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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎42r] (84/938)

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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(ii) The shops of. Burazjan are
cloth, most of it manufactured in Isfaha
beyond the reach of the labouring class.
well stocked w
, but soldi at
Lth
trices
(iii) The prices of other commodities')in. the
Burazjan bazaar were as follows:- 1 J.;.,. J
Ever-Ready torch batteries Rials 20 each.
MalakisCcountry shoes) Rials 75 a pair.
Vi/heat Flour (with an admixture of barley)Rials 3 per kilo.
Dates Rials 2' " " .
•(iv) The sensitiveness to world events of the market
of even so remote a town as Burazjan is shown bv the fact that
whereas the price of dates before V.E. Day was Rials 3*10 per
kilo (compared with about Rials 0.35 pei< kilo before the war)
the price after the European Victory hacf been announced fell
to Rials 2 per kilo.
LOCAL AFFiilRS .
215. ^ When Aqai Safavi, Deputy ofor Bushire, was
leaving for Khorramshahr on 18th May h<3 was loudly abused as
a traitor in the presence of various merchants, officials, and
others who had gone to wish him goodbye, by Dashty the
Communist who is in charge of the Bushire Electric Company
plant. Dashty was soundly beaten by Spfavi’s supporters and
narrowly escaped being thrown into the sea.
216. In view of the fact that all able-bodied men
will^be required to complete the harvesting of this year’s
particularly heavy wheat crop, the chiefs of Tangistan arid
Dashti have asked the Conscription Department, Shiraz, to
postpone the call-up of the young men who should be reporting for
conscription during the next 6 months. The Conscription
Department have agreed to postpone this call-up until the
harvest has been gathered.
TRIBAL ALP POLITICAL .
2" r; . Ali Chahpiri, Rais-i-Intizam&t, Tangistan, (para-
nh 88 of Diary No.4 refers) who during the present war has
b en consistently pro-German, sent HAL, 1 s Consul a letter of
c ngratulation on the Allied victory in Europe.
The people of Tangistan are ^reported to have been very
si orised at the news that Germany had been defeated again.
SECJRITY .
218. A postal messenger has been robbed of the post bag
and 150 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. between Khurmuj and Ahram.
A.,II-LOCUST MEASURES .
219. Aqai Dawachi (paragraph 212 above) called on
H.M.'s Consul and informed him that the anti-locust campaign
in the Bushire area (which extends as far as Tahiri) has been
completely successful. He made an aLloigation to the effect that,
owing to too rigid economy having been practised, the Bandar
Abbas area, where the British anti-locust unit has been
operating, is still covered with hoppers.
Aqai Mansuri, the Anti-Locust Officer, Bushire,
called on H.I;.Consul on his return from a tour of inspection
which took him as far as paiyer. He Reported that all the
hoppers in the area of Daiyor, Tahiri^ and Kangan had been

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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.' [‎42r] (84/938), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3713, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038219513.0x000055> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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