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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [6r] (11/194)
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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Suf-:gr. teo. etc :- Lc-rge imports bv coiJLntrv cr&fts .- In a
letter dated £3-5-4^ Iron , .K.H.--'. /-bbas, f-ubai, to ; .
Abbas, Bombay, the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
informed addressee th; t 5 or 6
country crafts with cargo of sugar, tee, and pepper from
Bombay and Karachi arrived at Bubal on 23-5-42 and nearly
4000 bags of sugar were among the cargo. It is also gathered
from the same letter that many more country crafts were on
their way to arrive.
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Extracts from
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
War Trade Bureau Report Wo.19.
1(a) Su. fcr and tec - The market for sugar and tea con
tinued to be active in Persia and considerable quantities were
despatched from India, m; inly be sea. Several letters referred
to the flourishing trade in Bunder /bbas due to goods being
forwarded from Bubal. Sugar was said to be bought in Indie, for
.22 to .27 per ba g and sold for .88 to .90 in Rubai . nd
merchants were authorising their agents in India to btty at 2CT'
higher than the current rate, as they were confident of a king
e good profit out of the sale of this commodity in Persia. The
price at Bunder /bbas is said to be fluctuating between 1740
and 1850 riels ( .178 and .189) per bag .
(a) General c on., it on s - S atisfectorv fooc situation -
letter dated 31-5-42 from B.S. T, *adhok, B*. .P.C.O., Bahrain to
Dr. E.P. Khama, Lahore referred, to the satisfactory food
situation in Bahrain. The following is an extract:-
"Yet on the whole the condition regarding food is
satisfactory compared to other places as we hear,
food control department has managed the affair in
excellent manner, otherwise the public would have
a great deal at the hands of the hoarders and the
shopkeepers."
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(b) ; i h"- .r - T ^ : i .' - fo w 1 - - —. K: c.T • -
letter dated 25-5-42 from the Bahrain Petroleum Co., Ltd.,
Behr£in to B.J. Hanna, 130 Fast 43rd Ltreet, "e York refers to
the planning of a scheme for the destruction of thw Bahrain
Oil Plants in case of a successful invasion by the enemy.
Extracts from
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
War Trade Bureau Report
, .Pllim . 1(c) (ii). Su f -c r via Bubal and Bharin ^R^ahrc irE -
recent interceptions it appears that attempts are still
made to export sugar from India to Persia., via rubai and
Bahrain. In this connection the following two extracts
interest:-
(i) ;:t-: ct //‘O' c 1 tt' i rg t-c 13-8- .;-. Rro r ~: . ti gros .
Bombay to T ~ / '.T~ .3 . i ^■a.ic.ooiii . Puba.i -
"This week about 251 bags of sugar will be shipped to you
and hope you will take the delivery and ship same by any
means to Hessrs. Reherji, Bunder /bbas."
Rmtim ct from a 1 tt' . ■: ' ti ■ -6- fi o. ~L;itam-soa s
Corporation. Bombay to Y/s Hakim B Co.. Tehran:
"As to our information, some of the Iranian Importers
purchased here goods, and exported them to Bharin, end we under_
stand that from Bharin they have transshipped or imported the
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- Content
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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- Title
- ‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:52r, 53v:56v, 58v:65r, 66r:71r, 74r:78v, 80r:96v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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