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85. 'File 29/31 Matches from India for Bahrain, Trucial Coast & Qatar'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence about the supply of matches from India to Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, for local consumption, under Government of India export licensing controls and import quotas imposed during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when matches and other essential commodities were scarce. British and Bahrain officials discuss the local distribution of the 1944 and 1945 quotas among local Bahrain merchants, including the grant of permits and import licences. There is also a small amount of correspondence with Bahrain merchants and importers of matches, who were refused Government of India export licences for their consignments, by the Export Trade Controller in Bombay. Included in the file is an exchange of letters with the Shaikh of Qatar about the illegal re-export of Government of India quota matches to Iraq and Persia (Iran).There are several lists showing the names of approved Bahrain importers and Bombay exporters of quota matches, the names and addresses of Government of India accredited match factories in Bombay, and the total number of imports of matches from countries other than India between 1937 and 1939. There are also several Government of India circular letters, from both the Commerce Department and the Office of the Chief Controller of Exports to the Export Trade Controller in Bombay, describing export licensing procedures and listing the quantities of matches that Indian factories are permitted to export to designated countries in Africa and the Middle East.The main correspondents are the Political Agent for Bahrain, the Director of Customs and Port Officer for Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Under Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Commerce and the Chief Controller of Exports, both at New Delhi.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 56; 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 2-31; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
86. 'File 29/33 PRICE CONTROL'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence about fixing profit rates on several goods including wheat, dates, sugar, rice, spare parts, watches and typewriters, as well as the relaxation of price controls on commodities usually classified as luxury goods, such as cigarettes, toiletries and medicines. Most of these goods are described as imports from India, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, to Manama and Muharraq in Bahrain. The file also contains complaint letters from both the Singer Sewing Machine Company in Baghdad and Electric & Musical Industries Limited in England, regarding the adverse effect of Bahrain price controls on their profit margins. Also included in the file are the minutes of two meetings of the Bahrain Government's Food Control Committee about the removal of price controls and export restrictions, as well as new and amending Price and Export Control Orders for Bahrain in 1946 and 1947, drafted by the Political Agent. Most of the file correspondence is between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Director of Customs and Port Officer for Bahrain (also acting in his dual capacity as Food Controller).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; 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 2-29; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
87. 'File 39/12 APOC's oil storage on Trucial Coast'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence, primarily between Anglo Persian Oil Company's (APOC) managers, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Residency Agent at Sharjah and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding APOC's oil storage at Sharjah.There is also correspondence with in Arabic between APOC and the Residency Agent at Sharjah, Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif, with English translation, and translations of letters from the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr to APOC, forwarded without copies of the Arabic originals. All these letters date between 1 April and 13 June 1933.There are some letters dated between 21 January and 11 February 1950 at the end of the file, discussing the increased demand and cost of oil in the Trucial Coast.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; 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 2-30; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
88. 'File 39/23 II Negotiations for seabed oil in Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence, in English and Arabic, between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Agency at Sharjah and local rulers regarding their jurisdiction over the seabed adjacent to their coastline, for the purpose of oil drilling offshore.The correspondents are:Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī;Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah;Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain [Umm al-Quwain, UAE], Shaikh Ahmad II bin Rashid Al Mu'alla;the brother of the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr Al Qasimi;Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, Sheikh Saqr bin Moḥammad Al Qasimi;Ruler of Ajman, Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi;Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan;Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Hasher Āl Maktūm.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 69; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-68; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and ink, but are not circled (some are crossed out), and they are located in the same position as the main sequence.
89. ‘FILE. B/11. KIDNAPPING ON TRUCIAL COAST'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation of individual cases of the kidnapping and sale into slavery of Arab and Persian inhabitants of Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwin [Umm ul-Qaiwain]. These offences are committed mainly by Bedouins belonging to the Awamir, Manasir and other tribes, who are known to carry out attacks and raids along the coast of Trucial Oman.The main correspondents are the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. In their correspondence they discuss the reporting and investigation of individual cases and the measures that should be taken by the Ruler of Sharjah and other Trucial Coast shaikhs, to suppress kidnapping in their territories. Included in the correspondence are several witness statements made by recovered kidnapped persons, their relatives or slave masters who seek to locate and recover them. There are also extracts from the Residency Agent’s fortnightly diaries relating such incidents and several letters received by him from the Rulers of Ajman, Ras al Khaimah and Umm ul-Qaiwain about their actions to apprehend and punish the offenders and to recover the victims by force, payment of a ransom or other agreement.Most of the Residency Agent’s reports and letter correspondence, including the witness statements recorded by him at Sharjah, are in Arabic and English.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 323; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-323; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
