little
lost when dealing with Electrical equipment.
(c) Artillery: The standard, as before, is exceptionally
good considering the very low standard of education, All
practice shoots have produced excellent results. It is unfor
tunate that owing to lack of transport we have been unable to
carry out shoots at any great distance from Bait-al-Falaj.
During the year no shoots were carried out with the
3 Pdr. guns owing to shortage of ammunition, none havaing been
available during the previous two years. This has now been
received and shoots will be carried out in the near future.
(d) Machine guns: The results this year show a consider
able improvement despite the fact that the guns are greatly
overdue for overhaul and replacement. It is hoped that with
the end of the war this will now be possible.
Jemadar Lashkaran is still in charge and is very keen.^
The gun drill and general handling is as good as I have seen in
any Indian Army Unit.
The standard of Range Taking is below average and consi
derably more attention will be paid to this during 194-6.
(e) Weapon Training.

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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