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Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946' [19r] (37/148)
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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III. CQMi^JNICATIONS .
18. Sea nail continues to be erratic, but inland postal services
have improved and the parcel post is now working. a new air
service, named ’Transcontinental and Western /iir Inc' has commenced
operating a daily service between Bushire ubadan and Shiraz which
it is understood commences from Tehran. The planes carry about
2 passengers and are piloted by Americans, The road Bushire-Bhiraz
is reliably reported to be in a very bad state, and apart from
having a b-d surface it is at some points too narrow for cars to
Pass each other.
IV. TRIBA L.
Ic'. iieierence paragraph 10 of Intelligence Summary No.l for 1947,
It w^s found that 850 bags of sugar were unaccountably missing
xrom^ the Customs Warehouses. Investigation is proceeding and Aqai
Suhai, Port Officer and one store keeper have been arrested and"
released on bail of Rials 1,000,000 and 300,000 respectively.
20. Collection of arms proceeds but owing to the absence of
Lia^ Daudi, it is not as fast as expected, oargurd Arasteh (see
paragraph 11 above) is understood to be taking them to Shiraz.
The total collection is now approximately 300 rifles nd several
machine guns.
V. POLITICAL . •
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1 • Political^ activity has been almost negligible but it is
reported that Hiat Daudi who went to Tehran to see the Prime
minister arid . has y e t returned is likely to be a candidate,
while one Seyyed llohamnad Jaffar Behbehani (previously pn inhabitant
oi Bushire but now living in Tehran) will be another. Both
presumably will be sponsored by the Democratic party, and if this
is so, then the chances of other candidates are very poor.
22. Two members of the Tudeh party, stated to have been deoorted
xror: Resht have arrived at Bushire in custody.
G.I.PETTIGRBW
His Majesty’s Consul,
Bushire.
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:73v, 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