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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎156r] (311/1069)

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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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Local Affairs oontis- ! -C/‘
6 , Beq Qxi&e Mine at Hormuz . Bef. para 327 of ^iary
No.10 of 1934.
Agha Nasrullah Khan, Jehangir, director of Petroleum-
Department, ana Aghahahaoff Armenian, Technical Advisor to
the Ministry of Finance, Tehran, arrived via Kerman on 13th
and visited the mines on 13th. They returned to Tehran on
14th after having obtained tenders from Khan Sahih Ebrahim
Gelladary to work the mines for Government. The local
Finance Department have since deputed a clerk to take over
the stock of excavated red oxide from the deputy of Kaji
Moin.
MIUT&Eg .
7 , Reference para 349 of Diaries No.11 and 12 of 19^4.
Sarhang Abdul Hussain Khan Saqafi, Officer Command-
his
ing troops returned from/Charbar tour on the 10 th.
g # Reference para 350 of Diaries No .11 and 1*2 ol 19 34*
It is now said that the outlaws casualties were
one killed and two wounded in the recent skirmish that
took place between them and the Naval Motor Dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. .
PERSIAN NAVY .
rj^e persian Gun Boat "BABH and PLANG arrived from
up Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports en route to Bombay for annual over
hauling on the 23rd and left on the 25th. They encountered
a sailing boat with some contraband cargo between the
Island of Larak and Hormus, which the latter approached
to examine, "lie boat dumped all the goods over board, of
which the sloop motor boat was able to recover some found
afloat. The boat was towed to Bandar Abbas and fexnAM
handed over to Customs with the recovered cargo.
COVMUNIQATIons .
10# Reference para 351 of Diaries No.11 and 12 of 1934
The Tang-Zagh pass on the Bandar Abbas-Ferman
motor road has been declared open, after its blockade for
widening the pass in November last from the 25th, though

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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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