Skip to item: of 1,069
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎85r] (169/1069)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

^ Diary of His Majesty’s Consulate, Kerman, No. 10, for the month of October 1933.
246. Personal. —His Majesty’s Consul
left for Tehran via Yezd and Isfahan on
the 6th.
247. Local Officials. —Reference para
graph 214.
The new Director of Education has not
yet arrived in Kerman on account, it is
said, of ill-health and Mirza Abdul Karim
Khan Ibrahimi, the next senior official of
the department, is in the meantime acting
in his place.
248. Reference paragraph 215.
Murtiza Mirza Qahramani arrived here
as Chief of the Census Department for
Area No. 6, including Kerman and Persian
Baluchistan, on the 7th and took over
charge from Zamzadeh. It will be re
membered that Qahramani was Chief of
Census in this province for over a year
during 1930-31.
249. Reference paragraph 154.
Amir Khan Suhrabian, Provincial
Director of Finance for Kerman, returned
from leave in the middle of the month.
250. Mirza Sayyed Hussein Khan, Mir
Jahangiri, Public Prosecutor of Appeal
Court, proceeded on sick leave to Tehran
on the 22nd,
251. Mirza Abdul Vahab Khan Zahidi,
chief judge of the Bedayat Court in
Kerman, proceeded on transfer to Tabriz
at the end of the month, and Agha Sheikh
Ali Marvasti is acting in his place.
252. Reference paragraph 218.
Sayyed Fakhr-ud-Din Khan Padram,
the new Investigating Judge (Mustantiq),
arrived from Tehran at the end of the
month.
253. Dadrass (Nayyer-us-Sultaneh), the
Assistant Governor-General, received
orders of transfer to Zahidan, as the Gov
ernor of that place, towards the end of the
month. He has, however, applied to the
Ministry of Interior for short leave on the
ground of ill-health and hopes to be able
to leave for Tehran in a short time.
254. Local Affairs. —A Commission of
Enquiry composed of the following mem
bers arrived from Tehran on the 26th :—
Sartip Abul Hassan (Military).
Khan Pur-Zand.
Sarhang Shahzadeh (Amnieh).
Akbar Mirza.
Naib Sarhang Qasim (Conscription).
Khan Khudayari.
Yawar Nazmi (Police).
(Nizam Humayun).
Asayesh (Interior).
L , Sayyed Razi Khan (Justice).
2umd.
Mirza Isa Khan (Finance).
Ilahi.
Saari Aslani. (Census).
The first action of the Commission was
to put up notices in the bazaars, inform
ing the public that they were prepared to
receive and examine all complaints against
the various Government Departments. In
the meantime, each inspector has been
making a general inspection of his respec
tive department.
Among the petitions received by the
Commission there is said to be a large num
ber in connection with the recent closing
up of tanks in public baths, vide paragraph
219.
255. Reference paragraph 194.
The Kerman town and environs have
been divided into two areas by the Regis
tration authorities, and the time allowed
for the registration of property situated in
the first area is two months, beginning from
22nd November 1933, with a possible ex
tension period of one month.
The registration fees amount to 1.25 per
cent., excluding ‘ preliminary expenses \
which vary in accordance with the value of
the property concerned, starting from
Rials 6 for property valued up to Rials 500,
to Rials 500 for property valued over Rials
500,000.
256. The Municipal tax of 3 per cent, on
private houses, to be collected for the last
three years, has now been fixed on the
basis of a nominal rent of 3 per cent., to
the great relief of house owners, as a nomi
nal rent of 10 per cent, had been proposed
by the ea;-Govemor-General.
Houses let out on lease will have to pay
8 per cent, of the rent.
257. Reference paragraph 220.
Work on a very small scale has been re
sumed on the new roads in the town and I
the Governor-General has again been
studying the question of finding a water
supply for the new avenues. Attempts
have also been made to flood the land in
the new circus for future cultivation of
trees, as the result of which a section of the '
balus-trade has sunk in.
258. Reference paragraph 222.
The contract for the purchase of a wool
carding machine for the new company in
Kerman was concluded in Tehran, in the
ENCLOSURE IN
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY'S
Letter No re;
Dale If 1.^.1934
J ‘EB? 1334:

About this item

Content

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.

Extent and format
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.

Physical characteristics

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎85r] (169/1069), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3413, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040634912.0x0000ac> [accessed 12 May 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100040634912.0x0000ac">Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [&lrm;85r] (169/1069)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100040634912.0x0000ac">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c6/IOR_L_PS_12_3413_0172.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c6/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image