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Coll 29/7 'Sale of Residency land at Bushire' [22r] (43/52)
The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 26 Mar 1929-17 Jun 1931. 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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where the remainder of the office staff have to live owing
to lack of further accommodation at Sabza'bad. Consequently
the Cypher Clerk, and otner establishment who are required
to work daily in Sabzabad have to come out each morning
from Bushire. There are no horse drawn vehicles which can
be hired at a cheap rate and there is no system of public
omnibus conveyance. The residences of the staff who are
not accommodated in Sabzabad are strung out over the
intervening space between Sabzabad and Bushire. The
Secretary has a house near the site under reference, about
5 miles from Sabzabad. The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Surgeon resides some
2b miles from Sabzabad. Telephone communication under
Persian direction is always uncertain and ceases altogether
at nine at night. A more unsatisfactory arrangement or one
less conducting to efficiency of administration it would be
difficult to imagine.
3. There undoubtedly was a time when Bushire formed a
suitable and convenient headquarters for the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, but
with the changes that have occurred in Persia in recent
years and the further changes that seem bound to come, it
seems very much open to argument whether the suitability
and convenience are^now at an end. With the high Persian
duties on practically all commodities the cost of living
has been forced up to a price which will necessitate the
grant of very substantial allowances to all establishment
in Bushire. Owing to Persian passport regulations the
Resident is cut off from any visitors from the Arab Coast.
Eis duties as Consul-General have shrunk to such a degree
that they could adequately be performed by the Vice-Consul,
certainly by a Consul. Telegraph charges are high and owing
to thesnr being only a weekly - in some cases fortnigntly
mail to India and the Arabian Coast, practically all work
of any importance is done by telegram. The presence in
Bushire of an official drawing much higher pay than the
Governor
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The file concerns the sale of a plot of land at Bushire, originally purchased in 1905 and 1911 to build new residences for the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , which were never built.
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the 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. .
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- 1 file (24 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3563
- Title
- Coll 29/7 'Sale of Residency land at Bushire'
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- front, front-i, 2r:25v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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