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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [257r] (514/938)
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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E C R E T
31st March 19 13.
TffSncy and
15th to
r 1
I. MOVEMENTS .
(a) British Officials .
/, \ i . t "r noTVp q Spcretary to ths Rssident ^
accompanied by a detachment of the Central India Horse
?eft on the 31st March for Dashti on anti-locust
V-V ^ ieut'-Colonel H.J.Underwood, Security Ofiicer,
. Tehran^ 6 arrived on 20th March from Shiraz, and left on
22nd March for Shiraz en route to .tnr^n. Counsellor
(iii) Mr. F. Squire , March fromXhrain
at the Legation,^arrived^on^the^j.t.na^^arch -
(h) Persian Official s..
Lieut. Avar, who was
Bushire last summer, and
now "been sent to Busnire
court.
acting Chief of Police at
was removed to Shiras, has
to be interrogated by the
II. L OCAL AFFAIRS.
(a) The Foodstuffs D »a*ent has now been separated^
from Shiraz and all ^ ax^airs c.r^ _ Tehran
direct through the central administration m iehran.
0» •«« ^ afflS S -wS&m
to coii-ct »«•
r i,- ; Tlauruz clothing for the poor o.i uushi
A' sum of about 1200
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
^was^aised^ro^varxous
Mir 16 has also A offered to subscribe an amount equal
to Me money which may be collected from everybody
else.
(=) «» «ic 21 s L : taU„ft£°rt?»Sa?;h S ?Sl‘™ d tried
“SS ! P t!' The^nl sSrt, fired or. «. thloveo,
who retreated.
(d) Under instructions from Tehran the
Department at Bushire have doubled the
monopoly sugar, tea and cigarettes a.
Farvardin 1322 (22nd Karen -v4o).
Fc »dstuffs
rice of
?’ on 1st
(e) A number of tins of petrol have been cast up
between Bulkhair ana Invar. ^oO tins sent 10
Daiyir for sale, and were bought by tne a ent oi t.ne
rate
The petrol
been burnt
i 3 o. /ration
dov/n by local
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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