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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎52r] (103/1069)

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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, N©. 10, for the month of October 1932.
Personal.
150. Mr. G. A. Richardson, O.B.E.,
His Majesty 1 ^ Officiating Consul,
accompanied by Mrs. Richardson and
Miss E. Cloy, proceeded to Bandar Abbas
on the 14th.
Local Affairs.
151. Reference paragraph 139. The
Anjuman-i-Nuzzar for the election of
Kerman town and environs
Rafsinjan
Jiruft and Rudbar . . • •
Bam ..••••
The present member for Sirjan is
Dr. Sheikh (Ihya-ul-Mulk) and it seems
likely that Mirza Hassan Khan
Isfandiari (Mirat-us-Saltaneh) will
succeed him.
The trading community in Kerman
have made telegraphic representations to
Tehran asking for permission to elect
one deputy from their own community
to safeguard their commercial interests.
They favour the nomination of Agha
Hassan Agha, Qazvini, a carpet
merchant. It is said that during the
latter part of the month His Excellency
received instructions from Tehran to go
slow with the elections.
152. The jurisdiction of the Adlieh
Court at Bandar Abbas has been
extended to Sirjan where it will in future
move for the summer months.
153. Reference paragraph 124. Muhd.
Ali Khan, Amir-i-Ibrahim, deputy for
Rafsinjan, returned to Tehran in the
middle of the month.
154. Reference paragraph 109. Mr.
Dinshaw N. Pavri, a Mill Manager of
Bombay, who had visited Meshed with
the idea of studying the possibility of
erecting a spinning mill in that town
and later visited Tehran, arrived in
Kerman on the 30th September to
study the same problem as far as this
province is concerned. He left for
Bombay on the 4th October, convinced
that the best site for a spinning mill in
the Kerman or Yezd province was
Rafsinjan.
155. Beference paragraph 93. The
electric light plant in Kerman has at
last started functioning from the v
deputies for the Ketman province to the
9th Medjliss having been nominated by
the Governor-General on the 20th, His
Excellency proceeded with the necessary
formalities. It appears that, with the
exception of Sirjan, the Governor-
General has orders to arrange for the
re-election of the present deputies who
are :—
Muayyid-i-Ahmadi, Dabistani.
Amir-i-Ibrahimi (Nusrat-ul-Mamalik)
Ruhi.
Dr. Malikzadeh.
17th though at the present moment
only the centre of the town is con
nected.
Municipality.
156. Reference paragraph 143. The
work of cutting more Khayabans
through the town is in progress. • Some
of the owners of demolished houses are
being compensated by the grant of
plots from old cemeteries which are
being levelled.
157. Reference paragraph 123. The
local authorities are having the houses
damaged by floods valued with the idea
of paying some compensation from the
relief subscriptions received from various
sources or to utilize the latter money
for the building of new Khayabans and
to compensate the sufferers from the
Municipality lands.
British Interests.
158. Reference paragraph 73. Mr. J.
Timoyanaki, the Kerman Manager of
I he Oriental Carpets Manufacturers
Ltd., returned from leave on the 21st
and Mr. E. Aliotti, on being relieved of
the acting charge, proceeded on leave
to Europe via, Bandar Abbas on the
24th.
159. Mr. W. Y. Gow, the Manager of
the Imperial Bank of Persia, Kerman
Branch, on transfer to Mohammerah,
was relieved by Mr. Glendening from
Resht during the latter pait of the
month.

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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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