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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [71v] (142/194)
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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the clothes on one's back.’ An Anerican officer whofleft Bushire
two days ago arrived in Shiraz ninus 400 rials, his revolver
and his books. Another nan was robbed two weeks ago. They took
every stitch he was wearing and even the leather, covers off the
seats of his car. He improvised a sort of Honolulu skirt of horse
hair fron the upholstery of the car and drove into Shiraz in that.
2. Persi an tr ade with Allie d or neu tral countr ie s -
(a) Second-hand ca rs - prop osal to impor t fr on Ind i a via Du bai? -
Below is quoted the temt of a 'telegram dated 7.10.1942 fron Abdulla
G-aledary, Teheran, to Bahnan Haghighat, Karachi:-
"Gan you purchase and ship by Baghala to Abbasi or Dubai two
secondhand motor car Buick or Chrysler system 1942 or 1941
Lemousinc or Cabriolet telegraph price reply*"
(b) Tea - despatch pe r country c raft f r om Ind ia to Pe rsi an Gul f
c ount r ies - Bombay Censor Station reports that a good number of
references to shipments of tea by country craft from India to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
have been noticed recently. Among the destinations of
such consignments were Teheran, Khorramshahr, Dubai, Shariah,Lluscat,
Basrah and Baghdad.
(c) Whea t an d wheat seu d - O
(i) Wheat.for Persian Gov e rnme nt account from India - In
three telegrams dated.14,10.1932 Ilackinnon Mackenzie, Karachi, asked
Gray Mackenzie^to deliver 3,500 bags of wheat to Customs Iran Govt.,
Bushire and 2,300 bags to Customs Tran Government, Bunder Abbas.
(ii) Wheat seed f rom India for Persian G ove r nme nt - Given
below are extracts from two letters from the Consulat Imperial de
IP Iran, Karachi, to the Custom Officer, Bunder Shahpour:- J ~
I. Letter .(dat ed 25. 9.19 42 ?) - "Nine hundred “bags of wheat
seeds have beengshipped to Bunder Shahpour ner country craft
Bovanipasor"
Tindal
Non-European boatswain or head of a group of labourers.
Hosa for Agricultural Department and also
495 bags_of wheat seeds per country craft Fathulkhan to same
destination. And a separate letter has been given to each
tindal
Non-European boatswain or head of a group of labourers.
for the Custom Department. Please, after taking the
delivery of the goods, leave the country craft to sail/"
II* Le tter_d ated 5.10. 1942 - "Thousand bags of wheat seed
weighing 100 tons on account of the Ministry of Agriculture >
Persia, have been shipped per c.c. "Hussain 1 ’
Tindal
Non-European boatswain or head of a group of labourers.
Llohd. Abid
for Shahpour. Please take delivery of the ; wheat and return the
boat immediately to enable me to snip the remaining wheat seed
.without delay."
(d) lyrchase of snuggled and sto len goofls -■ Following extractg
i a, letter dated 30.9,1942 from Lj/s PocETram & Son, Abadan, to
-y s Rochiram & Son, Hyderabad (Sind), is interesting:-
The Bata Shoe Co, refuse to supply us ladies shoes for Bahrain
as they have agents there. They are. prepared to supply us for
Iran but the import of the same is restricted*
...Many clerks arrive here by every ship from Bombay. Whatever
you would have been able to send us along with those vould have
reached, us without any inconvenience and expense. Permits could
also have been obtained.
...Yesterday I bought 1 doz c Coty perfume bottles of medium
size for Riyals 1000/- from an American, who works in Lagraj.
This man is short statured. He is a regular smuggler. He had
23 bottles of perfume and 4 doz, boxes of Coty powder. I did
not purchase the powder boxes as he demanded Riyals 50/-each.
He told me that he would give me only 1 doz. perfume bottles
as I was not purchasing any powder and further that he would
sell the remaining 11 bottles to him who purchased powder from
him. I will sell each of these bottles for Riyals 250/-...
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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.
- 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.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/737
- Title
- ‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
- Pages
- 71v:72v
- Author
- Rochiram & Son
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