‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [60r] (119/194)
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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PE RSIAN G ULF WAR TRADE BUREAU
REPORT NO.34
, 7 ; Tf-,. PART I - STATISTICAL PORTION
• •. ; -I NIL,
PART II '■ f
Summary 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 8 th October 1942,
A. PERSIA
P ersian trade with A l lied or neutral countrie s -
(a) Paper and acid - p roposal to send goods from Persia to
Iraq - The following is an extract from a letter dated 20.9.42
from Noorbhoy Alibhoy Halai & Sons 9 Karachi 9 to Seth Noorbhai
Goolamhusain 9 Karachiwalla 9 Post Box 33 9 Abada-n;-
M I know what brother writes me about paper. I am- prepared to
give you on account 9 whatever you want. You have already sent
7 tons of them and about 3 tons still remain c Please send them
soon and also make a fresh agreement to supply 'Some more for
Basrah. You have also contracted to supply to us at Basrah 10
tons.of Acid. Please send for the bottles and ssnd the quantity
to Basrah at once. Please note you will not suffer in the
least by .'Sending these goods to Basrah for sale,"
(b) Sugar <, tea.) silk piecegoods and sal-ammoniac- -.^les^dfchp to
Persia..via Dubai - Given below is an extract from a letter dated
5.9.42* (seen in the Bureau during the week under report) from H.
Amini 9 Teher.an 9 to l , J.Fowla & Sons, Bombay s-
n Hope you have shipped 25 tons of sugar to Dubai by now. Please
ship the following goods to Dubai, if it is not possible for
Irans ,:
20 cases .of silk piecegoods
500 " of tea, and
10 tons of Salanmoniac" (Previous Refs page 2 of
Report No.23)
(c) Tea - The following is an extract from a letter dated
20.9,42 from Noorbhoy Alibhoy Halai & Sons, Karachi to Seth Noorbhai
GoolamhuSain, Karachiwalla, Post Box 33, Abadan :~
M I have the order (export permit# for sending 1000 cases of
tea’ to Persia and I will start for Persia after shipping
this, quantity from here. If I do not come I wil 1 send the re
lative B/Ls for the goods. These goods will cost.us at least
Ks, 200 , 000 /-.”
B. IRAQ
Transit trade through Iraq - The only information available
in the Bureau during the week under report relating to transit trade
through Iraq is that a packet sent by N.Khoory & Co,, Bombay,
to Ejemil Naayem, .20 Avenue Des Francias, Beyrouth, contained an
invoice for 12 parcels of .pearl buttons despatched to the Beyrouth
firm via Iraq by parcel post.
2, Miscellaneous -
( a ) Auto-parts - H.S^Abed, A1 Rashid St., Baghdad, in his
letter dated 8.9.42 to S. Abed, Karachi, placed orders for some
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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)
- 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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