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Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities' [194r] (388/712)
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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to 16 4«y« to roach tholr dootlaatlon as compared with 6 days
fey Xorxy all the way.
Trade •- Although ^onsral trads conditions in Mohammerah
are profeafely hotter than in other Persian ports in the Gulf,
restricted fey the Government regulations, and if the threatened j
monopoly on pieoe goods eventuates, some of them may find it
difficult to continue in business.
Apart from the activities of the Anglo version Oil ?o»t
which lit outside the scope of this report, there are no
important industries in the district.
Thors is sn occasional demand for machinery suoh as slsotrio
light engines, motor feoat engines, oranes, water pumps, etc.,
and in this line British goods are generally preferred on account
of their superior quality, hut it must he remembered that
foreign machinery is also available and that prioe is as often
as not the factor ahioh determines the placing of an order.
In Mohammerah itself there has been talk of establishing flour
mills, also of importing machinezy for soap making and the
weaving of woillon goods.
Imports.- Plsos goods are imported in large quantities
from Japan, sometimes in exohangs for raw ootton, and in
lesser quantities from India and the United irirdom. Tea,
comes from dolombo, Calcutta and Batavia; motor oars, trucks
and accessories almost sxolusivsly from the united States*
vugar is imported from Antwerp, Marseilles, Port-Maid and
Hamburg. Belgian B*T. loaf-sugar is the most popular, on
aoeount of its hardness, which appeals to the Persians who are
aooustomed to suck sugar with their tea.
Considerable quantities of building material including
cement, roofing, iron joists, paint etc*, are imported in reply
to a steady demand from up country• The United Kingdom,
oontlnues to export suoh material but there is keen competition
merchants hers as elsewhere, found themssl
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (354 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 15v:31v, 32v:126r, 127v, 128v:298v, 307r:355v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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