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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [217r] (433/1069)
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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manufacture was installed on the 2 nd and whole town was deprived
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of lights between the 2nd and 10th. With this addition the x/y
Power House is equipped with two motors of 200 and 400 H.P. fhe
first is a Russian machine and the second is from Germany. The
Municipality alone pays a sum of Rials 10,000 per mensem for the
illumination of the streets, excluding private consumers.
231. Spinn ing Mill Company . Reference paragraph 203 of last
Diary.
Following the visit of His Excellency the Governor-General to
Yezd, a^bout four Yezdi merchants, paid a short visit to Kerman
during the month to negotiate with the leading local share
holders. It is helf^ved that that they, with the good offices
of the Governor-General, succeeded in inducing the latter to
accept them as their partners. r f.t.
* *vp)
232. Court . Br* Kaikohad (Dumfee) lias heen appointed Medical
Jurist for Kerman Court. Aqai Fazalullah Ashtiani, the Chief
Acting Judge who is a personal friend of the doctor is said to N
heen influential in procuring the appointment for him*
233. Reference paragraph 156 of Diary No. 6 of 1935.
The Court of first instance has passed judgement in
favour of Messrs, Atiyeh Brothers, huh Keyanisin, the defendant,
is said to have appealed against the judgment.
234. Reference paragraph 204 of last diary.
Aqai Dahistani and Aqai Amir Ihrahimi (Nusrat-ul-Mamaliic)
returned to Tehran on 10th and 29th respectively.
235. Hat
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
. His Excellnncy the Governor-General is
discussing with the local carpet merchants the question of form
ing a company to start a hat
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. He thinks that the
industry will he very successful, as the province of Kerman is
one of the best and largest wool producing centres in Iran.
236. Security. It is reported that the notorious thief Akhar
Mahooni, who was undergoing a term of imprisonment was arrested
by a policeman at night, while breaking into a house. During his
trial he informed the court that he was released at nights for
this purpose hy the assistant gaol keeper, Mohamed Ramazan Barf,
who shares the booty with him. He is being held responsible for
goods wor^ about Rials 3,000 (about £ 38) which have been
s to1en....
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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)
- 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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- 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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