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‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’ [22r] (43/426)
The record is made up of 1 file (213 folios). It was created in 27 Jan 1943-10 Jun 1945. 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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D.O. No.C/1680
CONFIDENTIAL
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, 17th November 1943
Please refer to your demi-official letter N0.1188-34/3A
dated November 10th, 1943.
2. You made it quite clear from your demi-official letter
of the 26th of October that there were 7,000 bags of rice in
Dubai at the beginning of October, of which 1,000 were to be
exported to Qatar. Thus, there should have been 6,000 bags
of rice available in Dubai, th^t is approximately 460 tons.
This being in addition to the 1,146 tons of wheat and barley
which were consumed during the month.
Your cereal consumption during October was considerably
above the average for the previous three months.
3. I shall be interested to know on what you base your
statement that the population of Dubai is one hundred thousand.
This figure is approximately that for the total population of
the Bahrain Islands and a third as great again as the town of
Kuwait. Lorrimer placed the total population of the Trucisl
Coast from Abu Dhabi to Has al Khaimah inclusive as approxi
mately 68,000 including the tribes of the interior. Dibai
town he considered numbered only 10,000 peSaons.
4. Assuming for one moment the population as stated by you,
and that the rice was distributed equally, then at the rate of
13£ lbs. a person, Dubai alone would have required rather more
than 600 tons, that is more than 7,800 bags. I note that
you indicate that approximately 3,500 bags met Dubai’s demand.
5. I do not agree that the supplies should be kept in water
tight compartments in these days and I consider that where
there is a surplus of ah essential food-stuff it should be
divided equally among the Bhaikhdoms of the Gulf.
I am not at all satisfied with the way this rice has
been disposed of, especially in view of the fact that I am
receiving continued reports regarding the smuggling of rice
from Qatar to Massa. I shall be glad if you will use every
endeavour to determine exactly what quantity of rice and other
cereals are at present being held in Dubai and Sharjah by the
Shaikhs, their relatives, and the leading merchants.
//£
Captain M.P.O’C. Tandy,
Political officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Sharjah.
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The file contains letters and telegrams about the efforts made to obtain supplies of rice for consumption in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain and Dubai. British officials in the Middle East and Bahrain Government officials discuss the procurement of rice surpluses from Iraq and Persia (Iran) and also mention wheat supplies from Australia and the United States. Rice was one of several essential food commodities in acute short supply in India and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. countries during the Second World War (1939-1945) and subject to Government of India quota arrangements and other export and import controls.
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. , Bahrain; the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Sharjah; 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. , Bushire; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and Middle East Supply Centre representatives in Baghdad, Cairo and Tehran.
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- 1 file (213 folios)
- Arrangement
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 back with 213; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-90 and ff 169-199; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Pagination: the index section (ff 200-212) has been paginated using pencil; these numbers are located in the top outermost corners of each page.
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- IOR/R/15/2/777
- Title
- ‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:13v, 15r:16v, 18r:30v, 32r:39v, 41r:55v, 57r:64v, 66r:87v, 89r:99v, 101r:101v, 103r:117v, 119r:123v, 126r:131v, 133r:151v, 153r:157v, 161r:187v, 189r:189v, 191r:191v, 193r:194v, 196r:212v, 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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