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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎5r] (9/194)

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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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"The Customs suthorities here press for the production
of the orders received by merchants for exports. Your
orders, therefore, should be continuous in every letter
for shipment of 5, DO, 10 , 'DO or £0,000 so that vre - ay
present*then to the Customs and ship whttever is
permitted. u
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' letter dated 18-5-41. from Fahad T 'arzook, Karachi to Mohc.
-usuf Fakhroo, Bahrain, revea-S that tne 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. na.s yc., ■ ! ■
bae-s of rice and 4,600 bags of ; tta awaitiiy
several ports e g. Kuwait, 1 > bar, Sur, rtc.
Extracts from Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,,! ar Trade Bureau Report No > 17/
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tils . - / letter dated 4-5- 1 froa
. & F.H. Lari 1 Co., Bor:-bay,
H.B.H. "nshiri, Bushire, to x n n
recuests addressees to ship 10o bags -iou: c j. ! ^ bags a^n.i -s
up‘to rubai at least. 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. is ready to arrange trans
port fro Tube i to Busnire comtiy c ra.s-oS.
(f) -ugar aiK tea — (i'* . ai'. c oe aiici — . he o. - ->~
these co imodities in Persia continuec steom s e o. •' .
Piiafons d Co. of morba.y wrote to Goa and stated that tney
were interested in exporting sugar fhon _»a .o a. sia. L g _
some letters there were suggestions that tea and sugar migho
be shipped to Persia from ports in the Indian "tates ana 110:1
j?r s -h Africa, mhe intensity of demand for these gooes may oe
! u 'ad fro a letter dated 7-4-42 f] on f. ^-l^h ri, r ]ehr mi
iLrGZc. Por Dcy — T, _. w&s c^i lIig poi- ^ ± u t o — ^ y
for further consignment (2000 bags) of suga.. h ut youi - -y-
-ran, stating that the season of country craft would^end by
the end of March, prevented me to do so. The other day i _
cabled you for 500 tons of Indian sugar
I want you to bear in mind this point am a t ■ ria.,
ever you find any commodity such as sugar, tea, coffee or
spices in a large scale and ready for sale please cable me
1 mediately, particularly sugar. Or even i- you have any
means to et it from Africa or Mauritius either reaay m
Bombay bond or direct in tranship via Bombay for Bunder ,bbas
Rubai, Kuwait or Bahrain.’ 1
2(r''s 8ocp. - From interceptions seen recently it is
noticed thetTairge quantities of soap are being exported from
Bombay by steamer and country craft to raq and otner
destinations up the Gulf.
Ganera 1 Cone — tions ; — n. ^^ m -n—-• —
appears from many interceptions seen in the Bureau that there
is a shortage of food stuffs, particularly atta, barley, etc.
m Bahrain. The following extract fro:-, a let per da pec. 83-4-4a
from Khans ah eb ; be. ul Hus a. in & Bros., Bahrain to Hcba.tnl-a
& Bros., Bombay, explains in brief the posaIron:-
tr/t present it is very difficult to get flour over hen .
Bread is unobtainable. In the last boat 300 bags Ox
flour were received, out of which, accorain^ to^Govern
ment regulations only one to two {ojL pouncs are
allowed for household consumption. All the bakeries are
being closed. God knows whet ier ilour v.a be oooamable
in the future or not. The market is quite unsteady
present. T?

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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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