Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’
- Creator:
- Author: British Consul, Kerman
- Date:
- 1931/1939
- Description:
- Abstract: Printed and typewritten monthly reports submitted by the British Consul, or Acting/Officiating Consul at Kerman (George Alexander Richardson; Abdul Alim L K; Major Cecil Henning Lincoln; Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Falconer). The reports cover affairs in the Persian [Iranian] province of Kerman, as well as in the towns of Kerman and the Persian Gulf port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]:the activities of local officials and local government, including courts and customsactivities of the Persian police, military and navycommunications, including roads, railways, and trade routesmunicipal affairs, including public workshealth and sanitation, including reports of outbreaks of diseasesecurity, including reports of crimeclimate, including rainfall and floodsagriculture and harvests (wheat, barley, opium)local trade and commercial activities, including carpet production, the activities of the National Bank of Persia/Iran, and the Government’s institution of monopoly companiesBritish interests, including the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), the Indo-European Telegraph, and the movements of British individualsforeign interests in Kerman, including Russian, German and Japanesethe arrival and departure of vessels on the Kerman coast, and, attached to a number of reports for 1935, detailed lists of cargoesMinute papers are enclosed in front of many reports, containing notes made by India Office staff commenting on items of note in the report.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 534; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-533; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Reports
Diaries
Shipping
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty - Geographic region:
- Persia
Bandar Abbas
Kerman - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c6_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3413
IOR/L/PS/12/3413