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‘File 29/28 Bran for Bahrain & T.C.’ [‎4r] (7/282)

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The record is made up of 1 file (139 folios). It was created in 27 May 1943-2 Jun 1947. 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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No .C/1421.
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Bahrain, 25th October 1943.
From
To
Sir
Major T. Hickinbotham, O.B.E.,
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 Hon* ble Lhe Political Kesident
in the Peraian Gulf, Buahire.
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I have the honour to enclose a memorandum which
1 have received from the Adviser to the Bahrain Oovernmen
on the subject of the * rovieion of bron for the feeding
of cattle and other animela in Bahrain. /
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2. i;*hile in Delhi in July thia year, I llacuaaed the (j
question of the export of bran to Kuwait and was informed
by the Deputy Secretary in the Foreign Department that he
would consider the question as early as possible. * .“J*
s^e, from Government of India 'ixpresa Letter No.65bl-N/43
dated the 10th September 1943, that the question ia still
under consideration. I request that everything possible
be done to reach an early settlement as the position with
regrrd to the feeding of animals in Bahrain ia very serious
indeed. If the situation deteriorates much further, the
transport of human baings and supplies will be affected as
the already overburdened donkeys will not, owing to shortage
of food, be fit for work* *** Bn extreme may be reached when
owing to lack of nourishment milk supplies will be much
reduced with the resultant under-nourishment of the juvenile
population.
3. When I was in Basrah recently I gathered that there
were quantities of bran available in the Baghdad area Ju.rt
as described in the enclosure to this letter and 1 also
understood that Iraq had © considerable surplus of barley.
In the event of India not being able to supply our needs
In the immediate future, I will be grateful if the U.K.C.C
be approached through the Middle test Supply Council
with a view to making bran or barley available from stocks
at present in being in Traq. Bran is preferable to barley
as the figure at which bnrley would be made available would
probably be beyond the means of any but the richer merchants
I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient servant
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.

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The file contains correspondence mainly about the export of bran from Punjab, by sea from Karachi to Bahrain and 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, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential animal feed such as bran was in short supply and subject to Government of India export restrictions and import quota arrangements in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms under British protection. The correspondence is mainly between 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. for Bahrain, the Director of Customs and Port Officer for the Government of Bahrain, and officials in the Government of India External Affairs Department, New Delhi. They discuss minimum annual requirements for the local consumption of bran in Bahrain 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; the quarterly and half-yearly distributions (in tons) of the bran quota among approved merchants in Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah; the regular quota reductions imposed by the Government of India Food Department owing to acute shortages in India and the unavailability of a surplus for export and Government of India revised export control procedures. The file also contains merchants’ correspondence, from importers in Bahrain and their export agents and shippers in Karachi, complaining about the refusal of the Export Trade Controller in Karachi and other Government of India controlling authorities, to grant export licences and permits. Included in the file are numerous lists containing the names of all approved importers of Indian quota bran in Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah, as well as the names and addresses of their export agents and shippers in Karachi.

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1 file (139 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 141; 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 2-126; 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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