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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [190r] (379/1069)
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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i
The matter has been submitted to the Court at Tehran and the
necessary permission obtained*
120. Reference paragraph 30 (b)#
The Bank of Agriculture at Tehran have already expressed
their willingness to contribute Rials 700,000 towards the forma
tion of a company, with a capital of one million rials, for the
promotion of carpet industry in Kerman*
121. Reference paragraph 88.
The si\imp in the carpet business is becoming more marked
and the number of weavers falling out of work is increasing in
Kerman#
Further deputations of the un-employed waited upon the Covernor-
General during the month, and steps were taken by the Police to
find out if there were no malignant motives at work at the bottom
of these demonstrations.
The case of a bankrupt weaver committing suicide was brought to
notice during the month and there were rumours of a few other
suspicious deaths amongst the carpet weavers under similar cir
cumstances.
The local authorities are trying hard to find some way of easing
the position by, among other things, expediting the construction
of new military barracks and other Government buildings, in
order to provide employment for a number of men who would be
content if they could even earn their living as
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
#
Tailors and other craftsmen have made representations to Tehran,
requesting for the issue of permission to the military authori
ties to get the soldiers 1 uniform made locally in Kerman, instead
of at Tehran and Isfahan as has been done heretofore.
122. Two or three speculators who appear# to have had fore
knowledge of the Government’s intention to raise the
premium of export certificates, as the result of the recent
sudden fall in the foreign exchange, during March, managed to
buy from some of the foreign firms certificates in respect of
very nearly one million rials of merchandise, at 134 per cent.
When the premium was raised shortly afterwards to 30 per cent,
the sellers refused to deliver the certificates at the low
rates
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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.
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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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- 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