Abstract: Memorandum concerning treaty rights of British ships in Persia. It covers the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1920 and its repercussions on the coasting trade; it highlights how other powers that have treaties with Great Britain have the right to partake in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom, whereas these other powers reserve their own coasting trade to national ships. It details negotiations with Persia and the resulting Tariff Autonomy Treaty, and outlines British shipping interests in Persia. Written by the Board of Trade, 20 August 1928.An Annex is also included providing figures for the share of British shipping in the Persian coasting trade 1925-26, and lists the lines and steamers engaged in this activity.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences and terminates at f 75, as it is part of a larger physical volume; this number is written in pencil, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio.
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.
Abstract: The file concerns the implementation of defence measures during the Second World War (1939-45) in the area governed by the Political Residency in Persian Gulf generally, and more specifically in Bahrain.The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; and the Foreign Office.The papers cover: correspondence from the Political Resident noting the poor security and deteriorating quality of wireless communication at Bahrain (folios 3-5, 54-56); the publication and distribution at Bahrain of Board of Trade 'Trading with the Enemy' regulations and orders (folios 6-21); copy of Emergency Powers (Defence) general regulations, 1939 (folios 23-38); papers concerning the pre-emption (commandeering) of stocks of Hasa oil at Bahrain (folios 44-45, 53, 57-60); copy of Persian Gulf States defence regulations, 1939 (folios 61-63); correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] concerning the issue by the Government of Bahrain of a public notice (
alan) against Italy, including a copies of the notice in English and Arabic (folios 72-77); correspondence concerning modifications of the Persian Gulf defence regulations in the light of experience gained from their operation (folios 82-92); and copies of Board of Trade 'Trading with the Enemy' regulations, 1939, 1945 (folios 93-126).The Arabic language content of the papers consists of four folios.The date range gives the main covering dates of the papers; however there is one document (a copy of Board of Trade 'Trading with the Enemy' regulations), dated 1945 (folios 113-126).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 141; 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 2-91; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file comprises copies of printed circulars and notices issued by the British Government, memoranda and letters issued by the Government of India, and copies of correspondence to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain, relating to trade with countries and territories regarded as the enemy, or the trade in goods from countries regarded as the enemy, during the Second World War.The British Government circulars and notices include: multiple copies of the Statutory Rules and Orders booklet, produced by the Board of Trade, entitled
Trading with the Enemy: Specified Persons, each copy being an expanded and updated version of its predecessor; the escalating nature of war in Europe throughout 1940 meaning the list of countries regarded as being the enemy (either through joining the war as an Axis power or by being occupied by an Axis power) was continually in need of update. The booklets list, alphabetically by country and by name, those persons (or companies) and their address, regarded as being an enemy. Some booklets record amendments to the list, under the headings of additions, deletions and modifications. The last copy of the booklet in the volume (ff 379-416) details seventy-five pages of companies deemed by the Trading with the Enemy Act (1939) as an enemy (ff 15-17, 71-77, 258); circulars from the Ministry of Economic Warfare, relating to Statutory, Black List and Suspect List policy; a circular from the Ministry of Warfare, February 1940, concerning the Trading with the Enemy Act (1939) in relation to insurance, insurance with enemy companies, and including a list of enemy marine insurance companies (ff 428-438).Government of India memoranda and correspondence includes: an order, dated 17 June 1940, for the detention of ships bound for ports in the Red Sea (f 144); a notice, dated 21 June 1940, on exports to the Dutch East Indies (f 147); a prohibition, dated 30 June 1940, on all exports to French territory (f 169); a notice, dated 17 April 1940, that goods from Denmark be regarded as of enemy origin (f 175); a warning, dated 21 June 1940, on possible channels used to transport goods to Germany, in particular raw materials, including through the Persian Gulf (ff 177-179); a memorandum, dated 4 July 1941, announcing the creation of the Persian Gulf War Trade Bureau, attached to the Commerce Department of the Government of India (ff 480-481).Correspondence to and from the Political Agency in Bahrain includes: a letter from the Political Agent to the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, dated 13 December 1939, announcing the prohibition in Bahrain of trade with German companies or German goods (ff 10-11); the appointment of the Political Agent at Bahrain, in December 1939, as Custodian of Enemy Property, under the Bahrain Order in Council of 1913 (ff 14, 24); a printed copy of a notice by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, dated 16 November 1939, entitled
Trading with the Enemy Regulations made under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council 1939(ff 41-42); in April 1940, correspondence and official notices concerning trade with Denmark or in Danish goods (ff 80-85, 91-94, 110); in June 1940, correspondence and official notices concerning trade with Italy or in Italian goods (ff 139-140, 148); letters from several merchants in Bahrain, enquiring after the status and whereabouts of Italian goods ordered before Italy’s entry into the war; correspondence and notices relating to trade with French Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, Rumania [Romania], Bulgaria, Hungary and Greece; and general enquiries relating to trade at Bahrain, made by the Political Agent to the Director of Customs at Bahrain, Claud Cranbrook Lewis deGrenier.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 500; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two envelopes which have been attached to f 5 have been labelled f 5A and f 5B respectively. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-481; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.Pagination: the file notes at the back (ff 482-496) have been paginated using pencil. A number of booklets contained within the file also have original printed pagination sequences.