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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [62r] (124/938)
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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CQLLUNICATIONS.
1L„. The repair of the Bushire-Sangi road has
been almost completed by the Municipality. 'At one
1 o nt an experiment of mixing sand and earth with
cr .de oil has been carried out. The repairs are
very r> igh and ready and the road will soon fall into
a b-'d state once more.
ANGLO-IRANIAN RELIEF .
122. The Committee met during the fortnight to
allot 5,000 yards of white calico and to arrange for
the distribution of the gur which arrived recently
from India. The Committee decided on a wide dis
tribution of the calico so that at least some of it
would reach practically every locality of size in
the Governorate area. To guard against sale of the
calico, it will be distributed in metre-strips. The
selling of Gur cheap to the poor is an experimental
measure and the whole of the 5 tons will be allotted
to Bushire town. Lists of deserving recipients are
being drawn up for some 15 different areas of the
town. At the request of H.li.Consul, these lists
are to be drawn up with special care and will remain
on the books of the committee as a permament list of
the needy poor thus saving time and trouble in future
distributions.
The Committee accepted H.i.Consul's sugg
estion for a free meal to be given to the poor in four
quarters of the town at noon on Nauruz day.
BUGHIRB AERODROME.
123. The work of renewing the side and centre
markings of the runways with crude oil has been completed.
AHRAIvl .
124. The visit of H.M.Consul and the Governor of Bushire
was well received, particularly, no doubt, because of the
attendant largesse in the form of cloth and medical
relief. The latter was much needed as it was found
that trachoma was widespread among the population and
much worse than at any other place visited so far by
the Mobile Dispensary. As the results of the trachoma
are likely to be appalling, ( the many hundreds of
children affected being threatened with early blindness,)
H.M.Consul offered to send Rais Ali a trained man for a
15 day period to give free eye-drops dally to affected
persons. Periodical treatment on these lines is consider
ed by the Assistant Surgeon to be capable of combating
trachoma to a great degree. Rais Ali gratefully
accepted the offer which will be financed from A.P.R.R.F.
funds at a very moderate expenditure.
Doubtless ” Surush” will draw the triumphant
conclusion that Consul is highly concerned to con
serve the eyesight of Rais All’s present and future gun
men for the better use of British rifles against the
Central Government, But it will be a pity to allow
irresponsible and empty Tudeh clamour to interfere with
a reasonable and highly defensible policy of friendly
contact with townsmen and tribesmen alike. A policy
of fighting the Tudeh by giving it nothing % to t a lk
about can be carried too far if it means fainthearted
withdrawal from contact with elements with which it is
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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.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:468v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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