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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎166r] (344/414)

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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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-17-
Jabal Faiyah
Kalba
Jabal Hafit
Baraimi Oasis
Part of the Oman Range to the east of
Bara^Lmi and Hafit.
In the autumn an extensive programme including
magnetometer, gravimeter, and topographical surveys
was started in the undermentioned areas:
Ras al Khaimah
Umm al Qaiwain
Ajman
Sharjah
Dubai
Abu Dhabi.
Close contact was maintained throughout these
operations with the 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. Agent who was of great
assistance.
23. GABLE & WIRELESS LIMITED .
(i) TRAFFIC .
All classes of traffic increased and comparative
figures of paid messages for 1945 and 1946 show an increase
of approximately 14^. A feature has been the steady increase
in traffic in Arabic characters between the various Gulf Sta-es
and Saudi Arabia.
1945 . 1946 .
Despatched from Bahrain 31,272 36,535
Received for Bahrain 23,494 29,299
In transit 51,555* 55,461*
♦(These figures do not include traffic in
transit for 'Iraq and Persia).
Aircraft services were maintained on a 24 hour
a day basis throughout the year, and the marine short wave
service which had been suspended during the war was re-
introduced. The marine medium wave service was curtailed
from 24 to 16 hours a day after Admiralty control had ceased
on January 1st, 1946.
(ii) GABLES .
The Bahrain-Fao, Bahrain-Bushire and Bahrain-Muscat
cables were interrrupted for long periods during the
but all were in working order on the 31st December, 1946.
The wireless services to Kuwait, Hassa, and Sharjah were
Tn«inf-ained throughout the year, and a radio-telephony
5?Wnlt onened with the Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited,
™ nnkhan in Qatar. There was a total disruption of
communications witil Bushire from the 19th September to the
11th November during the tribal disturbances.
(ill) TKCHNICAIi .
The Transmitter Hall has been extended to accommodate
in irnowatt transmitter (now being Installed) and other
equipment which may be required in future. Three additional
/modern receivers

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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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