Coll 20/13 'Muscat: Date trade: Indian tariff on Muscat dates'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 20/13 'Muscat: Date trade: Indian tariff on Muscat dates'
- Date:
- 1931/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence concerning the cultivation of and trade in dates in Oman. The principal correspondents are the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), India Office, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agency in Muscat. The following is contained within the file:Correspondence between Valentine Hugh Wilfred Dowson, date expert and representative of the Hills Brothers Company in Basra, Iraq, Charles Wills, representative of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation, the Political Resident, Muscat Political Agent, and the Department of Overseas Trade regarding the possibilities of expanding the cultivation of and trade in dates in Oman. Included is an extract of a report by Dowson on date cultivation in Oman (folios 33-44).Correspondence regarding the high customs tariff on Omani date exports imposed by India and the agreement to lower it during 1933 and their unwillingness to do so again in 1938Correspondence between the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and the Government of India regarding the embargo on date and pearl imports into India from the Persian Gulf in 1947.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 46; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Dates (fruit)
- Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001fc_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0001fc_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2965
IOR/L/PS/12/2965