'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
IOR/R/15/2/791
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The record is made up of 1 file (149 folios). It was created in 16 May 1945-1 Oct 1946. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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The file contains correspondence about the supply of foodstuffs, cotton and leather goods, soap and other manufactured articles, from India to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, under Government of India wartime export licensing restrictions and import quota arrangements that remained in force after the Second World War (1939-1945). The main correspondents are the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. for Bahrain, the Director of Customs and Port Officer for Bahrain, and the Government of India Export Trade Controllers in Bombay and Karachi. These officials discuss the allotment of Government of India surplus quota goods among merchants in Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah and exchange distribution lists containing the names of approved importers (local merchants) and their Indian exporters or shippers in Bombay and Karachi, as well as the nature and quantity of their consignments. There are also several letters, mainly from local merchants to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain, asking him to grant them import licences, so that their exporters and shippers in Bombay and Karachi may apply to the Export Trade Controller in their home port for a Government of India export licence. In response to several trade enquiries from the Indian Government Trade Commissioner for the Near and Middle East in Alexandria, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain provides him with lists of Bahrain merchants interested in importing sports goods, paints and varnishes from India. The file also contains several Government of India circular letters issued by the Chief Controller of Exports, New Delhi to all regional Export Trade Controllers in India, notifying them about the relaxation of export controls on certain textiles, metals, manufactured articles and other goods.
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- 1 file (149 folios)
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Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 151; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-141; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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- Archival file
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/791
- Former external reference(s)
- Confidential Series: 29/30 II
- Date(s)
- 16 May 1945-1 Oct 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
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- ExportsImportsCommoditiesManufactured goodsShipping
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- DubaiTrucial CoastSharjah
- People & organisations
- Director of Customs and Port OfficerExport Trade Controller, BombayExport Trade Controller, KarachiGovernment of India, Chief Controller of ExportsGovernment of India, Trade Commissioner for the Near and Middle East, Alexandria
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- IOR/R/15/2/791
- Title
- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
- Pages
- 2r:2v
- Author
- Haridas Janimal & Sons xx Haridas Janimal & Co xx Kishendas Haridas & Co
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
- Pages
- 4r:6v, 9r:10v, 18r:18v, 21r:22v, 29r:30v, 40r:40v, 44r:44v, 84r:85v, 88r:88v, 126r:128v, 140r:140v
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- Government of Bahrain
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
- Pages
- 17r:17v
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- A B Charaoui & Co
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
- Pages
- 31r:31v
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- Rochiram & Son
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 31r:31r
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- Rochiram & Son
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 34r:35v, 37r:37v, 42r:42v, 116r:116v
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- A A Misarwala
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 34r:34r, 37r:37r, 116r:116v
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- A A Misarwala
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
- Pages
- 56r:57v
- Author
- Abbas Kazerooni & Co
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
- Pages
- 58r:58v
- Author
- Haji Suleman Adam Kothari & Co
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 70r:70v
- Author
- Ansari, Abdul Hasan
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 71r:71v
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- Lakhmidas Tulsidas & Bros
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- 72r:72v
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- Al-Herz, M M
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- Pages
- 75r:75v
- Author
- Kayamali, Mr
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- 76r:76v
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- BP Biscuit Factory
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
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- 83r:83v
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- Marmerstein, Nathan
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- 114r:114v
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- E D Sykes & Co
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- Pages
- 114r:114r
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- 'File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:3v, 7r:8v, 11r:16v, 19r:20v, 23r:25v, 32r:33v, 36r:36v, 38r:39v, 41r:41v, 43r:43v, 45r:55v, 59r:69v, 73r:74v, 77r:80v, 82r:82v, 86r:87v, 89r:113v, 115r:115v, 117r:125v, 129r:139v, 141r:150v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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