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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [26r] (51/194)
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 T .'XR TRADI BUICAU
xl •: •; RRPO RT PC.3 0.
: ; PART I - STATISTICAL PORTION '
:■ ; ' n I L
PART II.
• Surimary of information relating to
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
countries
received in the;
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
War Trade Bureau during the week
ending the.10th September 1942.
_ : • • EiBSIAj.
1» Trad e co n di tions in Persia The following extract from^a
lette^ated 3.8.1942 from Ryder Amini, Teheran, toM.M.K. Shirazi,
Srinagar, Kashmir, speaks of improved trade conditions in Persia:-
"I am thinking of shifting my business to Shiraz because in
business matters we have nothing to depend on in*Teheran now.
I 'am of the opinion that the Exchange Department will be abo
lished as the banks are free to sell exchange drafts up to any
limit. Goods can also be imported without permit and the
Customs import permit can also be obtained at.the ports. Nor
is it necessary to have a certificate of origin. Many of the
prohibited articles haverlso been freed'!
2. Pers ian t rade v dth n e utral .o r Allied count r ies -
(a) Drugs from I ndi a t o Persi a “ In a letter dated 16.7.42 to
the Manager, Lloyds Bank Ltd;, Karachi, the Imperial Bank of Iran,
Meshed,while confirming the following telegram, enclosed a form
stating that the payment was against export of drugs from India to
Persia :- ' ' .
"Pay Mulchand Chanderohan, Bombay Ba!zar, Karachi,
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
ten
thousand account lohamed Shah Sharifzadeh,Herat."
(b) Silk worm eggs (? ) f rom F ra nce to India via Persia .-
Given below is a copy of a telegram dated 26.8.42 from Commintel,
Teheran, to Chief Silk, Srinagar, Kashmir
"Following from Jouvel stop your letter number 141 of July
Wentyn'inth stop further copy of promised letter follows by
Government of India bag stop order of 5000 ounces leaving.
France any moment except for 1500 ounces w/hite Baghdad which
. I can have supplied from. .Iran stop please telegraph w/hether
■ you agree."
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(c) Sugar - • ' ' :
(i) Desp atch of-'^ugar to Pe rsia via Dubai - In a letter dated
25.8,42 Mirzanassan & Bros., Dubai, informed Saji Jafar Abdul
Rahim, Muscat, that they would be sending 200 bags of sugar by
boat to Khorramshahr. (Previous ref: page 1 of Report No.28).
(ii) Ce ntr a l S upplies Com m ittee . T e heran, granting licences
t o Persian merchants fpr i mport of s us^ar from India :- A good number
or interceptions seen Tn the Bureau during the "week under^ report
shows that Persian merchants placed orders in the latter half of.
August with their correspondents in India for considerable quantities
of sugar stating that the. Central Supplies Committee,.Teheran, had
granted licences for'same and that authorities‘in India had been
informed accordingly. In this connection the following telegram
dated 20.8.42 from Djafar Akhavan, Teheran, to Ghazanfar Mowla,
Karachi, is interesting :-
"Obtained from English General Supplies.Committee under number
224 dated twelve August instant export permit for 500 tons '
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (95 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- ‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
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- front, front-i, 2r:52r, 53v:56v, 58v:65r, 66r:71r, 74r:78v, 80r:96v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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