‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE' [70r] (139/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 24 Sep 1949-21 Nov 1950. 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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Na I &II .29/21.
His Majesty's
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.
at Bahrain,
presents iiis compliments to th© P.O.T.C., Sharjah,
and has the honour to transmit to him the under-mentioned
document^
British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain.
U.th.. Aprils 19.. 50.
Reference to previous correspondence: Sharjah
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
letter
No. 122.1215 of 28th January, 1950.
Description of Enclosure.
Name and Date
Copy of letter No.
220/7/50 of 4th April
from the
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.
,
Bahrain to this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Subject.
Import of fclce into
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
from
Iran.
3479a 36560 (8)
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The file contains correspondence about British efforts to obtain supplies of rice for local consumption in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain, Qatar and the shaikhdoms of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , in the years after the Second World War (1939-1945). British and Bahrain Government officials disseminate details about offers of rice from the Government of Pakistan and also the allocation of Egyptian quota import rice from British Ministry of Food rice stores in Egypt. There is also extensive correspondence between 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. , Bahrain and the Political Officer for Qatar at Doha, about a prolonged dispute between Qatari and Bahraini merchants over the delayed transhipment of Egyptian quota import rice for Qatar, which had been landed at Bahrain.
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. and 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , both Bahrain; the Political Officers for Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. The file also contains copy correspondence between Foreign Office and Ministry of Food officials in London about the latter’s decision to no longer procure rice from the Egyptian authorities for allocation to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms after 1950, given the proposed winding up of the International Emergency Food Committee (IEFC) allocation system at the end of 1950.
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- 1 file (95 folios)
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Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; 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 2-95; 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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- Title
- ‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:7v, 10r:10v, 12r:17v, 19r:19v, 21r:42v, 44r:56v, 58r:62v, 65r:67v, 69r:70v, 74r:81v, 83r:91v, 94r:95v, 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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