IOR/L/PS/12/3719/1

This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf' prepared by the Political Residency 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
• Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency
• Administration Report of the Trucial Coast
• Administration Report of the Political Agency, 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.