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The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in 1928. 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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Note on trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by the Board of Trade, divided into the following sections:

a) General (revised to 26 July 1928);

b) Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat (revised to 26 July 1928);

c) The position of British Trade in the Gulf (to 30 June 1928).

Section 'a' discusses the counterbalance of the German and Russian threat to British trade ascendency, the impact of economic autonomy in Persia, and the extinction of Turkish sovereignty in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It includes a table providing statistics on the proportion of Persian trade as divided between the chief participating countries, with analysis of the proportions of trade, and the amount of which is oil. Additional figures for shipping are provided. The advantages for the provision of railway communication in terms of trade are also given.

Section 'b' provides figures for trade and shipping in Kuwait and Muscat covering 1925-27.

Section 'c' covers the British trade position, and whether a political move such as a formal reassertion of interest in the Gulf by His Majesty's Government would present any advantage. Tables provide import and export figures for the United Kingdom 1926-27, and the value of imports into Persia and Iraq 1925-27.

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1 file (2 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 73, and terminates at f 74, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script
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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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IOR/L/PS/18/B411
Former external reference(s)
P 5520/28

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1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Subjects
Trade (practice)Shipping
Places
Persian Gulf
People & organisations
Board of Trade

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