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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎131r] (261/1069)

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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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Dowi the factory An East India Company trading post. . On the other hand, a stun of some twn thousani"-^
tumans which is due to the factory An East India Company trading post. by the Municipality is being
withheld at the suggestion of the Governor-General, to induce
Sheikh Abul Q,asim to agree to the new terms.
223. Reference paragraph 204*
Hairi, inspector from the Ministry of Education, returned
to Tehran in the middle of the month.
224. Haji Mirza Muhammad Khan, Sadr-i-Mir-Husseini, Chief Judge,
and Khurshidi, member of the Bedayat Court, Bandar Abbas,
arrived in Kerman for the summer season in the middle of the month.
According to recent orders, officials from the Adlieh Court at
Bandar Abbas, while staying in Kerman during the hot season, will
have to work in the local courts. Sadr-i-Mir-Husseini is there
fore discharging the duties of an additional judge in the Appeal
Court, while Khurshidi is acting as Investigating Judge,vioe Padram
(vide paragraph 220 above).
225. According to instructions received from Tehran at the lat
ter part of the month, an extra tax of one shahi per mis-
kal (about Rials 0.30 per oz.) of prepared opium has been intro
duced by the Monop^oy authorities with effect from the 30th of the
month. This brings the tax on/iprepared opium up to Rials 0.55
per miskal (about Rials 3-30 per oz.).
226. ..uhammad Ali Khan, Amir Ibrahimi, deputy for Rafsinjan,
arrived in Kerman on short leave in the middle of the month.
227. Sa T eed Khan, step-son of Zargham-us-Saltaneh of Rudbar,
who was under detention in Kerman for the last Wo years,
in connection with several charges of murder and other criminal
offences, was discharged at the close of the month on bail amount
ing in all to Tumans 28,000.
MILITAR Y.
228. Sarteep Muhammad Khan Maimand, Officer Commanding Kerman
Brigade, returned from leave at the end of the month.
229. One Awaz Quli, an outlaw from the Afshar tribes, who had
been responsible for a number of petty robberies committed
on the Kerman-Bandar Abbas road during the last two or three years,
having been granted amnesty as the result of previous negotiations,
has
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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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