‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [65r] (129/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1942-5 May 1943. 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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PER SI AN GUL F UAR TRAD E BUREAU.
REPORT NO. 35.
Part I - Statistical Portion.
N_I_L.
Part II
Sumary .of information re la t inf; to
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
countries
jived in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.War Trade Bureau during the week end-
rece
ing the 15th October 1942.
A. PERSIA.
1. Con ditions in Persia -
(a) General c onditions in Aba dan - In a letter dated 1.9,
from I snail Abdul Flawed. Abadan, to Flasir Irani, Karachi, the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
points out that the position with regard to foodstuffs in
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^4.
Abadan Is f
the letter
r from satisfactory. The following is an extract
fron
"You state the conditions of Abadan might improve shortly.
No, they are getting worse day by day' and the life is
getting harder, since we have neither a, Government nor a
King. .Whoever wants to do anything, he does it. For instance
the'rates of foodstuffs are in the hands of a shopkeeper
himself. He can sell a thing at any rate he likes. My dear,
you do not know how many of our brethren are dying of" hunger
Stones will melt to hear our fate. Foodstuffs are very,
dear, and bread is secured with difficulty. Whoever goes
to a baker f s shop'to get bread and returns safely is called
a ’strong man’’. People look at him amazingly thai he has
..returned safely out of crowd of famished folk.
Indians are, however, better because' the Company
provides them with all their needs, but for us, Persians,
only tea and flour are provided, and that too under a
system. For instance, a person drawing more than 11 ryals
gets 6 seers of flour and a packet of tea monthly besides
Y loaves a day, and those drawing less than 11 ryals get
•packet of tea monthly and 3 -loaves daily. The rest or o
supplies we are hound to buy from bazar, where the rates
are very high. However, thank God, we are still living."
a
from
Another letter'dated 8.9.1942
Abadan, to a.Madras correspondent,
"We arc raying a rial an egg
rationed at C lbs. a month.
J.S. Jesuadian, c/o A.A.Club
states as follows :-
if we could get it. Sugar is
butter 1 lb. a month."
(b) Trade condi tions in Persia - A letter dated 28.8.1942
rron liaison do Commerce Meherjec, Bunder
, Bombay,.while giving an account of
(.se-en in the Bureau rocentlyT
Abbas, to lip's Tafti Bros.,
market conditions in Persia'at the end of August 1942, stated
money was very scarce both in Bunder Abbas and the interior and
consequence prices of all commodities had come down and even so
no cash buyers could be found. Sugar costing 1660 rials a bag as
imported from Dubai was offered at 1450 rials but no buyers were
available even then. Piecegoods market was still worse and two
big-merchants in Shiraz had been declared bankrupt to the extent
of 6,000,000 rials each, which had affected many.other small
merchants. The writers, however, hoped that conditions would
soon enable- them.to obtain their outstanding dues and remit
money to Bombay.
2.Persi an trade with Alli ed or neutr al countri es -
cha u
in
.Diamonds - dema nd f rom India' - A Tetter dated 5.9,4
from Teiarat Ehaneh' Husainzada, Teheran, to A
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------ -- s r — uw xx.xx. Haruni, Bombay
referred to the writers’ endeavours to obtain diamonds from
Incua. The writers stated that they were willing to pay any
money to obtain an export licence and suggested that' in case uat
article was not permitted to be sent direct it should be despatched
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The file comprises: 1) copies of extracts, or complete copies of, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade War Bureau reports, numbered 29 to 37, and issued weekly and dated between 15 August 1942 and 2 November 1942; 2) copies of correspondence concerning the re-export trade from the Arab Coast, chiefly from Dubai to Persia [Iran] and other countries.
The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade War Bureau reports are arranged by country (Persia, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Dubai) and by subject or commodity (sugar, tea, cotton, etc.). They contain extracts and intelligence gleaned from intercepted mail and telegraphic correspondence, chiefly from merchants but also from newspapers and other organisations, and report on a range of subject matter related to trade, including: suspected or known cases of smuggling, fictitious orders used to increase quotas, and the re-export trade from Dubai. Some of the reports contain intelligence relating to wartime developments in Europe, which is struck through in red or blue pencil. The final report in the file (ff 76-87) contains statistical tables showing trade in various commodities between India and the key ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Correspondence related to the re-export trade from Dubai chiefly takes place between 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), 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. at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), and 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. Agent at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Saiyid ‘Abd al-Razzaq), and discusses the reasons behind the flourishing re-export trade from Dubai, methods of limiting the re-export trade, stock levels of sugar in the Gulf.
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- 1 file (95 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 92-93) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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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 95; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-94; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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