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Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [322r] (644/938)
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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Mary for the British Besidenoy and Consulate General ^
Bushire for the period from 1st to 15th June, 1942./
I. MQVEMBBTS .
(a) British officials.
(1) Captain J.B. Howes, left Bushire on the 8th
for tour of the Consular area and returned on the 12th.
(2) Jap tain J.K. Wilson (10 th Army, supervising
aid to Bussia) has left.
Cb) American officials.
Captain B. loke (u.S. Military Mission) left for
Shiraz on the 7th June.
(c ) Persian officials.
On the 11th June Aqai Abdullah Ghiathi, arrived
at Bushire and Joined the Revenue Department as Assistant
Director of the Economics Department Bus hire.
(This person was summoned to Tehran about 15
months ago for trial for intentionally causing loss to the
Persian Government. The accusation not having been proved,
he has been sent back to Bushire,
II. LOCAL AFFAIBft -
(a) At the present moment there are nearly a thousand
destitute persons in Bushire who have collected from the
out-districts and from the down ports. There is the hope
of some of them going back to their districts shortly when
fresh dates can be got in the gardens.
Practically every day one of them dies of starva
tion.
(b) The Commission headed by Aqai 3adlq.zadeh had, by
the 15th June, not completed the census of Bushire and
outlying villages. Aqai Sadiqzadeh has left a clerk at
Bushire to complete the work, and himself with other members
of his staff has proceeded to Borazjan to take a census of
the population of that town.
While at Bushire Mr. Sadiqzadeh reduced the sugar
ration from 1 kilo per head to 750 grammes and subsequently
he brought it down to 500 grammes per head under orders
received from Tehran.
lor the last month and up to the 15th June the
Economics Department did not issue anybody with the 50
gramme ration of tea per month. They have now promised to
resume supplying it from the 1st Tir, 1321 (22nd June).
III. COMMUNICATIONS .
(a) Laud .
(i) on the 14th June a oararan ooming In on the
Ahram-Bushire road was robbed near Chaghadak (15 miles
outside Bushire), and property assessed at Bials 4000 was
plundered. The robbers are said to be Tangistanis who
are antagonistic to Bais All Ohahpiri, and wish to dis
credit his "law and order" arrangements «fe apart, of course,
from any personal profit in the matter.
(ii) The Ganaweh - Bandar DLlam road is now
passable by motor traffic, and was used by the Seoreta^
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.
on his tour. The Ganaweh - ^
Gach Sarau road is still insecure; hut Pathullah Khan has
captured tne four men who recently rohhed the Under
Secretary to the rolitical Besident and the Additional
/ Ob)
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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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