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Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [492r] (983/1069)
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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has now begun (para 194/1938)* The cost of
leveling the alignments is being borne by the
landowners concerned*
a toonomlo * It is rumoured that the local finance
Department has received instructions to extract an
additional sum of rials l,000 t 000 in taxes from
this area during the next financial year (1318).
It is probable that the visit of the Director of
Finance to Tehran at the end of the month was in
this connection.
The winter has not been so severe as
last year and with seasonable rains the agricultural
outlook is very promising. It is understood tha t
the authorities are anxious to increase the area under
cotton, but this time not at the expense of wheat
and other essential crops.
The present price of bread is rials
2.40 (about 7d) per man of 6* lbs.
Instructions have been received in
the ooveraorate to discourage the slaughter of
goats as the hair/ of these animals is a valuable
export commodity. All goat-hair available in this
district is exported to aermany. The inhabitants
are to be encouraged to eat more beef instead of
goat flesh.
L
IV - MILITARY AFFAIRS.
The 22nd Fe bruary was observed as a
holiday in honour of the 18th anniversary of the
Coup d*etat. There was the usual military parade
which senior local officials and their wives, but
no foreigners, were invited to attend.
General Sayahpush, the commander of
the Kerman .brigade, proceeded to Kudhar and nasha-
kird early in February with an escort of two Aswa-
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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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- 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