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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [383r] (770/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 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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Section 6.
Arrivals.
Sir Robert Clive, KC.M.Gb, His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, accompanied by bis Secre
tary, Sir Charles Hartopp, Kt., arrived at Bushire by Air from Tehran, on the
23rd October and left next evening on board H. M. S. “ Triad ” on a visit to
Bandar Abbas, Hen jam, Kuweit and Mohammerah. He returned to Tehran via
Khuzistan.
Section 7.
Political Situation.
The Government measures. —The new Dress Regulations,—Compulsory
Conscription, and Disarming are bitterly resented and opposed by the_ tribal
elements. There was a general revolt among the tribes of Southern Persia, and
throughout the year the Persian army was busily engaged in trying to put it
down. Imam Quli Khan, leader of the Rustam clan of Memasani, had hardly
ended his campaign by practically dictating terms to Government in January,
when the Qashqais and Qawam’s tribes of the eastern Ears rose, cut off com
munications and beseiged Shiraz. There was also trouble in Khuzistan, and in
the Bakhtiari country. Although beyond a little trouble in Borazjun, there
was no rebellion in the Bushire District, and the Tangistanis were fighting among
themselves, there was a danger that active disaffection might spread to Tang-
istan and Dashti, and to save the situation the Governor and the Officer Com
manding were frequently on the move in the district. The Persian troops failed
to gain a victory over the Qashqais, and the Government had to make a com
promise granting most of the terms of Ali Khan. The operations did not in
crease the prestige of the military, but the tribes seem to have realized that
Reza Shah is determined to enforce his will upon them.
On the whole it may be said that the Government was partially successful,
and at the end of the year disturbances elsewhere had been suppressed to such
an extent that it could send about 2,000 troops to disarm Tangistan and Dashti.
The people generally are suffering from economic pressure. While modern
ways of life have raised the cost of living, there are no new sources of income,
and poverty, therefore, is on the increase amongst the masses, and with it some
discontent with the present regime. Reza Shah is feared but he is certainly not
popular and is criticised in private for being a Dictator who has usurped tne
powers of the Constitution.
Owing to Passport and other difficulties arising out of the Persia’s claim to
the Arab Coast, traffic between the Persian and Arab Coasts has been reduced
to a minimum.
Section 8.
Trade and Trade Facilities.
1. Trade. —From a commercial point of view the year 1929 must be reckoned
a black one in the annals of Southern Persia. Despite a comparatively good
harvest and a subsequent fall in the price of grain, the bazars remained du
and inactive throughout the period. This evil state of affairs was primarily
due to the closing of the Shiraz road in late spring and throughout the summei
owing to the Qashgai revolt. ' Bushire Avas thereby isolated from Upper Persia
and her merchants suffered from the locking up of their capital in goods which
they could no longer forward to Shiraz or Isfahan for sale. But the root oi
the malady lay deeper as the latter months were to show. Increasing taxation
(characterised in 1929 by the imposition of a Tobacco Monopoly Tax ant. an
enhanced duty on exported opium) still further affected the purchasing poAyer
of the country and money was even tighter than in 1928. Meanwhile extensive
Government expenditure abroad, together with the failure to return the
a p o C Royalties into circulation was already affecting the Kran Exchange
in the summer’' In the Autumn months came the fall in the price of silver and
the New York Stock Exchange crisis with its repercussions on Persian Exports
of carpets, gums, and guts. As a result the Kran sterling rate, 53 m March,
soared 1 up to 62.2 in the latter part of November and great damage was done
to trade Merchants either refused to accept their bills or were compelled to
foreo’o their profits. Complaints became loud against the economic policy of
the Government, and especially the project off the Trans-Persian Railway,
Avhich is of necessity unpopular in Bushire, Avhose decline it presupposes. The
general feeling of the Bushiri is that the Pahlevi regime Avould do well to leave
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by 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. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 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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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. 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.
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