‘File 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’
- Contributor:
- Export Trade Controller (correspondent)
Director of Customs and Port Officer (correspondent)
Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department (correspondent)
Political Agent, Trucial Coast (correspondent)
Export Trade Controller, Karachi (correspondent)
Government of India, Commerce Department (correspondent)
Government of India, Chief Controller of Exports (correspondent) - Date:
- 1943/1945
- Description:
- The file contains correspondence about the supply of various essential commodities from India, by sea from Bombay and Karachi to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, during the Second World War (1939-1945). Several commodities are mentioned including spices, nuts, oils, cotton and leather goods, hosiery, soap, matches and cement. These goods were in short supply due to wartime conditions and subject to Government of India export restrictions and import quota arrangements in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms under British protection. The main correspondents are the Political Agent for Bahrain, the Director of Customs and Port Officer for the Government of Bahrain, the Export Trade Controllers (also referred to as Foreign Trade Controllers) in Karachi and Bombay, as well as other Government of India officials, mainly in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi. They discuss the allotment of Government of India surplus quota goods among merchants in Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah and exchange distribution lists that contain the names of all approved importers (local merchants), together with the names of their Indian exporters or shippers in Bombay and Karachi, and the type and quantity of the controlled commodity allotted to them. In addition, there are detailed submissions from the Political Agents for Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, expressing concerns about new Government of India instructions for improving the coordination of export control procedures in India with import control procedures in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms, in particular, that Export Trade Controllers in Indian ports only grant export licenses and permits to Indian exporters and shippers who appear on their established shippers lists. The file also contains merchants’ correspondence, from several importers in Bahrain and their nominated export agents or shippers in Karachi and Bombay, complaining to the Political Agent for Bahrain, about the refusal of the Export Trade Controllers in Indian ports to grant them export licences and permits.1 file (240 folios)Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 242; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-217 and between ff 218-241; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
Persian - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Commodities
Manufactured goods
Exports
Imports
Shipping - Geographic region:
- Dubai
Trucial Coast
Sharjah - Extent:
- 1 file (240 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Public Domain
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000d1_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000d1_en
IOR/R/15/2/790 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers