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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎48r] (95/1069)

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The record is made up of 1 file (533 folios). It was created in 29 Jun 1931-31 Aug 1939. 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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Diary of His Majesty’s Consulate, Kerman, No. 8, for the month of August 1932.
Personal.
120 . His Majesty’s Officiating Consul paid
a visit to Sirjan in the middle of the
month.
Local Officials.
121. Muhammad Hassan Mirza, Daulat-
shahi, the Provincial Director of Finance,
Kerman, left on transfer to Tabriz on the
12th, handing over temporary charge to
Sultan Ibrahim Khan, Ameri, in charge
of the revenue collection branch.
122 Reference paragraph 2. Mirza Muham
mad Ali Khan, Dabir Ilahi, arrived from
Jehran on the 18thand took charge of the
Census Department, vice Prince Kameran
who was recalled to Tehran.
Local Affairs.
123. Reference paragraph 107. As a
result of further rains in the South West
districts of the province, fresh floods were
reported on the 30th from Bam and
llaghin, a village about 18 miles to the
west of the town. No serious damage
lias so far been said to have been done.
!24. Muhammad Ali Khan, Amir
Ibrahum (Nusrat-ul-Mamalik) and Mirza
Mahmood Dabistani (formerly known as
Dargahi) both deputies for the Kerman
province, arrived from Tehran during the
month on leave to arrange repairs to their
cj&iicits and landed property.
125. Some 80 persons—political exiles
from Mazanderan, including women and
children, arrived in Kerman at the begin-
nmg of the month. They have been
ottered certain Government estates in this
province in exchange for the landed
properties owned by them in the North.
Communications.
126. Reference paragraph 111 T} ]0
condition of the Bandar Abbas-Kerman
road was improved by the road authori
ties during the month and the mail service
has now been running more regularly
Security.
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paragraph 25. The
responsible for the
murder of the Amnieh guard was captured
and brought in to Kerman at the beginning
of the month. 6
Another Buchaqchi of the same band
was also killed by the Amnieh during the
month. 6
British interests.
128. The C. M. S. school authorities are
negotiating with the Ministry of Education
n Tehran, through their headquarters at
Ispahan, with regard to the recent regula
tions published by it prohibiting foreign
schools and institutions from accepting
Rersian students up to the primary class
th 0 e m 0 ept ? mb ^ neXt At P resenfc
the C. M S. Boys and Girls’ Schools in
classes D ^ teaCb ln the P rohi bited
129. Reference paragraph 72. At the
earing by the Appeal Court on the 28th
J uly, Ramanmal was allowed the services
Of an interpreter as he was unable to make
himself understood in Persian.
He denied having admitted at the lower
court where he had no interpreter) that
the gold was his and said that, as stated
by him originally to the Customs authori-
ties at Bandar Abbas, the gold actually
belonged to Wapanmal, another Hindu
at the latter place, who, he alleged, handed
the box over to him to take to Mia
The judgment by the Appeal Court
was postponed pending further enqidrls
by the Investigating officer of the Adlieh
share mteafem “ t0 W *P-mal’s
Russian interests.
130. Reference paragraph ] 17 . ]\I
Aostionkovski, the head of the Soviet
^ ^P resentati on in Kerman and
->andar Abbas, proceeded to Bandar
Abbas vm Shiraz and Bushire on the 2nd
German interests.
c 1 o 1 Poference paragraph 118 . D r
' S , auer returned from Rayin to
Kerman during the latter part of the
month and proceeded . to Khabis. Mrs
Sauer is however still staying at Rayin.
M iscellaneo us.
1 f> 2 ' 1Ir ' \ {atzer ’ the former Manager
n Persia of the Standard Carped Co
proceeded fo’ f Up bis
proceeded to England, accompanied by

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Printed and typewritten monthly reports submitted by the British Consul, or Acting/Officiating Consul at Kerman (George Alexander Richardson; Abdul Alim L K; Major Cecil Henning Lincoln; Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Falconer). The reports cover affairs in the Persian [Iranian] province of Kerman, as well as in the towns of Kerman and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]:

  • the activities of local officials and local government, including courts and customs
  • activities of the Persian police, military and navy
  • communications, including roads, railways, and trade routes
  • municipal affairs, including public works
  • health and sanitation, including reports of outbreaks of disease
  • security, including reports of crime
  • climate, including rainfall and floods
  • agriculture and harvests (wheat, barley, opium)
  • local trade and commercial activities, including carpet production, the activities of the National Bank of Persia/Iran, and the Government’s institution of monopoly companies
  • British interests, including the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), the Indo-European Telegraph, and the movements of British individuals
  • foreign interests in Kerman, including Russian, German and Japanese
  • the arrival and departure of vessels on the Kerman coast, and, attached to a number of reports for 1935, detailed lists of cargoes

Minute papers are enclosed in front of many reports, containing notes made by 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. staff commenting on items of note in the report.

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1 file (533 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

The monthly reports for each year are numbered 1 to 12 (January to December). Paragraphs in the reports are also numbered, starting from 1 for the first paragraph of the January report, and increasing up to the last paragraph of the December report.

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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 534; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-533; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.

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