90. ‘File No XXVIII/12 Khasab Visit of H.M.S. “Ormonde and Bombardment from 20-12-29 to 28-5-30.’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and reports between the Political Agency, Muscat, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the naval officers on board HMS Ormondeand HMS Lupin. The correspondence is concerned with the ship HMS Ormondeleaving Aden to carry out surveys in the Gulf and the question of whether a survey would be permitted to take place in Oman or not. While the Council of Ministers to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman granted permission for a survey to take place, further permissions were required from the shaikhs of Khassab, Bukha, Diba and Kumzar, which are parts of the region of Musandam in Oman. Some tribes from the region, the Shihuh in particular, opposed the landing of the navy ship in their territories. The Political Resident warned that the landing of any British personnel in Shihuh region would be attended by grave risk in the future.To subdue the shaikhs of Khassab, the Political Resident recommended to the Government of India that the Naval Ship HMS Lupin, should be authorised to carry out a bombardment of parts of Khassab and, in the event of the shaikhs’ withdrawal to the mountains, this should be followed by a blockade of the Khassab area. British officials were also concerned with the necessity of reaching agreements with the Trucial Shaikhs and with those of the region of Musandam. The file also includes correspondence with the Council of Ministers at Muscat regarding the imprisonment of the Shaikh of Khassab, Hasan bin Muhammad.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 161; 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 3-160; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
91. ‘File 16/68 Old and defaced currency notes & coins – Exchange of.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain, other British officials in the Persian Gulf, and representatives of the Bahrain branches of Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran, relating to Indian rupee notes in circulation in the Gulf. The correspondence covers:arrangements between the Political Agency and the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast, for the collection of mutilated one Indian rupee notes on the Trucial Coast;in early 1946, notice from the Government of India of the demonetisation of high denomination notes (500, 1000 and 10,000 Indian rupees), and the subsequent arrangements for the collection and exchange of these notes at Bahrain, to prevent them being smuggled back to India. Papers include a number of Gazette of Indianotifications and ordinances relating to the demonetisation of high denomination notes (ff 28-32).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 64; 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 2-58; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
92. 'File 6/10 III Air Agreements'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence and papers relating to the establishment, maintenance and control of air routes across the various Arab emirates of the Persian Gulf. Most of the papers relate to Kuwait, but some also cover air agreements between the British Political Residency and the emirates of the Trucial Coast.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 353; 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 5-282; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
93. 'File 14/3 Oilfields in the Gulf outside Muscat territory'
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- Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oilfields in the Gulf excluding Muscat territory.The discussion in the file relates to:Negotiations over concessions for oil exploration in the Trucial CoastThe impact of the negotiations on the behaviour of the Trucial Shaikhs and their territorial claims and boundary disputesKuwait oil – the jurisdiction over the subsoil and seabed immediately adjacent to territorial waters (ff 19-26), particularly in the light of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America (Harry S Truman).Included in the file is a copy (folio 17) of a telegram dated 2 March 1938 from the Political Agent, Kuwait, to the Secretary of State for India, London, conveying the news that the Kuwait Oil Company had discovered oil in Kuwait territory.The principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent, Kuwait (Gerald Simpson de Gaury); the Secretary of State for India; and the Managing Director, Petroleum Concessions Limited (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
94. ‘File 5/191 II Individual slavery cases’
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence related to individual cases of the enslavement and trade of Baluchis from the Makran coast and Karachi, to the Trucial and Oman Coast, and in particular to Dubai. The correspondence is predominantly between Government representatives in Karachi/Sind, the Persian Gulf Political Resident at Bushire (of which there were three incumbents during the period covered), and the native Residency Agent at Sharjah, ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Latif. The cases discussed touch upon British attempts to identify and recover Baluchis reportedly taken and transported to the Trucial Coast, repatriation measures, the terms of punishment for traders/kidnappers, and the expenses incurred at offering protection for recovered slaves.Of particular interest in the file are reports on the slave trade between Baluchistan and the Gulf, 1923/24 (folios 98-114); correspondence between the native agent at Sharjah and the Trucial Coast shaikhs on slave trade (e.g. folios 361-362); and the Hindu community of Dubai’s efforts to take action against the trade of Hindu boys from Karachi (folio 364).Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated with circled pencil numbers from the front cover to the last folio, in the top-right corner of each recto. An earlier foliation system uses uncircled pencil numbers, also in the top-right corner of each recto.Condition: There is some insect damage on the front cover and a small number of folios, but not sufficient to impair legibility.
95. 'File 14/3 OIL FIELDS IN THE GULF OUTSIDE MUSCAT TERRITORY'
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to negotiations for concessions to undertake oil exploration in the Gulf.The file includes (ff 5-9) a letter from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle). This letter has an enclosure from the Under-Secretary of State for India (John Charles Walton), to an official of the Petroleum Department (Frederick Charles Starling).This enclosed letter discusses the issues relating to oil exploration in the Gulf outside Muscat territory including Kuwait's neutral zone, Bahrain, and the Trucial Coast. Issues discussed include nationality and ownership structure of oil companies according to the Red Line Agreement, responsibilities of the relevant sheikh for guarantees of safety; and conditions for approval of options.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
96. 'File 34/3 Imports and exports'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence mostly between Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaq [Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzāq], Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the rulers of the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates), and several merchants.The papers relate to the trade of goods between the Trucial Coast 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;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 (folio 85);British discouragement of exporting goods, especially foodstuffs, from the Trucial Coast;the need to import more food from India in order to alleviate famine along the Persian coast in April and May 1942.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 229; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-28; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.