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Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities' [74r] (148/712)
The record is made up of 1 file (354 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1930-12 Mar 1948. 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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crores of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
foor annum; while if these new oil fit.
come to anything, as we expect they will do, there will be
important ne- markets coming into existence in the next
two or three years, possibly supplemented later by other
"oil-begotten* markets on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and in Muscat.
4* At the present moment the Japanese hold a
predominant share of the Bahrain market, but anti-Japanese
feeling here is pretty strong; and it would be reasonably
enough to use this feeling to help in diverting a propor
tion of the Japanese business here, provided India can
of India have for developing overseas trade, as I do not
possess departmental lists here apart from our own. But
I imagine there is some organisation of the sort, and I
definitely think it would be worth while for an expert to
be sent here to see wha- can be done about improving
Indian trade. It is, of course, no use leaving things
like this to xaia amateurs of the Political service who
have neither the time, the knowledge nor the experience
to do anything much for the promotion of trade.
6 . There is also a fair amount of scope in the
oil fields for Indians with some mechanical training.
We do not want the adventurirg ty e coming up the Julf to
look for work - they do definite harm to Indian interests -
and it is true that at present the Bahrain Petroleum
Company and the California txxtixxx Arabian Standard Oil
Company seem to be unable to get hold of the right type.
But I believe that Mr. Thornberg, ho is a vice-president
of the Oil Company, will be visiting India shortly and will
be wanting to get into touch with people who c.^n help him
to find Indians of a better type for employment both in
Bahrain and Hasa on skilled work which so far is beyond
offer similar goods at reasonable prices.
5.
I am not sure what organisation the Grovernmtnt
the ca acity
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The file contains information on economic and trade conditions in the states located on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and discussion of the potential market there for British goods. The main correspondents are the Department of Overseas Trade, and 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. . The file also contains a number of detailed reports from British officials, which were submitted to the Department of Overseas Trade.
The first of these reports, dated 1931, relates specifically to cotton piece-goods, and consists of a general report by the British Vice-Consul at Bushire on the Arab coast market, and reports on local conditions from the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, 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, Shargah [Sharjah] (relating to Debai [Dubai] and 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 Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. Further general reports on economic conditions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by various British Vice-Consuls at Bushire, are dated 1934-37 (including a Department of Overseas Trade published version, for October 1934, folios 126-144). There are also other reports on local conditions, and general correspondence concerning economic conditions and the market for British goods. Papers from 1936 onwards show increasing awareness of the importance of oil in enhancing the potential economic significance of the Gulf states.
The following correspondence is also of note:
- Folios 73-75, dated 1938, draw attention to the increasing market for Indian products and the potentially increasing field of employment for Indians in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly at Bahrain.
- Folios 66-69, dated 1942, concern the export of tobacco to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- Folios 57-64, dated 1946, concern difficulties experienced by merchants in Kuwait in obtaining British goods.
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 (354 folios)
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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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 355; 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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- Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities'
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- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 15v:31v, 32v:126r, 127v, 128v:298v, 307r:355v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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