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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎2r] (3/194)

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The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1942-5 May 1943. 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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rxtracts iron Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. r 'cr Trade Bureau
Report No. 13.
A. PERSIA.
IRA C
C . Bi HRI Ii'j
:ui /-i.
I umerous letters and tele.^raras seen in the Bureau
the period under report ; Iso confirm that merchan
Persia were ; ttemptin^ to bring quantities of sugar
India to Dubai or I useet first e nd then to tranship
to Persie.. ' bdulie Yazcani end ' r ohd. /min of r ubei
to be the principal inter lediaries at Dubai in this
i letter deted 6-l-4i’from Pharan / rdeshir He ?hi h
Karachi to Hr. /bdulla Yazdani, Rubei
country crafts which were loaded with
during
s in
from
them
a ppec r
trade.
t.
referred to two
sugar and destined
for a port in Omen. The writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. stated that after the
Customs formalities in Oman were concluded the crafts were
to be sent on with their lo^ds to Bunder /bbas. r fhe writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
with sugar^ which had been sent to Dubai for transhipment
t o Bund er /bba s.
(c
/s export of rice f
are trying to evade
Dubai writing to Da
the addressee to wr
shipped to Dubai wa
then be able to get
merchants in Persia
Shaikh of Dubai.
I- - v n . ^ ■ : - j ;o P m- . - oj ‘ J be i
r-on Dubai has been prohibited, merchants
this prohibition. Ibrahim TT . Galadari,
had el 'Yrzook, Karachi, on 14-4-42 asked
ite a letter to him saying thft the rice
s for transhipment. The writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. would. *
permission to sell the commodity to
by producing the letter before the
{ ' r- 4- s me Y -
rom interceptions
in the Bureau as well as from a summary (No.115)
ast Intelligence Centre It appears that merchants
seen recently
of the ' T iddle Fast intelligence Centre it appears
from Basrah are trying to buy all piecegoods and textiles they
and that good quantities of
by firms
can find in Bahrain end Dubai,
buffalo and cow hides are being purchased in Baghdad
in Turkey in exchange for Turkish soap.
(c) Dice and wheat fmour - BPirain.: per country craft
f ’'-imru - n extract fro i -tetter e a ted
from Eatanchand Dipchahd Karani, Bahrain, to Thakar
Karson, Cutch 'fandvi, is given below :-
19-4-42
Ha r Ira m
7 O ~ ^ ^ •
’’There are veiY r good prospects for trade here,
please ship to us in country crafts from Cutch
'Hncvi, rice or who; t flour, as much as you can
If you wish to send the goods on your
please mark them P.D. so that they can
to an outsider. YJe can get a. very good
for goods marked r .D. ?T
account
be sold
price
Co
tr -purchases from Dubai - In a letter dated 15---42
/bdulrphnan Fakhroo, Bahrain informed T ' 0 hd. Yusuf Fakhroo c/o
Dahad arzook, Karachi that as he was unable to buy tea locally
he had sent his brother li to Dubai to buy at least 100 boxes
of tea from there.
-- ...
Alghanim, Karachi, in his letters dated 20---42 advised eight
merchants in Kuwait end Dubr i to send him telegrc is at his
expense under different names ordering shipments of large
quantities of rice, v/heat flour, sugar, etc. so that he might
satisfy the authorities in India on production of those
telegrams and obtain export permits for the quantities mentioned
therein.

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The file comprises: 1) copies of extracts, or complete copies of, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade War Bureau reports, numbered 29 to 37, and issued weekly and dated between 15 August 1942 and 2 November 1942; 2) copies of correspondence concerning the re-export trade from the Arab Coast, chiefly from Dubai to Persia [Iran] and other countries.

The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade War Bureau reports are arranged by country (Persia, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Dubai) and by subject or commodity (sugar, tea, cotton, etc.). They contain extracts and intelligence gleaned from intercepted mail and telegraphic correspondence, chiefly from merchants but also from newspapers and other organisations, and report on a range of subject matter related to trade, including: suspected or known cases of smuggling, fictitious orders used to increase quotas, and the re-export trade from Dubai. Some of the reports contain intelligence relating to wartime developments in Europe, which is struck through in red or blue pencil. The final report in the file (ff 76-87) contains statistical tables showing trade in various commodities between India and the key ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Correspondence related to the re-export trade from Dubai chiefly takes place between 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 William Rupert Hay; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior), 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. at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield), and 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 at Sharjah (Khan Sahib Saiyid ‘Abd al-Razzaq), and discusses the reasons behind the flourishing re-export trade from Dubai, methods of limiting the re-export trade, stock levels of sugar in the Gulf.

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1 file (95 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 92-93) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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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 95; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-94; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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