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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [51r] (101/194)
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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PRRS TAT; fflJJJ 1 WAR TRADE BUREAU -
REPORT NO. 32
Part I - Statistical Portion.
LULL.
PART II .
SiiTiary 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.
Par Trade Bureau during the week end
ing the 24th September 1942.
' A. PSRSI A
1. Ge ne ra l cond it ions in Persia - A letter dated 2.8.1942 from
Gharan SingH, c/o. British. Gonsulate General ? Bushirej to Vilayati
Ram, Karachi, describes living conditions in Bushire as follows:-
"I have reached Bushire but am in great difficulty.
Wheat flour is selling at Es.3/- per seer, ghee at Rs.2/-
per lb. and sugar at n* 4/- per seer, and that too of not
a very good quality. One is - put to inconvenience for
almost everything, A tinful of water costs As.8/-. If
. one were to put Ms minimum daily consumption of water
at two tinfuls it would cost him Re.l/- per day thus
making a monthly total of It,30/- for water alone. Under
the circumstances one cannot hope to save a single penny
out of one f s pay. I have got thoroughly fed up with this
place. When water for drinking purposes can be had with
so much difficulty how can one expect to find water for
washing himself. I want to resign my job and come back.”
2. Pe rsian tra de wi th Allied or neut ral countries -
(a) Butto ns - From a telegram dated 5.9.1942 from babb,
Jan Pension, Bombay, to Michel oaab, Teheran, it is gathered that
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.
nroposed to ship large quantities of buttons to Persia
in the first part of September 1942.
(b) Chevro le t c ars - Following is a copy of a telegram
dated 15.9.1942 from Piles, Calcutta, to Haslam, U.K.C.C.,
Zahadan :-
"understand from Teheran there a,re twentyseven new^
Chevrolet cars complete with spares and tyres lying at
Pokkundi and they would like us to arrange purchase and
take delivery for them stop please proceed Hokkundi
immediately ascertain full details of cars owners names
and if possible for you purchase locally advise us and
Teheran price for Zanidan stop have referred Government
of India regarding export licence.”
(c) D rugs - A cover dated 2,8.1942 from the Imperial
Bank of India, Peshed, to Lloyds Bank Ltd., Karachi, contained a
Bank slip for the transfer M Es.5000 from Basrah Office to Bombay
Account on account of drugs sent to Peshed, payee being Sherkat
Taz Ghandehari, Meshed, (Preyious Ref: p.l oi Report No,30).
(d) Plecegoods - The demand for piecegoods in Persia
continued strong. Sherkat Iranian Co./Karachi, are noticed to
have shipped piecegoods to the value of Rs.3,77,750 to various
firms in Persia during the period June 10 to August 30. (Previous
Refgp.l of Report No.31), j Khoshkish Ismailzadeh, Representative
of Finance Ministry of Iran/ Bombay, stated in his telegram
dated 8.9,1942 to the Finance Ministry Poamelat, Teheran, that
he had shipped 18,586 bales out of 22,200 bales purchased by
him.
(e) S ugar - demand from .India - It appears from recent
interceptions that merchants in Persia are still trying to obtain
sugar from India. _ In a telegram dated 7.9.1942 to Bahman
Kaghighat, Karachi, Ardakani Galedary, Teheran, asked addressee
not to cancel sugar (contract?) as he hoped to 'obtain a licence.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- ‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:52r, 53v:56v, 58v:65r, 66r:71r, 74r:78v, 80r:96v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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