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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [284r] (567/1069)
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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to despatch troops to llarmashir villages, about £10 miles to the
East, south east of Kerman,which were reported to have been
raided by
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Juma Khan and Shahwardi*
178. The Officer Commanding Kerman Brigade organised School
Sports on the 7th, Among other events there were three
flat races and a slow bicycle race. Prizes of Rials, 100/- and
150/- were given for the three flat races of 200, 400, and 600
metres, and Rials,100/- for the slow cycle race. The head of the
ZOORKHANEH (Gymnasium) an old man of about eighty years, v/as also
presented with a silver flower vase for displaying the old and
obsolete system of oriental exercises carried out to the beating
of a drum.
179. Seventeen Military Lorries with ammunition end summer
clothing arrive^ from Tehran on the 11th. Seven of the
above lorries have been retained for the Brigade here.
180. Sarhang II Gerami, the Military Medical Officer has
received orders of transfer to the Khuzistan Brige.de, and
left Kerman on the 31st.
181. It is rumoured that the followers of Abdul Hussain Kameran *
have raided Manujan of Roudbar. They hascs are said to have
killed two out of the ten Amnieh guards of the post and made the
rest to go over to their side.
FOREIGN IITTEREST.
182. British, ^he Church Mission Society Boys School held their
annual Brill and Physical exercises display on the End to
which all the local officials and notables were invited.
183. Reference paragraph 145 of last diary .
British. The Ri^it Reverend Bishop Thompson, Bishop in Iran,
Mrs. Thompson, and daughter returned to Isfahan via Yezd on the
10th. During his visit to Kerman, he in company with Revd. R. Iliff
and Revd. M. Lord of the C.M.S. School paid a visit to the small
C.M.S. Church at Rafsinjan, a town a little less than half the
distance to Yezd.
184. British. Mist;. Y.G. Eardlay of the C.M.S. Isfahan returned
50/
to Isfahan on the 10th.
Bandar Abbas.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Open Government Licence