'File 34/3 Imports and Exports of goods' [‎132r] (267/432)

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The file contains correspondence regarding the import of methylated spirit for use in gas lamps from Karachi to Dubai and Sharjah. It includes lists of names of trustworthy merchants in Dubai and lists of commodities exported from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. to India including: dried fish, scrap-iron, melted-down gold and silver, and mother of pearl. It also contains a large number of weekly statements showing the imports of rice, wheat and wheat flour mainly from Karachi to Sharjah and Dubai during the years 1940 and 1941. These statements give names of ships, ports of shipment, consigners, consignees, quantity and remarks. The statements are sent mainly from 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 in Sharjah to 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. in Bahrain.

The file also contains correspondence regarding annual requirements of over sixty commodities including foodstuffs such as coffee, spices, and sugar, household goods such as washing soda and soaps, and leather goods such as cases and shoes. It also contains correspondence regarding exports to Saudi Arabia and the Yemen including cotton, petroleum products and foodstuffs, and correspondence regarding the collection of guano from Abu Dhabi Islands including Al-Qassar, Halul, Arzanah, and Sir Bani Yas.

The correspondence is mostly between 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 in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and 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. , and to a lesser extent between British Indian merchant Jethaand Lalchand, Shaikh Said bin Maktum, Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan bin Zayid, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, and the Ministry of Economic Warfare in London.

Extent and format

1 file (211 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover 213; 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 foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-212; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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