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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎195r] (390/938)

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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Bushire Intelligenca Summary No.19 for the period from 16th to
31st October, 1943.
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I. MOVEMENTS.
( a ) British Offic ials. | - j qaa
(i) Air Vice Marshall R.P. Willock,' Air Officer Commanding, Iraq,
and Major General Baillon, Chief of the General Staff P.A.I.C,,
and staff arrived on October 28th from Bahrain by air, and lefton
the following day.
(ii) Mr. GoN.Jackson, Under 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. ,
returned from Shiraz on the 31st October 1943.
(iii) Captain J.B 0 Howes, M.B.E., H.M.Consul, Bushire, visited
Dayyir by launch during the period under report.
(b) Allied Offi c ials .
Professor Winsor, of the Irrigation Department, arrived
on •ctob&r 28th and left on October 31st (see below).
(c) Persian Officials.
Nil.
II. LOCAL AFF AIRS t
(a) Reference paragraph 1(b).
Professor Y/insor 1 s visit was for the dual purpose
of initiating the drinking water scheme for Bushire, and starting
a very desirable overhaul of the Shabankareh irrigation project.
A committee meeting was held at the Governorate, when staff were
appointed for the commendement of the drinking water scheme, and
the general plan of operations decided upon.
(b) Five hundred mangrove seedlings, presented by the
Government of Zanzibar, arrived and were delivered to the
Governor for experimental sowing in Bushire.
III. COMMUNICA TIONS.
The Bushire-Tehran landline (which is Tehran’s only^’FIL”^
link with London and Delhi) is still under a heavy strain, owing
to the Persian Government’s failure to provide adequate staff and
to maintain the condition of the line.
IV. PUBLIC HEALTH .
(a) The sanatorium at Shekeri for sufferers from tropical
ulcers very nearly had to close down during the period under
report, as the sums promised by local merchants were not in
fact subscribed. The Anglo-Persian Relief Fund came to the
rescue, and has now undertaken responsibility for the food of
the patients, the Health Department providing equipment and
service.
(b) There were no epidemics in Bushire during the fortnight.
V. TRIBA L AND POLITICAL .
The situation has remained superficially quiet during the
period under report, but there have been indications of a ra-
proachement between the Dashti and Tangistan chiefs 5 and during
H.M.Consul’s visit to Dayyir., he found two Qashqai emissaries

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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.' [‎195r] (390/938), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3713, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038219514.0x0000bf> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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