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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎41r] (81/194)

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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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B. IRAQ .
Transit trade /through Iraq - The latest position of this
trade is shbwnrin 'Appendix I.
2 . Miscellaneous -
f;
(a) • Charcoal, fire-wood, empty gunny bags, .jute twine ,
hessian cloth, silk and woollen goods, cotton thread, medicine s 9
electrical goods and goat-hair cloth - These goods are in good demand
in ; draco ' It is •'■gathered from a better dated 25.8.1942 from Abdul
Latif Esniail, Baghdad^ to M/s Ravji Javerchand ? Karachij that import
permits'are' not ‘required for goods that go to Iraq per country craft.
(b) Tea for Basrah .yia/pubai, Shar.iah, Kiv.;ait and Khorram-
v shahr -> From interceptions .seen ih the : -Bureau during the week under
e irjeport it;d.s seen -that tea.Is being imported into^ Basrah via Dubaij
-Sharjah, Kuwait and also via Khorramshahr. In this connection an
extract is given beloW from a,letter dated 29.8^1942 from Koweity &
Suleimany Abdul Jabar Khedairy Road, Ashar, Basrah’,: to•'Y.E. Soffer,
^Bombay: - ' ,f -• r ;; I.
l.r .ck “Tea,. In a previous;cable!:'you stated Shipped .thrOefifty tea... »
• o and ifl;your recent dable you state.: f Tea 350 -Khorramshahr still
; ' dock shipment very shortly 1 and such contradictions may involve
* r; ’ us unnecessarily in a serious inconvenience. r Anyhow, we wish you
:r:. not to forget that the relative B/lading.is• required by cable very
' urgently in order we may begin working to,bring the goods to
Basrah. The balance of ; the quantify is to be shipped to Basrah,
i': if not possible^to Dubai in which oase the s/lading to be cabled
to Abdullah -Alzunaidi^ Dubai, Sharjah Post, if not - possible they
are to be shipped to Khorramshahr and B/lading to be telegraphed
to us if still not "possible ship to Kuwait and telegraph b/l to
Abdul Rahman Baher, Kuwait. We are to be advised in each and
every case, in order we-may attempt re-shipping of the goods to
Basrah. Whenever, export permits.-to Basrah are available, we
: L.;ii.Mll...certainly :-place'aaev^ ofdcrsv“tPf evioiis ; ref: p.3 of JReport
j.C : No. 29) •; . “T- M t •
Recent re-exports of tea from Dubai;to.Basrah appear to have been
£o 'heavy that the stock in Dubai has almost"been exhausted and the
rate has «gone up-so that a pound i of tea-can not .'be had for Rs. 2 / 10 /-
even* ' si: .- " • .. •: i..
(c) Traffic between Mohamara and Basrah closed - In a
letter dated 24.8..1942 addressed to Sheth Madhawji 'llhaverbhai, Karachi,
Raybjee Lakhajee/Mohamarastated that goods'valued, at Rs. 150,000/-
arrived at Mohanara from Bombay, but the traffic between Mohamara and
Basrah was closed..- ^ ‘
C -- '■
C. BAHRAIN
.1 a ’t.- 1 ”
(a) Food and -oil- situation relieved in Bahrain - The following is
an extract from a letter written ’i^rom Bahrain by ^Paul ' 1 and forwarded
to Rev. G.P. De Jong, Kodaikanal, S. India, by G. Nykerk, American
Mission, Kuwait, on 28.7.1942:-
“Everything is as usual here. The food shortage that seemed so
serious for some weeks has been relieved. Wakefield the Consul
did a good piece of work there. Five oil tankers stand toge
ther being loaded yesterday and today till they fill up and go.
I imagine that pleases the refinery folk for tankers have boon
a bit short at times. It takes a lot of tankers to accommodate
the refinery and keep it busy,"
(b) Thread - evasion of export regulations ? - Following is an
extract from a letper from Mohamed Bin Husein Haji Bakir, Bahrain,

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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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