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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎131r] (274/414)

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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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10.
(b) Kerman Landing Groimd.
V
Planes of Iranian Airways have been using the landing
ground regularly for the last fe?? months.
(c) Wireless Station. ,
The station is not in service but is believed to be
subject to periodical tests.
(d) The Military W/T Station in Bagh-i~Na3eriel|continued
to function with Tehran and Isfahan throughout the year*
11, SCCTICOIC.
Landlords and cultivators clai^i that though the rain-
-fall was plentiful during the winter months it did not come when
it was most needed, about a month before harvest, with the result
that the crop of wheat and barley was not as good as it would have
been # There ?;a3 no shortage however though the price was compara-
-tively high. Bread in Government bakeries consisted of a mixture
of 70 /O T/heat czid 30% barley. The barley content was reduced to
20^ in the last quarter of the year. This was only consumed by the
poorest classes. It was found that it would be cheaper to import
wheat from Sultanabad, Quia and Hamadan and certain landlords ful
filled their undertakings with imported wheat. The Kharbar Depart-
-ment state that collections of wheat and barley were 12/b_ less than
those of last year.
Prices of most other commoditie sjremair/ unchanged.
JPQLIilCUUj.
Tiiroaghout the year relations of local officials,
military authorities and others with this Consulate continued to
be cordial. The Prime Ministers broadcast calling upon all
Persians to avoid contact with Foreign Consular Officials and others,
was at first observed but ignored towards the end of the year.
The unrestricted activities of the Tudeh Party which
grew in strength during the first seven months of the year caused
the most serious civil disturbances which eventually paralysed the local
administration, certain members of which were known to have encouraged
the Tudeh and taken an active part in its campaign. During this
period everything British was pilloried in their meetings and press.;
the management of the A.I.O.C. relentlessly criticised and the
Bakhtiari rebellion attributed to British intrigues, and anti-
British propaganda reached its peak, 'ortunately, however ? in
July Dr." Ali Akbar Vakili, the local Health officer and leader of
the* movement, together with four other ringleaders ^were arrested
and sent to Tehran under the instructions ox the Prime i/Imis uer and
subsequently the affairs of the town gradually quietened down
until towrds the end of the year the Tudeh movement was completely
sunoressed by Government action and imluence passed into the nands
of A the Iran Democrat Party formed by the Prime Minister.
The reoccupation of Azerbaijan by Government forces
was hailed with satisfaction by the populace.
Indian Teachers.
The Indian Teachers of English in Kerman and Yezd
worked well throughout the year and made great efforts to encourage
as many pupils as possible to join their classes the result*of which
has been reported separately.

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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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