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'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait' [97r] (193/282)
The record is made up of 1 file (139 folios). It was created in 13 May 1937-29 Sep 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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Secret •
Air i ail
NO.D.1012-N/4C.
From
To
His Britannic Majesty^ Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of Iran, Tehran.
The Secretary to the Government of India
in the External Affairs Department
Dated Hew Delhi, the 8th March 1940
Exports of tea to Iran
Sir,
1 am directed to refer to telegram from the
Government of India in the External Affairs Department
No.17, dated the 28th February 1940, and to forward two
Statements giving figures of the exports of tea from
British India to Iran.
2. It will be seen that there has been a large increase
in exports both by land and sea since the outbreak of war,
though the exports by sea are not abnormal when compared
with 1937.
3. A copy of this letter and its enclosures is being
sent to His Majesty 1 s Consul-General for Khorasan, Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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.
.
I have the honour to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
sd. W.R.Hay
for Secretary to the Government of India.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the alleged smuggling of tea into Iraq from India and Ceylon by Kuwaiti traders. Towards the end of the file, more general information concerning the importation of tea from India into Kuwait is also contained, including details of the Kuwaiti merchants involved in this trade.
In addition to correspondence between British officials in the Gulf and India, the file also contains letters that were exchanged between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the country's ruler, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translations).
The file also contains a copy, in both Arabic original and English translation, of a petition that was sent to Ruler of Kuwait from several Kuwaiti merchants that were active in the tea trade on 15 January 1938 (folios 39-40).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (139 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/204
- Title
- 'File 4/19 Smuggling of Unlicensed Tea from India by Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:6v, 8r:20v, 23r:25v, 27r:30v, 38r:38v, 41r:47v, 50r:50v, 52r:84v, 87r:90v, 93r:109v, 113r:117v, 119r:119v, 121r:121v, 123r:126v, 133r:133v, 137r:140v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence