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Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946' [39r] (77/148)
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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of the Military barracks and
at S p.m. it was reported tha
the house of the Consulate power house engineer had been
entered by Tangistanis Suhse.uently i was leerned^t t ,
4 »as done in error, it b ®^g believea tnat ^ rl d a ingt son . e
e engineer wno c Little damage was done ana
brj-uax w toarp removed. A telephone message
only S0I “® c °®hp ct3on Tjoskent to O.C. Gendarmerie whose line
wnfstill in ojera^on, but he replied that the Gendarmerie
could do-nothing to protect anyone but themselves.
or>n On pi ct life was almost normal, while negotiations
ks^sss w
Er'ns «wss ?ss. , sut^r.
kkn.lkri the roof of this and other adjoining houses for
the our lose On the 23rd the Doctor was extricated during a
temoorary truce, and was unable to return to ms house until
27th September, when ^h^ef visiles made for removal of
his imnediate necessities. From 2ord to 2/tn ill - - ; rf . d tQ
S^SloJces whichikangered
no one exdot civilians who were unwise enough to vemure
within 2 miles of the battle area. 0 "^ e rn ^nt flrcel °’ rnr ised
Se y triblsmln n oclupSnftS foof of the Consulate dootor, and
tool- Possession of his house which contained a large w.-.u tan..
L P 1- G S n lC3 li -i- -1 n -» -4" r\ H.V M
^a .L.vp«-ir ovnrriiinition and were allowed t-o aioparb^ _ a
their arms and qquippent in the doctors house and conpouna.
H k Consul reached this house at 8 a.m. but by that time ne,.. .
"L the movable contents had been removed and most of tno rest
kni-onlv destroyed. None of the sraTmissing property has be c n
rlcovoredf On 2§th while Consulate staff were engaged -in
salv'-aina the contents of the doctors house and removing
furniture from the neighbouring Consulate house, the/ .er^
hLhtirtowniusfbelorfthfattack! announcing that the houses
in the vicinity of the Gendarmerie barracks were going to be
attacked and should be vacated The attack was described m a
broadcast from Tehran as "on tribesmen .
oou Thrnu^hout'the oeriod of the disturbances the tribesmen
llll showed'^ surprisingly good discipline and apart from the
looting of house of Consulate engineer,
^ 0 house 0 f of a thf§oc?orrbut it*is probable that it was broken
into by the military and that tribesmen.^ho -at tine
were not under proper control, finishea me CM „, v . lties
after the unexpected surrender of the milit.. y.
during the fighting have been negligible.
G.I. Pettigrew
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.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3714
- 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