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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [246r] (491/1069)
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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travelling by touring CJars, and Kial l/- by ..*tor Lorries*
and Busies was put into effect from the 1st of Deymah 1314
(2Lnd Dec.1935). The receipts are to oe utilised for the
improvement ofJ^djacational Department,
362. The Raise Muarif has suspended four of his local
Staff oecause they formed a
secret committee
Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy.
. It
is said that they have been corresponding with Secret
Societies at Tehran and elsewhere, and a letter hearing
the No.163 addressed to one of them was seized by the
Raise. All his efforts to induce them to produce the fore
going 162 letters have failed, and he has therefore
referred the matter to Tehran for orders.
363. .xonopo ly. The Monopoly Department ordered the
following reduction in the wholesale price of i-.oaf
and soft sugar with effect from 1st Deymah 1314 (23.12.35).
To^Rials^.
Loaf sugar 15-35 12-00~per Tab.Man.
Soft sugar 14-75 11-25 , , ,
Retail prices have also fallen, but an extre^charge of
about Rials,l/60 per man, has been added to the retail
profit.
364. meteorological.The rains are long overdue in
Kerman. There was a slight shower in Kerman on the
19th and about 2 inches of snow fell on the 31st. There
were frosts most nights during the month.
MILITARY.
365. R ef erence paragr aph No.543 of last di ar y.
Sarhang Seyahpoush, the Officer Gommanding the
Kerman Brigade left for Jeeruft and Roudbar on the 17th,
and took 115 rifles to give to Loin Khan Roudbari.
366. A Grouhan of Infantry was despatched to Jeeruft and
Roudbar on the 19th.
367. G on scription. The conscription Gommittee was
dissolved at the end of azar-mah 1314(22.12.35)
after a session of two and a half months. In all 664
conscripts have been enrolled to meet the requirements
of
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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