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‘File 29/25 DATES QUOTA – 1944-’45 FOR BAHRAIN AND TRUCIAL COAST’ [83r] (165/188)
The record is made up of 1 file (92 folios). It was created in 10 May 1944-24 Jan 1950. 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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Minutes of a Food Control Committee Meeting held in the New
Gavernment Office at lO.a.na, on Wednesday, the 4th January, 1950.
H.E.Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa alKhalifah, C.I.E., presided, and
the following members were presents
Mr.C.Dalrymple Belgrave, C.B.E., Adviser to the Govt.
Mr.G.W.R.Smith, M.B.E., Food Controller.
Shaikh Ibrahim bin Mohamed alKhalifah.
Haj.Abdulrehman Abdulwahab al Zayani.
Haj.Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo.
Haj.Abdul Nebi Busheri.
Haj.Mohsin al Tajir.
Haj.Ahmed al Taweel.
Mr.Mohamed Saleh Shater.
Mr.Ibrahim al Khalfan.
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The Adviser informed the meeting that at the end of this
Arabic month of Rabia al Awal, the period for allowing the import
of dates into Bahrain free of Customs charges would expire, but
that His Highness had agreed to extend the period and if necessary
control the price of dates.
With the introduction on the 1st Muharram 13^9> of the
privilege of allowing dates into Bahrain duty free, and giving
barter sugar in exchange, the price of Busrah dates dropped to
Rs 12.8.0 per basket of 84 lbs, to-day they were up to Rs 16/17 per
basket, and it was felt that certain merchants were hoarding
their stocks in anticipation of a rise in price when the free
period expired.
Haji Khalil Kanoo recommended that the period be renewed for
a further three months, the Food Controller proposed that it be ex
tended for an indefinite period and this was unanimously agreed to.
A notice to this effect has been published and it is hoped
that the price of dates will fall consiaerably as hoarders will
now be forced to disgorge their stocks.
The Adviser next informed the meeting that information had
been received from H.B.M’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.
that it was most unlikely
that the Bahrain Government would receive further rice supplies from
Egypt in 1950* The meeting appeared to be of the opinion that
plentiful supplies of rice would be forthcoming from Iran, but both
the Adviser and the Food Controller were of the opinion that it was
advantageous to all for the Government to hold certain stocks,
thereby keeping the open market price within reason.
Enquiries are to be made by the Government from Messrs
Hassam Premji & Co., Rangoon re the possibility of their obtaining-
supplies of rice from Burma during 1950.
Haji Khalil Kanoo next proposed that all price control be
abolished, the Food Controller however pointed out that this was
not possible in regard to quota foodstuffs, and goods imported from
Holland, Sweden, France and Italy with currency received through
the medium of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
After a somewhat lengthy discussion it was decided to
leave conditions as they are at present.
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The meeting then closed at 11.a.m.
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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. F**
c.c.The Adviser, the Govt.of Bahrain,
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The file contains correspondence about a British Ministry of Food scheme in 1944 for ensuring a controlled supply of Iraqi dates at reasonable prices to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms during the Second World War (1939-1945), because local date crops were insufficient and imported dates were subject to wartime quota arrangements. Included in the file is a comprehensive memorandum written by the British Ministry of Food Dried Fruits Division in Wales in 1944, describing in detail the Ministry’s wartime scheme for the central purchase and coordinated distribution of Iraqi dates throughout the Middle East, India and Africa, following the short Iraqi date crop of 1942. There is also correspondence 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. , Bushire and the 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. in London in 1944, about the merits of the British governmental central purchasing scheme for Iraqi dates, for keeping prices down, preventing wartime profiteering, ensuring fair distribution and discouraging the sale of smuggled Iraqi (and Persian) dates in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports. These concerns are discussed repeatedly in correspondence throughout the file.
In 1944, 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 discusses in detail with 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. and other British officials in Sharjah, as well as the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, why the Sheikhs of Bahrain, 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. shaikhdoms of Dubai and Sharjah prefer to use their own commercial agents and local merchants for the procurement of their respective allocations of quota imports of Iraqi dates, rather than as hitherto, the British company Andrew Weir of Basra (appointed Crown purchasing agents in the Middle East). From May 1945 onwards, their official discussions focus on gathering information about the annual requirements for dates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms in the current year, as well as the total number and quantity of their current date exports and imports, in preparation for the gradual relaxation of Government of India wartime trade restrictions on the export and import of dates by Bahrain and the other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms under British protection, with Iraq, Saudi Arabia and India.
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- 1 file (92 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 94; 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 2-93; 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 29/25 DATES QUOTA – 1944-’45 FOR BAHRAIN AND TRUCIAL COAST’
- Pages
- 4r:4v, 24r:27v, 37r:37v, 59r:59v, 65r:65v, 75r:75v, 82r:83v
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- Government of Bahrain
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