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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [126r] (251/1069)
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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r ' 208.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
200# Reference paragraph 161 •
The subscriptions collected in Kerman, amounting to Rials
10.000, were remitted to Qum in the early part of the month.
201* Refa*ence paragraph 45.
The Census authorities are still proceeding with the inspec
tion of houses, with a view to supplying identity papaers to those
/
who have failed to obtain them before*
The total number of identity papers issued to the inhabitants of the
city and environs of Kerman up to date are said to be Just over
45.000.
202* Reference paragraph 158.
Houses of certain well-known merchants and notables were
searched by the Excise authorities during the month. Representations
made to the Governor-General on the subject by the parties concerned
are not likely to produce any effect, as in nearly every case contra
band opium was discovered in the house.
203. Reference paragraph 160.
The erection of the wool carding plant having been completed,
the machine started functioning in the latter part of the month.
204. Hairi, an inspector from the Ministry of Education, arrived
in Kerman on the 15th.
205. Mirza Karim Khan Vaziri, having been appointed Deputy-Gover
nor for Jiruft and Rudbar from Tehran, arrived here, on his
way to Jiruft, in the middle of the month.
206. Several meetings were held by the Governor-General during the
month, in connection with the celebration of the millennium
birthday anniversary of the poet Firdausi. Circulars from the Minis
try of interior were read, in whioh great stress had been laii-on the
fact that the Shah was particularly interested in this matter.
One head committee and several sub-committees have been appointed to
attend to the various arrangements.
207. M. Joseph Bahoshi, Manager of the Persian National Bank,
Kerman^ received orders of transfer from Tehran in the middiA
, Haeussler e
Of the month, and was relieved by Herr Haadar on the 28th.
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branch of this bank for a few months in 1931.
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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