'File 34/3 Imports and exports'

Content

The file contains correspondence mostly between Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaq [Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzāq], 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, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, the rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (United Arab Emirates), and several merchants.

The papers relate to the trade of goods between the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Bahrain, India, Persia, and Saudi Arabia during a period of heavy restrictions and shortages because of the Second World War. Several matters are covered, including:

• monthly import/export statements for the ports of Sharjah and Dubai (July 1941-April 1942);
• requests from local merchants and rulers for permission to import certain goods, often car parts in the case of ruling sheikhs;
• statements and statistics relating to the Civil Requirements Programme which was set up to ensure essential goods from India would reach the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
• requests for prices and the imposition of price controls;
• the fear that local merchants might trade with the enemy, including a list of merchants operating in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (folio 85);
• British discouragement of exporting goods, especially foodstuffs, from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ;
• the need to import more food from India in order to alleviate famine along the Persian coast in April and May 1942.

Extent and format

1 file (227 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in rough chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 229; 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 2-28; these numbers are 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.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/4/13

Former external reference(s)

34/3

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Jul 1941-2 Jun 1942 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

International trade

Places

Trucial Coast

People & organisations

Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah

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