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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎60r] (119/1069)

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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. 1 for the month of January 1933.
1. The Consulate Flagstaff was dressed,
as usual, on the New Year’s Day.
2. Local Officials .—Reference paragraph
180 of 1932.
Azar Noush arrived from Tehran on the
24th and took over the acting charge of
the Road Administration in the Kerman
area from the officiating incumbent, Mirza
Abul Kassim Khan, Tandur.
It would seem that Prince Kamerani,
while in charge of the Kerman road ad
ministration, spent money on the improve
ment of roads in his area without waiting
for sanction from Tehran. A sum of over
Tumans 20,000 is said to be outstanding,
and the parties to whom this amount is due
will have to wait till the Ministry sanction
the payment.
3. The Governor-General left on tour
to Bam on the 26th. It is said that his
journey, which will take over a week, is in
connection with building of new Khayabans
through the Bam town : he has taken the
Russian engineer of the Roads Depart
ment along with him. His Excellency is
very keen about building new avenues
(vide paragraph 156 of 1932) but has not
sufficient funds at his disposal. He is
trying to sell plots reclaimed by filling up
ditches round the Kerman city. Portions
of demolished houses, for which compensa
tion has not yet been paid, are also being
disposed of by the Municipality. Already
plots to the extent of over 3,000 Tumans
have been sold near the old cemetery
through which the Khayaban-i-Shahpur
passes and where His Excellency intends
to build a large circus and put up a
portrait of the Shah in the centre. The
Governor-General has even recommended
to Tehran that all Government depart
ments, except the Military, should build
new offices round this circus, on which
work has already started, but has so far
not received any encouraging reply.
4. Sarhang Baqir Khan of the Amnieh
department arrived from Tehran at the end
of the month on an inspection tour.
6. Reference paragraph 183 of 1932.
Amir-i-Ibrahimi, deputy for Rafsinjan,
and Dabistani, one of two two deputies
for the Kerman town, arrived from Tehran
on short leave during the month.
7. Reference paragraph 167 of 1932.
The Governor General received a tele
graphic enquiry from Tehran at the end
of December asking how the matter with
regard to the spinning mill project for
Kerman stood. His Excellency, after
consulting the share-holders, has replied
suggesting that, in view of the scarcity of
money and the inability of the share-holders
to raise further funds, the concern should
either be amalgamated with that of Yezd,
or taken oyer by the Syndicate in Tehran.
Failing these two alternatives he has sug
gested that the one-third of the capital
already deposited by the share-holders
with the National Bank of Persia should
be returned to them.
8. Reference paragraph 140 of 1932.
—. The majority of the exiles from Mazen-
deran are now at Bam. They first refused
to accept estates offered to them in exchange,
but now that they have acquiesced the local
authorities seem to have received different
orders from Tehran. The exiles are, for
the present, being paid at the rate of Rials
2 per day per head.
9. Scarcity of corn, due to shortage
caused by last year’s floods, has been felt
in the province for the last two months,
but the arrival of consignments of wheat
from Khurassan and Sistan at the latter
part of the month has, however, eased the
situation for the time being.
10. Communications. —^Reference para
graph 168 of 1932.
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Articles appearing in the Tehran news
papers to the effect that the Khabis-
Kerman motor road was now completed
and open to traffic are far from being true.
The facts are as reported in the paragraph
under reference.
5. Lq^cal Affairs .—Reference paragraph
182 of 1932.
Local newspapers in Kerman continue
to insert articles with regard to the A. P.
O. C. affair on the same lines as those
\ pubbshed in Tehran.
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Rooei, 2 ■ !:!. 1933
11. Security .—An Amnieh guard serving
on the Bandar Abbas-Kerman road, who
had been under detention for some time,
charged with collusion with robbers, was
executed by the Military authorities during
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)
Arrangement

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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