Abstract: The file contains correspondence which discusses two matters.Firstly, issues around the granting of exclusive rights to the British India Steam Navigation company to use Sharjah as a Port of call and how to deal with any requests from Soviet and Japanese shipping. Correspondents include Lieutenant Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Bahrain; the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation.Secondly, reports (ff 9-15) of a fight aboard SS
Wosangat Sharjah on 3 April, 1945. Correspondents include Commodore I W Whitehorn, Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Captain J Hull; V G Bhandare, Surgeon, SS
Wosang.Physical description: Foliation: the main 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.