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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [14r] (27/194)
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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B.A.C.S.O. .Bahrain.to Ste»art hicol, Srinagar. Kashmir refers to
high, prices of cars in Bahrain as follows * * 4 . ^ fnr b.is
-Gar prices are rocketing, heslie Smifeii got R 8 . 3 , 6°0 for his
h'ord (like mine) last week, i’m being pestered to sell but
have set Rs. 10000/- to scare off bidders, ihe Arabs are a^l
aettind nervous and moving out of Manama to the coas.al
v^Uages so the merchants are paying phenomenal prices for
lltt ic brine them into town each day. At least, that is the
?V,PV ?!ll but as a large number of the cheques for
cars^olf are® d^ by 8 Kanoo. G I suspect he has some funny
business under way." The Kanoo referred to above is
probably Khalil Bin Ebrahim Kanoo, Bahrain (lrevaref*p* •
(hl 0 Lment r - shipments from Okha for t - A letter dated
30 ^ia^fromkohd.fousuf Pakhroo, Bahrain, tcTkahad Marsook, - -
irom mohu *xou cemfent in Bahrain from
referred to the arrival of 30,000 ^s oi cemen Bahrai n and
Pnvt Okh» in India by a steamer* I0,uuu oags
the '"remainder was in transit. The consignee was Abdul Aziz Al All.
D. DUBAI.
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x x 1
X (b) i'wereSerous
and ^b vinous ly 3 * mos t of the goods were intended for re-dxpor U Une
.j.-i xan- etfioks of rice held by merchants in -^ubai
ils IhooS bagl^f faS lbs 6 each, an that a Recent notification
had fixed the selling price at Rs.17/- pe. bag.
tg-ytract from
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Tar Trade_gure.au R^prt Mo.jjj,
A. PERSIA.
1. Persian trade with Allied or neutral countries -
x X X
X (b) S ugar - Sugar from India continues to be in good demand
in Persia^ - As regards India's export to Persia via Dubai, tne
following extract from a letter dated P 7 , 4 A J^Vllros" Tehran
explain^how the r^tnetions
Jav t a h Sugart- r Tour"credit of Rs.50,000 for purchasing sugar
-fnr DibAi 10 u should know that now the quota granted for
Dubai is only 100 tons a quarter, end this allotment comes to
a trifling quantity when distributed to different merchants.
But due to our acquaintance with a European firm, zhcse
influence helped us to ship your two lots, consisting of 251
bags and 70 tegs to Dubai, you have been notified b> caole ol
tte ixajrtxxhdilpatch of your sugar, fte are “6 e f o 0 ^!_ f
the further 251 bags which are ready here, and hope *
in the near future. As this commodity is quoted atRs.lW
per bag in Dubai, you will gain an attractive profit from these
(c) '‘‘Tea*- Interceptions seen in the Bureau recently show that
the mirket for tea in Persia is, as usual, ver y aoUTe '
chants in Persia imported the commodity from India via the an-
frontier in very large quantities, at the end of^June, 1S4 . ^
y ‘ X B. IRAQ,.
conditions in Basr ah - The followi ng extract from
a letter dated 5.7742 from Ahmad kakroo & ‘
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.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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