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Coll 28/121 ‘Persia. Bandar Abbas Consulate Diaries.’ [175r] (350/439)
The record is made up of 1 file (216 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1943-12 Feb 1947. 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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Inspector oi Ortin 0«pbrta.bnt wrivea iro«
t ror it rat n on the 7th.
37b. fcetvbn RezaTi^ ol the Oenharc^rie arrlYea fro* &#r*bn on the
Ard for aealcel ejuiminetion of the Oenaar»ea &na left for Ktrauftn on
the 7th.
a7s). SetTen bhefl-ee, O.C. Oenaariaerl©, Mi neb arrived fro* Kerman
on the 4th ana left lor Mineb on the btn.
A^ei Pezeshki, Heed of the Kaucetion i)epart*eut errivea fro*
I&fbh&n via Kermen on the *>th.
bdl. betvbh Mir Husaeini, of the Genutrtterie arrived fro* Kerman
on the 19th to investigate the ctae of •Maran* (aet. paragraphs bbl-MM:
ebb)
5bl. Metvan Jafftri, O.C. Troops Jask anivea fro* Jasic on the IStfc
LO^idft Arliillih.
5ob. Reference paragraph £87. the ne» Governor of iiinur Abbaa #
Agha bepehrnia, arrived in Kerman ana sa* His Majesty •a Consul on
bepteeber ICth. In coaparison eith former Governors he appears a
very superior article ana speaks English, thy fears exprei-seu by
the Gellahueri party that he eoula be inimlcle to tueir interests
now appear to be grounaless, as Agha bepehrnie brought a personal
letter oi reco*a«naation to His Majesty•& Consul from Sheikh Abdullah
Geliahaari, which spoke of hi* warmly as a personal friend. Khile in
Kerman the nev* Governor seems to have met ofiiclais and ioliovvers ol
Hail Mushir exclusively* ana to have heard only their side ol the
story. He will doubtless have enough opportunity to hear tne other
side in Bandar Abbas.
co4. the Chief of Police has recently received letters and teleg*«*
rams fro* his family ana his friends saying that nis letters were
not reaching them. He *ent to tne Post Office ana enquired what had
hap^enea to his letters which had been sent by Registered Post. The
oierk in cnerge on being questioned replied that some ol the covers
were at his house. His house was searched ana a number of covers
were found. On being subjected to tnlrd degree methods ne revealed
txut he had been Instructed by Haji MushJJMs representative Hessen
Liya^at to take all letters posted by tne Chief of Police *na the
Qellehderi family to his house ana to reea the* before lorweraing
the* to their destination#.
isbb. The local Electric Coapany complain that last year*s dues
ftftouut to fcbout Bible tad thtt tfaftir bilift ior tnt ilrst
Bill oi thb current yetr Utve not yet beta paid by tut Municipality.
The Coapany state tnat they cannot affora to pay the expenses oi the
plant li these bills are xxot paid ana will have to shut it aown. Tim
town qanat has all gone ary ana the streets are In very bed conditio*
It is said that the Municipality have no funds to meat these expenses
fsiAdb. Beverai small robberies have been reported from roads leaulng
* jto villages around banaar Abbas. As the Gendarmerie Posts in.
- reauced more robberies are expected in tne future.
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t /srt7 Tht oriefcb ol *ugbr bad ttb arop, cu slightly but utreigtin id
tTKiSIft 4B00/- ptr bkg end Bible MOO/- - WO/ per Milo
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Fortnightly consular diaries (monthly from February 1946) submitted by HM Consul at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Persia [Iran], covering the period March 1943 to October 1946. No diaries for the period November 1945 to January 1946 are included in the file. The diaries, which are organised under various subheadings, cover the following subjects: movements and activities of British and Persian officials; movements of foreigners; food supply, food prices, and rationing; economic activity, including a fish canning factory An East India Company trading post. at Bandar Abbas; trade and shipping movements; communications, with particular reference to the roads from Bandar Abbas to Kerman and Minab, and the availability of motor vehicles; tribal and political affairs; local elections; security; public health; anti-locust activities; meteorological data, including minimum and maximum temperatures and rainfall; public relations, specifically local opinion on events in the Second World War; affairs at various places in the vicinity of Bandar Abbas, including Lingeh [Bandar-e Lengeh], Chahbar [Chābahār], Jask, and Hormuz [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz]. The file also contains the following reports: ‘Notes on road Bandar Abbas – Kerman’, August 1943 (f 44); appreciations of the conditions in the Bandar Abbas Consulate area for the periods 1 April to 15 August 1944 (ff 100-103), 1 January to 31 May 1945 (ff 164-167), 1 June to 1 December 1945 (ff 182-185), and 1 January to 30 June 1946 (ff 209-210).
At the rear of the file is a copy of the consular diary for Ahwaz [Ahvāz] for January 1947, submitted by HM Consul at Ahwaz and presumably misfiled.
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 (216 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 218; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3535
- Title
- Coll 28/121 ‘Persia. Bandar Abbas Consulate Diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:218v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence