‘File 29/22 II CEREALS FOR SHARJAH AND DUBAI’ [139r] (277/626)
The record is made up of 1 file (311 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1944-23 May 1949. 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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COPY*
From;British Ministry of Food, Basra®
To: Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd., Basra.
\f*
NO® C/2
2nd September, 1946®
y^eat for
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Sheikhdoms — ex Warehouse®
With reference to your letter No® GEN/255 of the 20th ultimo,
we would advise you that we hold the undemoted allocations for wheat
to be delivered ex warehouse at Basrah to you for shipment to P.G. Sheikh
doms in fulfilment of August allocations:
AF.42 for 400 tons wheat to Muscat.
AF.43 for 590 " »» n Dubai®
AF.44 for 180 tons wheat to Sharjah. \
We shall be grateful if you will kindly acquaint the PEPG
with these figures and ask him if it is now possible for the stocks to
be taken over n ex warehouse 1 ’® You might also be good enough to intimate
to him that we are prepared, in the event of his local arrangements not
having been completed, to assist by shipping the above mentioned
allocations under the old terms, but that we are not prepared to cent in—
"ae these arrangements indefinitelly®
sd/- J. E. Ardill
MANAGER.
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The file contains correspondence about supplies of wheat and barley for importation and local consumption in Dubai, Sharjah and the other Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. sheikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when food grains and wheat in particular were in short supply worldwide and subject to Government of India export restrictions and import quota arrangements in all the Arab States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. under British protection. 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 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 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. 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, both Sharjah; the Middle East Supply Centre (MESC), Cairo; the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Iraq) Limited (UKCC), Baghdad; Gray, Mackenzie and Company, Bahrain (acting as Crown purchase and shipping agent). The main topics discussed are MESC allotments and UKCC shipments of quota wheat and barley from Basra to 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; the monitoring of stock levels of wheat, barley and rice in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms and estimates of future requirements; the introduction of reductions to wheat quotas, against imports of rice from Persia (Iran) and elsewhere, in view of the difficult worldwide supply situation.
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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 313; 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 2-203; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- ‘File 29/22 II CEREALS FOR SHARJAH AND DUBAI’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:17v, 19r:19v, 21r:25v, 27r:33v, 35r:43v, 45r:46v, 48r:49v, 51r:55v, 57r:61v, 63r:72v, 74r:76v, 78r:78v, 80r:92v, 94r:96v, 99r:110v, 112r:137v, 139r:141v, 143r:145v, 147r:148v, 150r:153v, 155r:156v, 158r:167v, 169r:169v, 171r:175v, 177r:180v, 182r:182v, 184r:185v, 187r:206v, 209r:209v, 211r:227v, 229r:241v, 243r:260v, 263r:266v, 268r:312v, back-i, back
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