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1. 'PERMISSION FOR HINDU TRADERS TO VISIT QATIF'
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- Abstract: This file concerns the ability of Hindu traders to access the ports of Qatif [al-Qaṭīf] and Jubail [al-Jubayl] on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. Correspondents include: Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; and Sir Andrew Ryan, His British Majesty's Minister at Jedda. There are also copies of correspondence between Ryan and Shaikh Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn], Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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 3-174; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
2. 'File 1/20 Russian Activities in the Persian Gulf.'
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- Abstract: The file relates to possible Russian commercial activities in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein).The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There is also correspondence with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; and A W Davis, British Consul, Shiraz.The papers cover: the attitude of the British Government to the possibility of Russian ships landing goods in Bahrain; the desire of the British Government to avoid the risk of Russian commercial activities being used as a means of introducing political propaganda to Bahrain; reports of interest by Russians, including staff of the [Soviet-Iranian] Sharq Company, in Bahrain, Kuwait and Dubai; the offer to a Bahrain merchant to be exclusive agent for the Sharq Company in Bahrain; correspondence with the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain concerning the decision of Shaikh Hamed [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] to prohibit the landing of Russian goods, passengers, and crew at Bahrain, and the need to issue a relevant proclamation bearing an Arab rather than a British signature; and reports of Russian ships in the Persian Gulf.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 15; 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.
3. 'SAUDI ARABIAN TRADE AGENT IN BAHRAIN'
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- Abstract: The file reports the death of Salim An Nadir [Salīm al-Nādir?], on 4 October 1947, wrongly identified in the Bahrain Intelligence Report, dated 28 October 1947, as the Saudi Arabian Trade Agent. He was in fact the unofficial buyer of supplies for the Saudi Government. Correspondents include: the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, and Gordon Noel Jackson, Political Agent at Bahrain. It is noted in the file notes that 'Neither HMG nor the Sk [Sheikh] of Bahrain have officially recognised a Saudi Trade Agent at Bahrain' (f 5).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. ‘Trade of United Kingdom and India with Persian Gulf ports.’
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- Abstract: The papers constitute a report, prepared by Henry John Tozer of the Revenue and Statistics Department of the India Office in April 1909, of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the ports of the Persian Gulf. The contents of the report are as follows:A summary with tabulated figures (folio 13), for the value of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the Persian Gulf ports of Bushire, Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Arabistan [Khuzestan], Oman and Bahrein [Bahrain], for the period 1907-08;A report of trade with Persia (folios 14-15), which includes figures for Russian trade into and out of Persia;Copies of memoranda (folios 16-17), dated 15 July 1908, concerning Indian trade with the Persian Gulf;A report of the trade of England and India with the Persian Gulf (folios 18-20), covering the period 1895-1907;Muscat trade (folios 21-22), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1896-1907;Bahrain trade (folios 23-24), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1897-1906.Preceding the report is a note (folio 12), whose author is unknown, which summarises the proportion that the Persian Gulf trade represents to the total trade to the United Kingdom and India.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 12, and terminates at f 24, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 12-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
5. 'Memorandum on the Drafts of Despatches regarding the Affairs of Muscat and Zanzibar'
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- Abstract: Printed memorandum, written by Henry Bartle Frere, member of the Council of India, London, between 15 and 20 July 1868. The document broadly discusses British imperial policy in Persia and the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and Western India. Its specific foci include the Zanzibar subsidy (payable to Muscat), Persia's desire for a naval presence in the Gulf, the suppression of piracy, the preferred nationality of the Agent at Muscat, and the protection of British subjects trading in the region. The memorandum contains proposals for change in the way the region is administered.Several postscripts consist of extensive extracts from correspondence between Frere and John Lawrence, Viceroy of India, between 23 March 1866 and 12 June 1866. Included within this is a table of trade statistics entitled: Statement showing the Value of Trade between the Port of Bombay and Persian Gulf (including Muscat), during the last five years, viz., from 1860-61 to 1864-65, as compared with the Trade twenty years ago, in 1844-45, signed by A F Bellasis, Commissioner of Customs, Bombay, 27 March 1866.Physical description: Foliation: ff 26-37.Pagination: there is an original, printed pagination system, from 1 to 24.
