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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎33r] (66/938)

The record is made up of 1 file (467 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1941-9 Feb 1946. 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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NO. 13 FOii THE
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(a) British Officials .
265. Captain J.G.E.Bov r en, H.LsConsul, Bushire, returned from
Shiraz on 3rd July.
266. hr. T.E.Rogers, L.3.E., returned, from India on 5th July,
and assumed charge of the office of Secretary to the Political
Resident on 11th July.
267. Captein H. Shirley of the Economic Bepartment, Shiraz,
arrived from Shiraz on 7th and left on 9th July,
26S. Mr. R.G. Baubeny, O.B.E., Secretary to the Political
Resident left for Basra en route for England on 13th July.
26S. Lt. Col. A.C< Galloway, O.B.E., 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. , Persian
Gulf, left for Shiraz on 15th July.
(b) Vi sitors.
270. The Rev. J.R. Kapenga, of the American Mission, Basra,
reached Bushire from Shiraz on 7th July, and left for Basra on
13th July.
(c) Persian Officials.
271. Aqai Kha'afi has arrived from Shiraz, armed with special
magisterial powers to settle various cases which have long been
pending in the Bushire Court.
272. Reference paragraphs V(a) in each of Biaries Nos.20,21 and
22 of 1944. On 3rd July, Mohammad Ali Liravi with a band of
tofangchis reached Kisar Fort (half way between Bandar Bilam and
Ganaweh) from Jehbehan. The fort was defended by only a few of
Fathullah Khan, Kiat Baudi's tofangchis, who surrendered to
Mohammad Ali Liravi. The position at the time of writing is that
Mohammad Ali is in possession of the fort, while Fathullah Khan
is trying to persuade the Persian authorities to send troops to
expel him.
273. The pretext given by Mohammad Ali for his capture of Hisar
Fort is that he washes to collect the grain from this year’s.,
harvest from the two ’dongs’ owned by the minor heirs of the late
chief of Liravi, Agha Khan, on whose behalf he acts, and from
the remaining four ’dongs’ of the Liravi area which Fathullah
Khan purchased from Kaji Rais, and which he (Fathullah Khan)
later leased to Mohammad Ali Liravi.
274. In the registered Agreement to which Mohammad Ali Liravi
was a party in November, 1944, the fifth clause is to the effect
”In view of the fact that the Fort of Hisar was the
residence of the family of the late Aga Khan Liravi
and belongs to the heirs of the said deceased person
II. Local Af f air s

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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 of British officials
  • local affairs
  • tribal and political
  • security
  • public health
  • public relations
  • shipping and commerce
  • tribal and political
  • meteorological
  • communications
  • economic situation
  • war supplies

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 (467 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 inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; 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 2-468; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.

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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎33r] (66/938), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3713, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038219513.0x000043> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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