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Coll 30/68 'Trade: Japanese trading activities in the Persian Gulf.' [115r] (231/240)
The record is made up of 1 file (117 folios). It was created in 27 Jul 1933-2 Apr 1938. 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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In the month of September last « 6 a«i Jajjanese
representatives of m^inufacturers in Jai)an visited Southern Persia
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j •Mud Iraq with the object of promoting Japanese ^rade and studying
ipping prospeote In the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ports and Iraq,
2. It is reported that they have opened offices in Persia
under the name of Persian trading Company with their head office at
Tehran,
3 . Two interesting visitors who paid visits to Basra were
Messrs. K.G.Unno and H.K&watoata. The former, who also visited
Persia, came to Basra to study shipping, with the object, if possible
of running a Japanese line of steamers from Japan to Basra via India,
but did not find the outlook very encouraging. He collected
shipping data from all possible sources, and especially from Messrs.
F.C.Stride & Co., Basra, whose principals in London are the agents
of Yaraashita Steamship Company,Limited, of Kobe. It is of interest
to note that two Japanese steamers (1) Seiun Mara (2) Joyoshida Maru
visited the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ports during the course of this year, and
that the Captain of one of these stenmers was Mr. M.G.ITnno, referred
to above.
4. The Basra agents of these steamers were Messrs. ?#C.
Striok & Co.,(Basra) Limited, Basra. The second visitor, Mr. H.
Kawabata, is reported to have visited these parts with the object of
purchasing cotton. He stated himself, to a person who interviewed
him, that he was not inclined to purchase anything from Iraq, at
least for the time being. It is, however, reported that 53,000
bales of cotton were purchased from Persia by the Japanese and that
30,000 of these have already been exported from Kohammerah.
British Consulate
Basra, Iraq.
23 rd October, 1933•
M. I.
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The file contains reports on Japanese trade with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in the light of a marked increase in Japanese trading activities in the region. The file contains information relating to Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Oman, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
The file consists of correspondence from 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle), and other British officials; reports from the Department of Overseas Trade; and extracts from the intelligence summaries and diaries of British agencies and consulates around the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The papers cover: reports of enquiries from representatives of Japanese firms into trading conditions in various parts of the Gulf (e.g. Kuwait, folio 89); British resistance to increased Japanese commercial penetration in the Gulf (folio 112); increased Japanese exports of piece-goods and cement (e.g. folio 106); trade between Japan and Iraq (e.g. folio 97); counterfeit goods (folio 46); effect of cheap imported rice (e.g. folio 42); the introduction of Japanese steamer services (e.g. folio 40); summarised cargo manifests of Japanese vessels; import of 'Japanese' tea (folio 24); and possible export of salt from Iran to Japan (folio 12);
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (117 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 119; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 30/68 'Trade: Japanese trading activities in the Persian Gulf.'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:18v, 22r:74v, 75v:87v, 88v:117v, 118v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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