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'File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries' [185r] (370/495)
The record is made up of 1 file (249 Folios). It was created in 23 Jul 1929-29 Nov 1934. 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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DBPyuOTiSNT OP OVjKS JAS TUADS,
35, OLD QUBSN STliEBT,
LONDOI, S. W. 1.
V716/31. ;4th November, 19^1.
Gentlemen,
^ Your letter of November 5th, on the subject of the
pearl trade in the Persian Oulf, addressed to the
Colonial Office, has been forwarded to this Departm^it.
The delay in replying is due to that cause, and is
regretted,
2. As you are probably aware, Bahrein is the
centre of the pearl industry and is the chief market in
the Oulfe Latterly, important Continental, Indisn and
Arab merchants, who used to send their agents, now go
themselves to that island. Most of the important buying
and selling is done ashore. The chief buyers, as last
reported, are the Continental merchants, viz: Messrs.
Rosenthal Si Pack, ^ohamed Ali Zianal, and his partner,
Mr.Bienenfield, and a few Indian and Persian merchai ts«
They normally arrive at Bahrein as soon as the opening of
t'le season (May) has commenced, and leave a week or tw
after it closes during the month of October. The pearls
argpolished and graded in Bombay and then taken to Paris
and London for sale to inglish and American buyers. It
is possible that with easier comrainicati on between
Europe end the Sast by modern air routes, and improved
living conditions in Bahrein, opportunities will arise for
more buyers to go to that district in the future. A good
deal/
Messrs.Harvey % Lockitt*
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Correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and customs officials in Bahrain, and United Kingdom companies relating to trade in Bahrain. The file includes papers concerning an upsurge in orders for bicycles in Bahrain, 1929. Other commodities covered include mother of pearl and the pearl trade, Lingah shells (known in European markets as 'Bombay shells'), bedsteads, margarine and related products, electric generating sets and motor engines for motor launches, cloth, cotton, silks, machine tools, condensed milk and chocolate, biscuits, sharks' skins, locks, sport goods, scotch whisky and a proposal for a golf course. The objective was to increase the volume and range of trade carried on in Bahrain by British firms. The papers also include reports, and correspondence with local companies in Bahrain.
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- 1 file (249 Folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: The system of foliation in use appears in a circle in the top right-hand corner of each folio. The file is also foliated 1-15, 19-256 (uncircled).
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- IOR/R/15/2/1352
- Title
- 'File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:2v, 4r:4v, 5v:13v, 14v, 15v:16v, 17v, 18v:20v, 22r:23v, 26r:31v, 32v:39v, 41v, 43v, 46v:48v, 50r:51v, 54v:64v, 66r:66v, 68r:68v, 70v, 72r:75v, 76v, 81r:81v, 83r:83v, 85v:86v, 87v, 90r:90v, 92r:92v, 93v, 94v:112v, 113v:114v, 116r:116v, 118r:120v, 122r:126v, 127v:128v, 135v, 141v:145v, 147v:148v, 149v:153v, 156r:156v, 158v:161v, 162v:180v, 181v:189v, 190v, 191v:193v, 201r:201v, 202v, 203v, 206r:208v, 213v:214v, 218v, 219v, 223r:223v, 225r:231v, 232v:234v, 236r:240v, 241v, 242v:246v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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