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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [109r] (217/1069)
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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rities in Kerman had confiscated their driving licences and^told
them that foreigners were not allowed to work in Persia as motor
driveBS any morel The local chief of Police, who was approached
privately by this Consulate, explained that the men had been taken
to task not on account of their nationality, but because they had
failed to comply with transport regulations. Private enquiries
however elucidated the fact that the interference by the Police
was nothing more, or less, than an attempt to induce the parties
concerned to part with a fraction of their hire, and as the com
plainants eventually proceeded to Yezd without calling at the Con
sulate again, it is presumed that the matter ended by an "amicable"
settlement.
RUSSIAN IITJERESTS .
125. Reference paragraph 20#
Sheikh Abul Q.asim Harandi, the former Russian trade agent
in ICerman, having at last obtained permission to leave Tehran, is
expected to arrive here In a short time.
It will be remembered that this individual got into trouble
with the Police and was consequently detained in Tehran for nearly
10 months.
MISCELLANEOUS .
126. Reference paragraph 78.
Lons, and Mine. Burbulia left Kerman on return to Greece
via Iraq on the 22nd.
127. Messrs Turner and Hawker of the A.P.O.C. Abadan arrived
in Kerman via Bandar Abbas on the 22nd, and left for Yezd
on the 20th. While in Kerman, Mr. Turner was the guest of His
Majesty f s Consul.
128* Miss (Dr.) Snow, a missionary from Amritsar, arrived via
andar Abbas on the 22nd., on a short visit to her brother,
Mr. F.T.B. Snow, Principal of the C.M.S. Boys School in Kerman.
129. Miss Warbur ton arrived from Yezd, on a short visit, in
connection with the C.M.S. Girls School, at the end of
the month.
BAITBAR ABBAS.
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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.
- 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3413
- Title
- Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:534v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence