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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎23r] (50/418)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 1926-1931. 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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With th6 exception of a few unimportant surrender® of rifles the order has
been a dead letter since its promulgation and no Measures have been taken to en
force it.
At Lingah the above order has proved a psofitable source of revenue to the
Officer Commanding the troops who has permitted the rich to retain possession
of their arms on payment to Mm Of fairly substantial bribes*
Slave Traffic.
Bandar Ahhas. —Eight slaves took refuge in H. B. M. y s Consulate and applied
for manumission. All eight Were freed and granted the usual certificates,
Lingah. —Two slaves were manumitted.
Aviation,
Seven British aeroplanes and one Italian Seaplane visited Bandar Abbas",
during the year*
These were (1) The De Havilland 50 -with Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton
Brancker, accompanied by Mr. A lam Cobhan and a mechanic that passed through
on the 2()ih February ofi her return flight homewards from India.
(2) the Royal Italian Seaplane ^ Savoia " (S. 16 ter type) with Vice-Com
mandant F. de Pinedo and one mechanic, on proceeding from Eome to Tokio
via Australia alighted on the sea in front of the Consulate on the 28th April and
left for Charbar two days later. She returned from India in November and con
tinued her homeward flight to Rome.
(3) Three Eoyal Air Force Machines under the command of the Flight Lieut.
Busk arrived from Karachi in September and returned to India after a stay of
two days, conveying Colonels Burchall and Minchin of the Imperial Airways.
Limited.
(4) Three Koval Air Force aeroplanes under the command of Flight
Lieut. H. E. P. Wiggles worth with the above mentioned representatives of the
Imperial Airways arrived from Iraq via Bushire on the 14th September. One
of these machines had to make a forced landing at Basidu owin^ to engine
trouble. & ^
Further trouble was experienced during their stay owing to a severe storm
damaging the controls of all three aeroplanes, and the rudder of one. These
were replaced from Basrah, and the machines eventually left for Bushire on the
5th of October.
The visit oi Colonels^ Burchall and Minchin referred to above was ^or the
purpose of making an aerial survey in connection with the Cairo-Karachi service,
which the Imperial Airways Limited are arranging to inaugurate in January
1927. ^
In August, Flight Lieut. Moore arrived from Basrah for inspection of the
aerodrome and the Boyal Air Force Store Depot and petrol dump.
British Indian Troops.
The Infantry Guard at the Consulate consisting of one Indian Officer and
18 other ranks drawn from the 3|19th Hyderabad Regiment embarked for
Bombay on the 14th March on relief by one Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. and 17 sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of the Ijieth
Punjab Regiment. An Indian Officer arrived later and assumed command of
the Consulate Guard.
The following officers visited Bandar Abbas for inspection of the Consulate
^uard and barracks
Lt.-Col G. X. S. Keene lJ16th Punjab Regiment accompanied by Major W.
G. Strover, M. V. 0. on the 16th April.
Captain D. Powell, 1 1 16th Punjab Regiment, from the 23rd to 28th May.
Captain M. M. Khan, I.M.S., Senior Medical Officer, Gulf Ports on the 28th
May,
Naihand Base.
vr ?J r ; ^dfrey, Garrison Engineer (M. & E.) Bushire accompanied by
Mr. D Heaton, arrived m January, m connection with the disposal of the Mili-
1924 res at thls cantonment, which had been evacuated in July

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The volume includes 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 1925 (GIPS, 1926); 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 1926 (GIPD, 1927); 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 1927 (GIPD, 1928); 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 1928 (GIPS, 1929); [ 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 1929 ] (GIPS, 1930); and 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 1930 (GIPS, 1931); . The volume bears some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including review 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. ; details of senior British administrative personnel and foreign representatives; local government; military, naval, and air force matters; political developments; trade and economic matters; shipping; aviation; communications; notable events; medical reports; the slave trade; and meteorological details.

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1 volume (205 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 207 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears 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.

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