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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎21r] (41/194)

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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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PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. - r . AR TRADE 3DBS1IJ
REPOR T NO. 29
PART I - STATISTICAL PORTION '
NIL.
PART II •
■ Sumrnary.of information relating to Persian G-ulf countries
received ih -the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. frar Trace Bureau during the week
ending the 3rd September 1942.
JL-EISSIl
Pe rsian t rade with hIlieA^or_n eui£&l_co\mtries -
(a) Artificial si lk goods - despatc h to Pers ia v ia Dubai-
It appears from inLe?cepLions seen Tn tne Bureau recently that
artificial silk piecegoods were despatched from India in the month
of August 1942 to Dubai with the intention of forwarding them>*on to
Persia'. The following extract from a letter dated 22.8.42 from #
Zartoshty & Sons, Bombay, to M/s Mohd. & Abdulla H.Y.Khoory, Dubai,
is of interest in this connection
"Enclosed cut piece samples care of 15 cases art silk piece-
goods which have been shipped to you. You are requested to
let us know at what rate you can get us an offer for same.
If found economic we will instruct you to sell them there,
otherwise a part is to be shipped to Meherji, Bunder Abbas
and part to Gulshani, Bushire.
(b) Sugar" - shipme nt from East Africa -_ A telegram dated
7,8.42 from Rashid MoEdma Co., Mombasa, to Sahib Singh, Charag
Burg, Teheran, offered 3000 tons of sugar at the rate of £30 per
ton c.i.f. Bushire or Bunder Shahpur and asked addressee to arrange
for import permit through Military authorities who should also
wire to the^Supply Board, Nairobi, to allow export_licence. It
was stated that shipment of the goods was not possible without an
export licence.
(c) Tpa -
(i) Desp a tch f r om India - Several interceptions seen.in
the Bureau during the weeE under report show that tea is still in
greet demand in Persia and good quantities appear to have been
•&B^tchedfrom India in the month of August 1942. In view of the
Government of India’s orders stopping licences for export of^tea
to Persia, it is presumed that these despatches were made under
licences previously obtained. A recent interception (telegram
dated 20.5.42 from Randerian, Calcutta, to Faizmohamed Faiz, Zahe-
dan),however, refers to some arrangement under which tea is being
allowed to be exported to Persia. The following is a copy of the
telegram:-
"According our arrangement all tea allowed for Iran.
Please inform all customers."
(ii) Despatch from India v i a Dubai - Given below is a
copy of a letter dated 22.8.42 from Tafti Bros., Bombay, to Haji
Mohamed Haji Zainal Faraidooni, Dubai, which reveals how with a
view to circumvent the recent restrictions imposed.by the Govern
ment of India on exports of tea, merchants are making attempts to
ship tea to Dubai for onward despatch to Persia :-
"I had an. iris true t ion from V.H. Tafti, Yezd, to buy
100,000 ibs of tea and 25 cases art silk piecegoods and
same to be shipped to you to Dubai. Accordingly the said -

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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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