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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎189r] (377/1069)

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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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jLONFIPENT-IAL
HIS MAJESTY’S CONSULATE, KERMAN*
DIARY Ho. 5.
For the month of May 1935.
I v.
117* A .reception held at the Consulate, on the occasion of
Their Majesties’ Silver Jubilee, on the 6th, was attend
ed by the Governor-General, the Officer Commanding Kerman Bri
gade, the Provincial Director of Posts and Telegraphs, the chiefs
of Police and Municipality and all the British and other Europ
ean residents in Kerman*
The Chief .Judge and Public Prosecutor of the Appeal Court, who
were also invited, with the Governor-General * s knowledge and con
sent, did not turn up, nor did they acknowledge the invitations
sent to them*
The reception, which was held at 5 p*m*, was followed by a Garden
Party and a cinema show, which latter appeared to be appreciated
by the guests, in spite of the antiquity of the films*
A special Thanksgiving Service was held at noon in St*
Andrew’s Church, where the special form of Prayer and Thanks
giving, as ordered for use in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul
in London, was used* The Service was conducted by the Reverend
R. Iliff pf the C.M.S.
LOCAL AFFAIRS *
118* Reference paragraph 83*
The four Kerman deputies who were here on leave returned
to Tehran at the end of the month.
119. The idea of importing a mill for the spinning of cotton
yarn in Kerman has again suggested itself to the leading
traders here , as the result of a recent visit to Shiraz and
Isfahan by one of the Kerman deputies and his tnspection of the
spinning mills at those two cities*
Messrs I’timad-ud-Tujjar at Shiraz and Kazeruni at Isfahan are
said to have promised to participate in the project by contri
buting one of the two million rials - the initial amount re
quired for the purpose.
The

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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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