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‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’ [72v] (144/194)
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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matter being so happened, it is necessary t 9 arrange shipment
by. country crafts or booms the season of . sailing thereof ha.s
•now begun'.
Immediately upon receipt of the present, please contact your
• .'shippers to arrange shipment by-booms and'cable me of the fact
without fail,"- . '
(e) Agen t of en dmy f irm tr ying to purchase good s in India - In
a letter 'with^postmark date 2579.1942 aadrosse3 to Iraq Trading Co.,
Baghdad, (a firm on the Statutory List.), Ram Narain, .Karachi,
informed as follows:-
"I have arrived safely. Business is dull here. The article
which you ordered me to purchase is out of stock. I shall have
to ^o to Bombay and you shall have to bear the expense. No
goods can be exported without a permit. You should obtain
permit from there so that I may carry on my work with*ease.
Reply early."
(f) Indirect shipment of prohib ited good s to Irac - The following
is an extract from a letter dated 30.9.1942 from Kohd. M.A. A1
Ghanim, Basrah, to Fahad Karzook, Karachi
. - v Y/e npte that export to Iraq is prohibited and that to Dubai,
Bahrain.and Kuwait it is permissible, be'do not mind shipments
to Dubai where custqms duty will be paid and the goods will
proceed on to Iran in the same boat/ It is said' that the Dubai
Government levies 5% export duty on goods exported from Dubai."
C. BAHRAIN. • •
Bg.ygglim u _pf' eyele_tYr_es, t ubes and acces s ories - In an enclosure
oaten £9,9.1942 for Abdulali Mumenji, Lunavada, MX, & Bros. Kothamba-
wala, Bahrain, advised as follows“~
"Bring with you goods from Karachi as per list enclosed. The
Bates cycle tubes together with solution should be packed in a
gunny bag. The tubes- should be removed from their packets and
should be vnapped into a bundle and -should be put into the
bedding. You should bring .that in a gunny bag. There is one
Mohamed Mussalman in Faiz. ■ You-should talk to him. He would
■arrange things -in the Customs. If you have to pay anything from
.e. 20 /- to Es.bO/- do payw You should bring these goods with care.
The business is very brisk but there are ho goods to be- sold."
In .another two letters dated 30.9.1942 to . Abdulali Mumenji,
Lunavada, the sender gave the following list of things to be smuggled:-
Cycle accessories such as tyres, tubes,, solution, axles. (These
be put into a gunny bag)/ Hinges, panel-pins, blue tacks, Hercules
seats, brake ruboers, .valve tubes,.ducopaint and a pump (These to be
put into trunks), •
D. MUSCAT, i : v '- •’ ; .
Gold permasengex in coun try craft - The following is an extract
from a letter dated 7.15.1942 from Essa Ali Mamadh, Guaaur, to Sonara
Abdul Rahim Daw/ood, Cutch-Nalia:-
,"? ar °on ha S gone to Muscat by a country craft and carried with
him 70 tolas of gold, which we had bought at L c 55/56 per tola."
_DUBAL.' v " ‘ v
( 9 ) E a Dkidn_Currency_Notes : _.peri_pfficer_of_Britj_sh Airways - The
10 lipwing is an extract from a letter daTM 371071942 from'Sobhrai
Gajna, British Air- r ays , . Karachi , to Ratanchand Tarachand, Dubai
m-i sen l 799 b 7 bhe last air mail Iranian Notes through Asanmal
. iikamdas ana attached is their bill for Rs,2135/9/- which I have '
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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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- ‘File 28/42 Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau Reports’
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