6. 'Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905'
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- Abstract: The volume is a précis on trade and communications in the Persian Gulf. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in 1906.The volume begins with a preface by Saldanha, written on 26 March 1906, and is then organised into five parts, each divided into chapters, and eight appendices at the end, as follows:Part I, Regulations and Duties, 1803-1847: Chapter I, Line of conduct to be pursued by the Resident at Basrah with regard to the American vessels trading in the Persian Gulf, 1803; Chapter II, Regulations for country ships visiting Bushire, 1813; Chapter III, Rules for the guidance of British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf, 1831; Chapter IV, Export and import duties in Persia and export of mules and horses from Persia, 1822-23, 1835-42; Chapter V, Question of exempting Arab ships from the discriminating duty imposed on foreign ships, 1836-37; Chapter VI, Ports of Arabia to which the Government of India notification dated 9 January 1839 should apply. Vessels of every description belonging to those ports to be to be provided with Registers or Passes countersigned by British Officers, 1839-47; Chapter VII, Mode and extent of taxation in operation at Bushire and surrounding districts, 1847.Part II, Trade and Traffic, 1834-71: Chapter VIII, Report in the trade of the Persian Gulf, 1834; Chapter IX, Traffic between Karachi and Bushire and other Persian Ports, 1854-58; Chapter X, Trade between Bombay and Bushire and Basrah [Basra], 1856-57; Chapter XI, Trade of the Persian Gulf, 1863-1869; Chapter XII, Colonel Pelly's reports on the trade of the Persian Gulf, 1870-71; Chapter XIII, List of British subjects and British protected persons on the Persian Court and islands, 1869.Part III, Review of the Trade reports from 1872 to 1905: Chapter XIV, Trade of the Gulf of Oman and Persia, 1873-1905; Chapter XV, Persian Opium Trade.Part IV, The Gulf Telegraph Line: Chapter XVI, Construction of the Telegraph Line; Chapter XVII, Telegraph Station at Fao; Chapter XVIII, Telegraph Station at Bushire; Chapter XIX, Medical arrangements for telegraph stations at Bushire, Fao and Jask.Part V, Miscellaneous: Chapter XX, Wreck of the SS Hallamshirenear Ras-el-Hadd and the measures proposed for the prevention of wreckage by the wild tribes on the Arabian Coasts, 1878; Chapter XXI, New system of registration of native owned vessels in the Gulfs of Persia and Oman, 1883-84.Appendices: Appendix A, Statement of the exports and imports of Bushire, 1832-34; Appendix B, Statements of Trade between Bushire and Basrah and Bombay, 1857; Appendix C, Comparative statements of exports of Bushire, 1863-65; Appendix D, Trade Returns appended to Colonel Pelly's letter No. 86-37, dated 23 April 1870; Appendix E, Returns of British subjects and British Protected persons on the Persian coast and Islands, 1869; Appendix F, Comparative Statements of Persian Gulf Trade with the Principal Countries, 1873-1905; Appendix G, Contrasted Statements of Principal Exports and Imports from and to the Ports in the Persian Gulf namely Bushire, Lingah, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Bahrein [Bahrain], Basrah, and Maskat [Muscat] from 1893 to 1904; Appendix H, Returns of Shipping of the Ports of Bushire, Maskat and Basrah.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
7. 'File 9/1 V Claims and complaints'
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- Abstract: This file contains letters and correspondence between various merchants and suppliers of goods, primarily building materials and manufactured equipment, relating to claims of unpaid bills, damaged goods, and other trade disputes. Most of the papers are exchanges between Kuwaiti merchants and the Political Agency in Kuwait. A minority of the papers are those relating to merchandise suppliers to Kuwaiti businesses, mainly in the United Kingdom, Iran or Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 326; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-60, ff 129-160 and ff 195-215; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-326 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
8. 'File 34/3 Imports and exports'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence mostly between Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaq [Sayyid 'Abd al-Razzāq], Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the rulers of the Trucial Coast (United Arab Emirates), and several merchants.The papers relate to the trade of goods between the Trucial Coast and Bahrain, India, Persia, and Saudi Arabia during a period of heavy restrictions and shortages because of the Second World War. Several matters are covered, including:monthly import/export statements for the ports of Sharjah and Dubai (July 1941-April 1942);requests from local merchants and rulers for permission to import certain goods, often car parts in the case of ruling sheikhs;statements and statistics relating to the Civil Requirements Programme which was set up to ensure essential goods from India would reach the Persian Gulf;requests for prices and the imposition of price controls;the fear that local merchants might trade with the enemy, including a list of merchants operating in the Trucial Coast (folio 85);British discouragement of exporting goods, especially foodstuffs, from the Trucial Coast;the need to import more food from India in order to alleviate famine along the Persian coast in April and May 1942.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 229; 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 2-28; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
9. PZ 2885/40 'Proposed trade mission to Persia'
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- Abstract: The file contains a decipher telegram from the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Secretary of State for India regarding trade opportunities and the desirability of a war trade agreement with Iran. The telegram also refers to concerns over Iranian exports to Germany, and trade relations between Germany and Russia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
10. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 32 of 1853, dated 28 April 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 31 March-27 April 1853. A handwritten note in red ink indicates that enclosures 7-9 (copies of the overland summaries of the Bombay Times, Telegraph and Courierand Bombay Gazette) are missing.The papers relate to:Attacks on maritime trade involving the Foutheli [al-Faḍlī] tribe and the Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej]Use of HC ship Elphinstoneto proceed to Jedda [Jeddah] to enquire about excessive duty being levied on goods importedThe return of the HC schooner Mahifrom Mocha with items of intelligence.Correspondents are the Political Agent at Aden and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (15 folios)
11. Coll 20/6 'Muscat: Trade: Annual Reports 1924-'
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- Abstract: The file contains reports on the trade of Muscat for the years 1924-25 through to 1939-40, and for 1942-43. The reports were prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat, and consisted of a short prose introduction followed by tables of trade statistics. Some correspondence concerning the distribution and confidentiality of the report is contained within the file. Correspondents include the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, India Office, Department of Overseas Trade, High Commissioner for India, and the Official Secretary to the Commonwealth of Australia.The reports for the years 1940-41 and 1941-42 are not contained within the file and according to a manuscript note (folio 5) were never received at the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 293; 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.
12. Coll 30/40 'Persian Gulf. Trade, Miscellaneous Enquiries and Correspondence with the Department of Overseas Trade'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between the Department of Overseas Trade in London and British officials based in the Persian Gulf regarding commercial relationships between British companies and local traders in the region, primarily in Bahrain and Kuwait. As such, the file also contains a limited amount of letters from commercial entities, based both in Britain and the region.The correspondence relates to sales between British and local companies, commercial disagreements between these parties, enquiries made to the Department of Overseas Trade by companies wishing to enter the local market and other related matters.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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 232; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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