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‘File 29/18 vol I TEA FOR THE RESIDENCY BUSHIRE, ESSENTIAL FIRMS BUSHIRE, AND THE CONSULATES AT KHORRAMSHAHR, KERMAN AND BANDAR ABBAS’ [71r] (141/492)
The record is made up of 1 file (244 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1944-31 Aug 1948. 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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Telegraphic Address :
ALBASSAM, CALCUTTA.
f A. B. C. 5th EDITION.
Codes | Bent i ey ’ s & Private.
Phone :—Office : B. B. 1689
£«/. A.
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Mohamed & Abdulaziz Bassam
TEA GUNNY. JUTB. HICK. HIDES AND SKINS
MKKOHANTS. BXPOHTKHS COMMISSION
AfiBNTS St GRNBRAL. ORDER SUPPUIBRS.
1. BOLAl DUTT STREET,
CALCUTTA.
DATED, 20th.August 194 5.
V
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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.
,
Bahrain
paeram Keceifiic
+ .9 D > t > ^
No
xl 5
Bear Sir •
f ?/e have duly received your telegram No.591 reading
11 352 Pounds tea short shipped in 1944 & Dhamanmal Isardas
consignee has already approached you AAk kindly allow this
amount be shipped urgently through Poojara Trading Company
to above consignee”.
In this connection we beg to state that the unshipped balances
of 1944/45 tea quotas have been adjusted against the frustrated teas intended
for the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
,Bahrain and Eastern Saudi Arabia, in view of which i
is impracticable to ship the short shipped quantities of teas for the year
1944/45 a/c Messrs Dhamanmal Isardas.
For your information we beg to append below a^statement,received
from the Tea Controller for India,showing the present position of tea quotas.
1945/46.
The following tea quotas have been provisionally allotted for
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- 600,000.lbs.
Bahrain- 758,270. ”
E.S.Arabia— 303,310.
1945 was:-
The balances of 1944/45 quotas carried forwarded on 31st.March
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- 134,094.lbs.
Bahrain- 42,047• ”
E.S.Arabia- 5,237. ,l , ^ ^
against which the following shipments of frustrated tea have been debited.
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- 1,056,099 lbs.
Bahrain- 15,000 ”
E.S.Arabia. 99,000
The present position of the quotas is thereiore as follows*
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Bahrain
E.S.Arabia.
322,005 lbs. Debit e
785,317 ” Credit
209,547 ,l Credit
Copy to the Tea Controller for India,
Calcutta,for information.
Yours faithfully,
For MOHAMEO & ABDIRAZIZ BASSAM,
Chainnao,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
States Po«l
Mwaftr.
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This is a correspondence file about Indian tea and sugar exports to Bahrain under the quota system and the export licensing restrictions imposed by the Government of India during the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities were in short supply. The file contains the correspondence of 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 with the British 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 British Consuls in Persia (Iran) at Bandar Abbas, Kerman and Khorramshahr (also referred to by its former name of Mohammerah); the Tea Controller for India, Calcutta; the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain and the Food Controller for the Government of Bahrain. They discuss arrangements for the importation, payment and distribution of the Indian quota tea and sugar supplies that are shipped from Bombay, landed at Bahrain and then re-exported to British Consular staff in southern Persia. The file also contains a substantial amount of merchant correspondence, mainly with Indian exporter the Poojara Trading Company, Calcutta; importer Dhamanmal Isardas and shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, both Bahrain. Included in this correspondence are invoices, debit notes and bills of lading.
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- 1 file (244 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 and terminates at the back cover; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-192; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and blue crayon/ink, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Pagination: a short pagination sequence is also present between ff 225-245; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top outermost corners of each page. Condition: the front file cover is damaged.
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- ‘File 29/18 vol I TEA FOR THE RESIDENCY BUSHIRE, ESSENTIAL FIRMS BUSHIRE, AND THE CONSULATES AT KHORRAMSHAHR, KERMAN AND BANDAR ABBAS’
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- 71r:71v
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- Mohamed & Abdulaziz Bassam
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