Author
an agent.
at Bahrain
Publication Date
28 Jul 1941-2 Jun 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
227
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/4/13
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000397
Library Location
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.
Date
28 Jul 1941-2 Jun 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence mostly between Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaq [Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzāq],
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, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Bahrain, the rulers of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(United Arab Emirates), and several merchants.
The papers relate to the trade of goods between the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and Bahrain, India, Persia, and Saudi Arabia during a period of heavy restrictions and shortages because of the Second World War. Several matters are covered, including:
monthly import/export statements for the ports of Sharjah and Dubai (July 1941-April 1942);
requests from local merchants and rulers for permission to import certain goods, often car parts in the case of ruling sheikhs;
statements and statistics relating to the Civil Requirements Programme which was set up to ensure essential goods from India would reach the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
;
requests for prices and the imposition of price controls;
the fear that local merchants might trade with the enemy, including a list of merchants operating in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(folio 85);
British discouragement of exporting goods, especially foodstuffs, from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
;
the need to import more food from India in order to alleviate famine along the Persian coast in April and May 1942.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged in rough chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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