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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [‎56r] (111/194)

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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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PBRoIAIv 1 &ULF 1 ' r Afl TRAPS BUREAU
R3P0RT NO.33
Pi3T I - STATISTICAL PORTION
•• 'S - N I L '' / : 1 :
: ' ■ . PART II .
Summary of information relating to Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. countries
receivea in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. r ar Trade Bureau during the week
enaing the 1st October 1942.
A. PRRSIA
1
Bunder
• ,-ilMe_condiiions_at_Bunder_Abba,s - Trade conditions at
Abbas are statec, to be dull in a letter dated 25.8.1942 from
Abdulla Zainal Zainaly, Bunder Abbas,' to Abdulla Zainal’Zainaly,
Karachi, an extract from which is given below
Ml
G-iven
market cono.itions of Bunder Abbas are very dull. The merchants,
.lor not having been aile "to sell their merchandise, are hard
pressed tor money. If things continue as they are, it will be
very troublesome. All imported goods are lying and there is no
sa^e. Only a small Quantity of sugar exchanges hands once a
’/ anG ^ zt too at a loss. Its present rate here is Rials
1 , 000 /- and at the present rate or expenses from Dubai, there
1. s a loss oi loO Rials on each bag. Fiecegoods have no sale
a - ’ b ?9 ause 'the. transport expenses from Bunder Abbas to
Jha interior are very high* To Kerman the charge per ton is
surs&.&sg. 6 * “«»’ to isfat “ 730 «■»».'»* ^
2. Persian_trade^wdfh^Alli^d_pr_neutral cou ntri es -
(a) Gpat-h£ir_-_purchas ed_b y the U.S. A f on barter basis 9 -
lelow ^ ~ • — ""- 1 -’— M ^ ‘ < 1 —-
rr , . is:an extract from a letter dated 16.9.1942 from Hail
11_was stated_in your previous letter that the Americans are
buying hair on barber system. I would like to know in
detail whether the exchange takes place at Karachi, or'in
America, anc what kind of goods, they give in exchange ? M • -
n ’ n oxciers placed_with_Indi^n_firms - Karachi
it fs fram , t ®i®§ ra?n ? se8n recently
^K^T^h^red that large orders for tea are still being placed
Sharjah a^d B-srah^' merchaJ:lts : in Za hcdan, Teheran, Shiraz,
idiscell a.neonR -
Rn „ k T /) ^nq]je ki) 1,13 of-Iran tr^nsferring.. account from th e Sastsm
fe4Bfe-W., ;W vog I.ational Bank of Ind lft L^ n - Tn a letter ditid7
fhAA+Kf p st g n *>ank Ltd., Karachi, inform their head office at
hnvo G +V L i lc 4 lns P 1 ii' 8 9 1 al i L,hey have done, the Banoue Kellie of Iran
BaT A I tKAlv the r r ac g unt from the Eastern Bank Ltd. to the Nation!
anK ° A l^-dici Ltd.., . I^ra.chi, owing to the present world conditions.
• (b) Gpnbral_Sup^ly_^ommitt e e ^ s work in Persia — Given bp low/
-55. ^ X T^ aa i/ij' om T a Tetter dated 51.8.1942 from~Sherkat Skharni
jmac <*• ttd ->’ »*«». km-,, w
' ™dp r l v Au„AA f s ? result of the endeavours and representation
maocDy the ^merchants, a special representative of tfie Central
Bupply Gommittee for the tiddle East, has'come to PeAia
A U ?X in i the .formation of a Joint Committee, for meeting th
neeao of th;s.country in connection with the requirements or

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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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