'Note on Trade in the Persian Gulf (Communicated by the Board of Trade)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Note on Trade in the Persian Gulf (Communicated by the Board of Trade)'
- Creator:
- Author: Board of Trade
- Date:
- 1928/1928
- Description:
- Abstract: Note on trade in the Persian Gulf by the Board of Trade, divided into the following sections:a) General (revised to 26 July 1928);b) Koweit [Kuwait] and Muscat (revised to 26 July 1928);c) The position of British Trade in the Gulf (to 30 June 1928).Section 'a' discusses the counterbalance of the German and Russian threat to British trade ascendency, the impact of economic autonomy in Persia, and the extinction of Turkish sovereignty in the Persian Gulf. It includes a table providing statistics on the proportion of Persian trade as divided between the chief participating countries, with analysis of the proportions of trade, and the amount of which is oil. Additional figures for shipping are provided. The advantages for the provision of railway communication in terms of trade are also given.Section 'b' provides figures for trade and shipping in Kuwait and Muscat covering 1925-27.Section 'c' covers the British trade position, and whether a political move such as a formal reassertion of interest in the Gulf by His Majesty's Government would present any advantage. Tables provide import and export figures for the United Kingdom 1926-27, and the value of imports into Persia and Iraq 1925-27.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 73, and terminates at f 74, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
Shipping - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003d5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0003d5_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B411
IOR/L/PS/18/B411