Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Ext 329/43(2) ‘SHIPMENT OF DATES TO PERSIAN GULF STATES’
- Date:
- 1943/1945
- Description:
- Abstract: The file is concerned with the supply of dates to the Persian Gulf States – Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast – via a co-ordinated purchasing scheme in Iraq operated by the Ministry of Food through their agents Andrew Weir and Company.The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior), officials of the India Office, officials of the Middle Eastern Supply Centre, officials of the Ministry of Food, officials of the Ministry for War Transport, and occasionally representatives of the Government of India.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 113; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Supply and demand
Dates (fruit)
Food shortages
Andrew Weir Group - Geographic region:
- Bahrain
Kuwait
Trucial Coast - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00031f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00031f_en
IOR/L/PS/12/788
IOR/L/PS/12/788