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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [497v] (999/1028)
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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CHAPTER IV.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1926.
Consular District of Bandar Abbas.
Personnel.
Bandar Abbas. —Mr. G. A. RICHARDSON, O.B.E., held the post of
His Majesty’s Vice-Consul with the personal rank of Consul throughout the
year.
Lingah .—Assistant Surgeon E. M. CUZEN, I.M.D., held charge of the
duties of 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 Consular Agent till the 10th November,
1926, when he was relieved by Assistant Surgeon J. W. WOODSELL, M. C.
Foreign Representatives.
Bandar A bbas. — Nil.
Lingah .—Khan Sahib HAJEE AHMED BIN YUSUF KHAJA
continued to act as Agent for His Highness the Sultan of MUSCAT.
Local Government.
Bandar Abbas. —MIRZA MOHAMED KHAN DANESHWAR
(BINAN-UL-MULK) was Deputy Governor till the 11th March, 1926,
when owing to trouble with local merchants he was recalled. He was, on
the whole, well disposed towards the British and on friendly terms with
H. B. M.’s Consul.
On his departure MIRZA AZIZULLAH KHAN HEKMAT, RAIS-
I-TELEGRAPH officiated as Deputy Governor till the arrival from
TEHRAN on the 4th June, 1926, of MIRZA ZAIN-E T L-A’BIDIN KHAN
EBRAT (MOTIMIN-UL-WAZAREH).
Though outwardly friendly with this Consulate the present Governor is
not popular generally.
He is weak and inexperienced, addicted to opium and believed to be
very eurrupt.
Lingah. —MIRZA ATI NAKI KHAN (WATHIQ-I-HUZOOR)
continued to be Deputy Governor up to the 12th February, 1926 and was
then succeeded by MUHAMMAD KARIM KHAN WAZIRI (SHARIF
UL-MAMALIQ) from BUSHIRE who had previously held the post of
Assistant to the Governor of the Gulf Ports. He remained in office till the
end of the year—a remarkable feat — as no Deputy Governor of LING AH
m recent years, has succeeded in holding his appointment for lono-er than
six months. °
Agha MUHAMMAD KARIM KHAN has proved to be a weak admi-
nistrator but is on good terms with the Consular
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
Minab. KOHANDIL KHAN (ITIMAD-I-NIZAM) the Deputy
(governor was dismissed on the 22nd November, 1926, owing to continual
nistration 8 S ^ at TEHRAN of his oppression and mal-admi-
He was extremely corrupt, addicted to opium and fond of intrigue
Nr, A i' onentlt D s y E D ABDUL HUSSAIN son of SYED AHMED of
ernoAro^TEHRAN 0 0 H° late ’ P® ndln g the arrival of a new Deputy Gov-
einor trom 1BHRAN. He is a stripling of barelv 18 vearx nf nv* t,
suitable tool of his unscrupulous chief at BANDAR ABBAS ^
remain Te^^tt S^he^n KS o^fe^
ri dbrr Febru -
later by the Rais-i-Telegraph. 1 by the Goverllor
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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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