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3ashire 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. aiid Consnlate General Persian Diary No. 4 of
1932, for the month of April 1932.
46. Movements.
I. British Officials, {a) The Hon’ble
Colonel Biscoe, 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. and H. B. M.’s Consul-General
for Pars, etc., accompanied by his Under
Secretary left Bushire on the 10 th April
and returned on the 20 th after visiting
Bahrein and Sharqah. The party tran
shipped from H. M. S. “ Shoreham to
R. M. S. “ Varela ” off the Qoins on the
19th but on arrival at Bushire had to pass
about 24 hours on the Quarantine island.
(6) Mr. C. H. Summerhayes, M.B.E.,
His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, accompanied
by Mrs. Summerhayes, arrived at Bushire on
the 2 nd April and after Mrs. Summerhayes
had left for the United Kingdom returned
to Shiraz on the 4th,
(c) Major J. J. Rooney, I.M.S., arrived
at Bushire on the 20 th April and relieved
Major H. J. H. Symons, as 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. Sur
geon, Bushire, on the 23rd.
Major Symons, accompanied by his wife,
left for the United Kingdom via India on the
24th April.
JX. Persian Officials and Notables. —Sar-
hang Zandiyeh, General Officer Command
ing Pars Brigade., arrived at Bushire on the
30th April to make enquiries into the gene
ral insecurity prevailing. 5
Reference paragraph 30 IP ( 6 ) of March.
Shaikh All Dashti Shafq, a Majliss Deputy,
returned to Tehran on the 13th April.
Soon after his passage robbers appeared
on the road on the look-out for him.
47 . Health and Quarantine of the
Ports.
The health of the Persian Ports was nor
mal during the month.
Quarantine was imposed at Bushire
against Bombay and Basrah from the 19th
April for plague. Six days are enforced by
the Persian Authorities from the hour of de
parture of a ship from an infected port,
instead of the normal 5 days.
The quarantine against Basrah was re
moved from the 24th April.
48. Aviation,
British. —The Imperial Airways Weekly
Service was punctual.
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April with Mr. Breastead, a son of the
famous archaeologist and two other Americ
ans and much cinema apparatus. They
flew to Shiraz in order to visit Persepolis.
French. —The Air Orient Service between
Paris and Saigon passed Bushire regularly.
Dutch. —The K. L. M. Service between
Amsterdam and Batavia was regular.
49. Condition of Roads.
(а) Bushire-Shiraz Road. —The “ Mashi-
lah ” section near Bushire has been me
talled and now the labourers are working
in the difficult passes between Kazerun
and Shiraz.
( б ) Bandar Abbas—Kerman Road. —The
road authorities have started work on the
Tang-i-Zagh pass with a view to widen it.
On the 8 th April, a detachment of 60
soldiers left Kerman for Sir j an en route
to Chah Chaghuk, a post on the Sirjan-
Bandar Abbas road, where it is reported
that two lorries were attacked by a band of
Farsi robbers.
50. French Activities,
The French Minister at the Court of
Persia, arrived at Bushire from Ahwaz on
the 5 th April and returned to Tehran via
Shiraz and Isfahan on the 8 th.
During his stay he called on the Governor
and on His Majesty’s Consul General and
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. . He requested that re
turn calls should not be made as he was
on tour and wished to spend the few hours
at his disposal seeing Bushire and resting.
51. Russian Activities.
The Russian Bank.—T\iz Russo-Persian
Bank has neen transferred from Shiraz to
Bushire.
On the 22 nd April, the Manager of
“ Vanishtorg ” held a reception in the
Soviet Consulate building outside the town
to celebrate the inauguration of the Bank
which was attended by many merchants
but by none of the local officials, who ex
tend the same boycott to the Russians
that they do to the British. No foreigners
were invited.
The next day the Bank was opened in a
building close to the premises of
“ Vanishtorg” in the town.