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1. IOR/R/15/2/766-794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/766-794
Title:
File 29 War: Food Supplies
Scope & Content:
The 29 surviving files about wartime food supplies contain the correspondence of the Political Agent for Bahrain with other British officials in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East and India, as well as rulers, officials and merchants in Bahrain, Dubai, Sharjah and Qatar. They discuss the maintena...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
1940-1950
Extent:
29 files (5,479 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/767

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/767
Title:
‘File 29/18i I Food Supplies – TEA & COFFEE’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact on the population and economy of Bahrain and the Trucial Coast sheikhdoms, of Government of India export licensing restrictions for the supply of tea and to a lesser extent, coffee, sugar, dates and cotton piece goods, to the Persian G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
08 Mar 1940-16 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (372 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/793
Title:
File 29/32 CIGARETTES FOR BAHRAIN & TRUCIAL COAST from INDIA
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding tobacco quotas imported from India, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to Bahrain, Kuwait, Trucial Coast, Muscat, and Gwadur [Gwadar]. The correspondence is mainly about fixing quota distributions between manufacturers. It also discusse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1944-18 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/784

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/784
Title:
‘File 29/24 COFFEE FOR BAHRAIN AND EAST SAUDI ARABIA’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a letter in 1944 from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, refusing the latter’s request for an increase in the amount of coffee made available for export from India to Bahrain, d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1944-8 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/777

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/777
Title:
‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters and telegrams about the efforts made to obtain supplies of rice for consumption in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain and Dubai. British officials in the Middle East and Bahrain Government officials discuss the procurement of rice surpluses from Iraq and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1943-10 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (213 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/794
Title:
File 29/33 PRICE CONTROL
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about fixing profit rates on several goods including wheat, dates, sugar, rice, spare parts, watches and typewriters, as well as the relaxation of price controls on commodities usually classified as luxury goods, such as cigarettes, toiletries and medicines. Most...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1945-26 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/766
Title:
‘File 29/3i Food Supplies – Food Control and Rationing & GENERAL’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about food rationing and price controls in Bahrain during the Second World War (1939-1945). The supply and distribution of staple foods such as rice, wheat, barley, flour, sugar, tea and coffee to the population of Bahrain are discussed and to a lesser extent, other...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1942-28 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/792
Title:
File 29/31 Matches from India for Bahrain, Trucial Coast & Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of matches from India to Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, for local consumption, under Government of India export licensing controls and import quotas imposed during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when matches and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1943-11 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/772

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/772
Title:
'File 29/19 FOOD SUPPLIES EXPORT CONTROL'
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about Indian tea and sugar exports to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah under the quota system and the export licensing restrictions imposed by the Government of India during the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities wer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1943-5 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/780

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/780
Title:
‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about British efforts to obtain supplies of rice for local consumption in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain, Qatar and the shaikhdoms of the Trucial Coast, in the years after the Second World War (1939-1945). British and Bahrain Government officia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1949-21 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)