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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎101r] (201/1069)

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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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British Consulate at Bandar Ahbas will be closed down shortly,
and that, the Consulate building having been plaoed on sale, an offer
of Rials 110,000 (a lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees and ten thousand) has been made for the same
by Haji Sheikh Ahmad Celladary, the richest inhabitant of the place*
juOCAX AFFAIRS .
84# Aqai Suroush and Partau, Malieh inspectors for the Gulf, ar
rived from Bushire, on inspection, on the 1st* and proceeded
to Minab on the 18th, returning on the 33rd*
85* Reference paragraph 27*
The party of Government inspectors, under Sartip Abul Hassan
Khan Pour-Zand, with the exception of Asayesh, of the Ministry of
Interior (who received fatal injuries as the result of a fall from
the verandah of their residence), and Akhgar, of the Ministry of
Justice (who stayed behind), proceeded to Bushire on the 8tlw
The Sartip, accompanied by the Governor of Bandar Abbas, visited
Mlnab between the 2nd and 4th«
86* Akhgar visited Catohin (a village about 30 miles to the west
of Bandar Abbas) on the 10th, to investigate into the murder,
which took place last year, of a passenger, from Dubai, of a sailing
boat, carrying contraband cargo, in which the Mudir of Khamir was
also implicated*
Akhgar left for Kerman on the 12th*
87* a second party of inspectors, consisting of five military
officers, under Sartip Abdul Reza Khan Afkhami, arrived at
Bandar Abbas on the 10th, and proceeded to Char bar on the 22nd,
accompanied by the local Director of Customs*
The Sartip also visited Hormuz on the 17th*
Adlieh
88* The Mustantiq (Investigating Judge) of the local/Court and
the local Officer Commanding the Amnieh Forces visited
Ziyarat, a small village near Sarzeh, on the Bandar Abbas-Kerman
motor road, to enquire into the death of an Amnieh guard, who had
been murdered in his house, and stripped of his arms and ammunition,
by one Amin, an outlaw of the same village. The latter, who is
still at large, is said to have been responsible for all the petty
thefts which have taken place in the neighbourhood during the last
year

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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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