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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [13r] (25/194)
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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Secret.
|^V
Extract from
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Trade bureau Report Ato* 18*
A. PERSIA.
(ii) Trade conditions at Bandar Abba s, jj^ a letter datea
24*5»42 to A.J^Khunji, -Bombay* Abdulwahid it .J .Klionjim Bunaer Abbas
refers to trade conditions in the latter port, ihe following
extract is of interest i- . . ,
“It is 3 days since i arrived in Buncer Abbas, tnis
city’s trade is very encouraging and there are many
buyers ready to buy the goods in cash and whoever imports
any goods earns very enticing prafit. Specially the
merchants here are not competent enough.
Actually the Government of Iran lias given lots of
facilities to the importers, most of the merchants
import the goods from Dubai, on its arrival the import
permit is granted and the foreign exchange sanctioned
at 9t Rials per Rupee immediately.”
2 . Miscellaneous.
x
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Su&ar. tea, gun ny_bg^t.
x
ri ce
and whs At f lour -
x
Re cent
interceptions confirm that there was a great demand for these
commodities in Persia and that Persian merchants art attempting
to obtain them from India either through Lubai or by ' : - lane
route.
B. IRAQ..
2. Miscellaneous.
x ^ „
( q] Provisions, preserved - Chowgule Brothers, Marmag ao
‘hour, in their letter dated 2 D .3.42 to Basra Commercial Bureau,
Hatbour, __ _ - ^ ,
Basrah, while enclosing an invoice for 20 cases of preseived
provisions, states thus*
«por your information we would like to advise you that
there are no restrictions on export of preserved provisions
which are manufactured here. The slapping space could be
Mbx had for such small shipments .....There are many firms
in Bahrain who import preserved provisions manufactured
by our
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. At that port any one can do business,
the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
has decided to keep that port open for any
Therefore send us more orders from there
as
of
their agents,
also. The monopoly of selling these
Iraq and Syria is solely ours and in
the same to you. -^f you can give us
business from Bahrain, we can try to
at that port also under our monopoly*
products in Iran,
our turn we have given
some substantial
fix up the business
C. Bahrain.
2. Miscellaneous .
t a) Cars-high prices
A letter dated 3*6.42 from T.J.Brown,
/ B.A.P.C.C#
About this item
- 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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/2/737
- 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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- Open Government Licence