Coll 30/50 'Persian Gulf: Smuggling' [17r] (33/226)
The record is made up of 1 file (110 folios). It was created in 20 Aug 1928-5 Jan 1938. It was written in English and French. 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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P.Z.5674/35.
/,
Extract from Diary of the British
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.
and Consulate
General, Bushire, for the month of July, 1935.
101. CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE DEPART!,IBM 1 .
LINGAH.
Reference paragraph No.95 of Diary for July 1935.
It is reported from Lingah that the smuggling is being
carried out on a large scale at port Jezza between Kalat and
Chiru in the Shib-Kuh Coast.
At the beginning of July, the report states, 2 or 3
sailing boats having bribed the Customs Guards began
discharging their cargo at Jezza when a launch, hired by
the Mudir of Customs at Muqam (another port in the Shib-Kuh
Coast) was sighted on her way to Lingah. The Guards
suspecting she might be carrying an Inspector signalled her
to stop and reported that they had seized a boat full of
contraband goods. The Mudir took the cargo in his launch
and also one sailing boat without any crew, to Lingah. A
description of the goods is given below:-
45 bags soft sugar
25 bags loaf sugar
34 boxes tea
40 bundles imitation silk cloth
13 bundle piece goods
5 cases haberdashery
20 bags cement
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This file contains extracts from the diary of the British 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. and Consulate-General in Bushire that relate to smuggling in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . In addition to these extracts, the file also contains a limited amount of associated correspondence between British officials and the following documents:
- Copy (in French) of the Persian [Iranian] Government's law for the repression of voter fraud (folios 36-54)
- Copy of the Persian Government's law relating to the punishment of smugglers (folios 57-60)
- 'Persian Complaints of Smuggling in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' an 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. memorandum from 1928 (folio 106).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (110 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 112; 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/12/3766
- Title
- Coll 30/50 'Persian Gulf: Smuggling'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:112v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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