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'Administration Reports for 1947' [56r] (111/128)
The record is made up of 1 file (62 folios). It was created in 1948. 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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are made to bore either art i si an wells or locate some other natural
V. i
source. (Che town gets its drinking water supply from the temporary
wells dug in purely sandy soil towards northern side of the town '
just between the Sast and West Bays near the 5brt in the narrowest
place of the projected strip. Water is slightly saltish, but other
wise is considered quite fit for human consumption. Bo particular
complaint has ever been reported which would suggest possibility
of its containing any injurious substance. Guadue has a temperate
climate and is considered to be one of the most healthy place in
the coastal towns of the Gulf.
4. Guadur is also wellknown for trade. On the Mekran coast
it is the only port which serves as the distributing centre for
the produce of Mekran, such as Ghee, cotton, wheat, cereals, dates
goat-hair and wool. Its indigenous produce is fish which is famous
both for quality as well as va&Lety, and also provide main source
of occupation to the local inhabitants of the place. Prosperity of
the whole town depends on the fish trade mainly which after being
salted and dried is exported mostly to Colombo and some to Hongkong
5. 3ur and Pishukan are the two subsidiary small ports
which fall under the jurisdiction of Guadur. (The former is situated
on the mouth of the east bay on the main coast and is about 12
miles by land route from Guadur, while the latter is on the same
coast in the West Bay about 2o miles by land. Population of Sur is
estimated at looo and that of Piehukan at 15oo. Both these ports
are exclusively dependent on fish trade.
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j i 6. She Government of Muscat and Oman in the welfare of
its subjects and those living under its protection some time ago
decided to improve the general conditions of Guadur by introducing 1
executive and municipal reforms in its dependency at the cost of
heavy expenditure. As a result of this commendable decision, a post
of Administrator was created and K.B.Abdul Hai, MM; a learned and
experienced retired officer of the Government of India was appointee
in that post on contract basis with a view to execute various
schemes and proposals connected with reforms. Khan Bahadur, however,'
could not make much progress due to non-availability of medical, *
educational and other technical staff which the Government had
sanctioned for this pupose and eventually after about nine months
stay was compelled to relinquish charge of his duties on account
of a sudden attack of serious illness. The post of administrator
after Khan Bahadur's departure in September 1946, remained vacant
when it was again filled up by the undersigned in the end of Feb-
ruaiy, 1947 whose services had been requisitioned on deputation
from the Baluchistan Administration by the Government of Muscat
and Oman.
?• It was ofcourse obvious from the very begining that no
practical ..•••
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The file contains unpublished typescript Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the year 1947, starting with the Report of 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. , Bahrain, followed by Reports for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (including The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Qatar); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait; and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat. The Reports cover political developments; oil and oil companies; aviation matters; trade and economic matters; lists of officials; details of local government; Ruling Families; customs; shipping; transport; communications; the administration of justice; medical matters; Royal Navy (RN), Royal Indian Navy (RIN), and Royal Air Force (RAF); notable visitors to the Gulf; meteorological information; slavery and piracy; pearling; date gardens in Kuwait; French and American interests in Muscat; missionary work in Muscat; a report on Gwadur [Gwadar] written by 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. , Muscat; and a separate report on Guadur [Gwadar] written by the Administrator there.
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- 1 file (62 folios)
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The Report of 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. , Bahrain appears at the front of the file, followed by the Reports of the various Political Agencies.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 62, the last folio but one before the back cover. These 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.
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- IOR/R/15/1/721
- Title
- 'Administration Reports for 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:63v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence