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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [212r] (424/938)
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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2
VI. PUBLI C R ELATIONS . . x X—^
Continue satisfactory.
VII. FOODSTUFFS .
(a) Fathullah Khan Hiat Daudi is experiencing difficulty
in fulfilling his contract for cereals owing to lack of transport
| in the inland area but deliveries are still being made at Bush-
ire by sea from the Hiat Baud ports. The total deliveries up
to the end of the period under review amount to 598 tons of wheat
and 536 tons of barley. Deliveries by other contractors and
local purchases by the Supply Department are almost negligible.
(b) u n the 28t September 9 1943, the inhabitants of >
xv hist (near Borazjan) kidnapped nqai Hisami, the representative
of Aqai Hikrnat (Kishmat ul Mamalek), and took him into the
hills. They then plundered Hisami's house and ambar. which
are understood to have contained a lar..-e stock of cereals, piece-
goods, sugar and tea belonging to Aqai Hikmat.
VIII. Shi pping and Comrn e r c e.
Tehran believed to permit the release of certain goods frozen
in the Customs were found unintelligible by the Director of
Customs and. 1 •. o to oe referred again to Tehran. As a result
merchants are still unable to obtain delivery of their goods.
(b) There has been no appreciable change in the prices
of commodities during the period.
(: ) Business hc.s been very slack. Instructions from
His Majesty's Consul, Bushire.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:468v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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