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Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946' [12r] (23/148)
The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in Jan 1946-Oct 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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3ir Glarmont 3krine arrived at Bushlre o;t 14th April and
loft for Khorraashahr on the 17th April. H.li's Consul-General gave a
party at Uabzabad to welcome Sir Clarniont to which all Persian officials
and notables were Invited.
36. pgr.s.ij>n omcfads.
Sargurd Parviz Arasteh f O.C. troops* Bushire. returned
to Shiraz on 20th April.
37. Shaikh Snlaiaan Nasuri, the Bakhshdar at Kangan,
arrived at Bushire on 4th April in order to meet Persian officials there.
38. LOCAL AFFAIRS .
The Persian gunboat "Simirgh" brought to Bushire a
Kuwaiti &9.£ia "Tarred” which it had intercepted between Bandar Kig and
Karg Island* on 7th April. The boat was carrying about 1*300 bags
of sugar ana some ghee apparently shipped from Aden and LeheJ pn d
was bound for Kuwait. The boat's documents and cargo did not tally
and so the boat and cargo have be n detained at the Customs* Bushire
pending investigation.
39. On 7th April it was reported that the Bushire elections
had again been postponed. Aqal Baqir Bushirl* a new candidate* arrived
at Bushire on 21st April for the first time in his life. In a talk with
the Consul-General on whoa he called he deplored the decline of Bushire
and said that the British were partly to blame. Challenged on that
score he defended himself by expressing disapproval of British develop
ment in Khuzistan to the detriment of Bushire. This was not bad for a
new-co ner* but he went on to say that if elected* he would press for
the building of a vodern port at Bushire where he would bring the
railway. He admitted that money might prove a difficulty, lie had
nothing to say on any Political issue but said that he was not one of
those persons who paid money for a seat in the iajlis. +A few days
earlier Khalil uashti* one of the present members* expressed exactly
the reverse regarding him.
40. Baqir left for Ghiraz on 26th April. He met many
Bushiris and promised to assist the Bushire Girl's Gchool by purchasing
a sewing machine* some cooking utensils, about 100 dresses for the
poorer girls. He also promised an annual subscription of rials
12,000/-. The school building was originally given as a school by the
candidate's grandfather who was a Bushire merchant.
41. On the 6th April* Maser Khan QashQal visited Kazerun
where he met most of the tribal chiefs of Tangistan and Dashtistan. He
next visited ohabankareh where he was a guest of lalik 'lansur Khan of
/ Gadabad. He then
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This file contains copies of the monthly diary of the British 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 Consulate-General in Bushire that was compiled by the Secretary of 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. in Bushire.
The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that month, most entries contain the following headings:
- movements
- local affairs
- communications
- military
- elections
- tribal
- political
- trade and commerce
- public health
- country craft
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (72 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-72; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
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- Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946'
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- front, front-i, 2r:73v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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