‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’

Title:

‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’

Date:

1943/1945

Description:

Abstract: The file contains letters and telegrams about the efforts made to obtain supplies of rice for consumption in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain and Dubai. British officials in the Middle East and Bahrain Government officials discuss the procurement of rice surpluses from Iraq and Persia (Iran) and also mention wheat supplies from Australia and the United States. Rice was one of several essential food commodities in acute short supply in India and the Persian Gulf countries during the Second World War (1939-1945) and subject to Government of India quota arrangements and other export and import controls.The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast, Sharjah; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and Middle East Supply Centre representatives in Baghdad, Cairo and Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1; and terminates at the back with 213; 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 2-90 and ff 169-199; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.Pagination: the index section (ff 200-212) has been paginated using pencil; these numbers are located in the top outermost corners of each page.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Food resources
Wheat

Geographic region:

Trucial Coast

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000be_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000be_en
IOR/R/15/2/777
IOR/R/15/2/777

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