Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎9r] (18/938)

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^ SECRET 19^
^ ^ Jushire Consulate-General Diary No,
21 for the month of November 1945.
1. IIPVfc'iENTS
' a ) BritisiJ 2 ££iiii
r-v Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey Prior, K # C.I,E., Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , reached Bushire on return
from leave on 2 nd November. He proceeded to Shiraz for
ieita- treatment on 8 th and returned on 11th November. He
le - ' -" cr Kuwait on 25th and returned on 30th Not >mber,
385. Ur. C.J. Pelly, 0,B.E., arrived from Bahrain on 7th
3 d n!? S ^ med p har S e as Secretary to 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.
on 8 th November. He proceeded to Bahrain on 23rd for
dental treatment and returned on 30th November.
^ptain Murphy left for Khorramshahr, en route
ior Bahrain^ on 9th November.
, 5 a R tain Bowen, H.M’s Consul, Bushire, toureci
o Sa aaabad and Deh JCuhneh (in the Shabankareh area) >n
lOon, to Gqnaweh on 14th-15th, and to A'ali Changi on 22 nd
November*
388* !Ir. H.G. Jakins, H.M’s Consul, Shiraz, arrived from
Firuzaaad on 12 th and left for Shiraz on 13 th November*
389,
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‘. ir * f: * Magee, Acting Vice-Consul, Shiraz, arrived
...Iraz on 21 st and left for Abadan on 25th November
(b) Per sian Officials
390. Aqai Ghulam Reza Minai, the newly-apoointed Manager
of :he Banque-i-Millie, arrived from Tehran on 23rd November.
l. ! i. ^ Dr* Mehdi Hisabi, Governor of Bushire, left for
Bahrain en route for India on 23rd November to consult an
oculist.
392. ^ Dr. Tabibzadeh, Director of Health for Bnshire and
the Southern Ports, accompanied H.M’s Consul or his tours
to the ohabankareh area, Ganaveh, and A’ali Changi.
II. L66AL AFFAIRS
393. According to the Engineer-in-Charge, who showed H.M’s
Consul round the head works of A’ali Changi Drinking Y/ater
project on 22 nd November, the project will be completed
within the next two months. The project is designed to
tap a natural underground sweet-water reservoir about
m''U- distant, and to supply 180,000 gallons of drinking
w-vn'' per day to Bushire.
394. During the course of his tour to Sa’adabad and Deh
Kuhneh H.il’s Consul drove over part of the area south-west
of Auhneh which would be irrigated if the Shabankareh
Irrigation Scheme (initiated in the reign of Reza Shah)
wer •' to be completed. This area consists of a prairie
square miles in extent, which at present supnorts only
rou^-b vegetation and, in places, a sparse wheat crop, but
vnioh could be made to produce heavy crons of grain if the
c; the Shapur river, of which only 33 kilometres*
(out of' a total proposed length of 53 kilometres) have so
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