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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Tea Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/L/PS/12/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/786
Title:
Ext 329/43 ‘Shipment of Food to Persian Gulf States’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of food – in the form of cereals and dried fruit – to the Persian Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and the Trucial Coast) and eastern Saudi Arabia, during the Second World War (1939-1945) and its aftermath. This involves correspondence discussing the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1942-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (405 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/951

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/951
Title:
Ext 4741/44 'Shipment of supplies to Muscat: Mozambique sugar'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding imports of sugar, tea and other commodities from Mozambique to Muscat, and their onward export to Persia. The file covers considerations of increased restrictions on such imports and potential withholding of tea from India in order to uphold rationing. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1944-26 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/16
Title:
File B/5 Import of Tea in Bahrain and Export from
Scope & Content:
The letters and office notes comprising the file concern the smuggling of tea from Bahrain into Bushire. The principal correspondents in the file are the British Vice-Consul in Bushire (Herbert Chick until 1910, Newton Worral thereafter) and the Political Agent in Bahrain (Captain Francis Bevill...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1907-4 Feb 1913
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/351
Title:
File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Eastern Bank Limited, on the subject of smuggling of various goods and commodities. These include: import of unlicensed tea f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1934-13 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/375
Title:
File 9/31 Report that illicit trade between Bahrain and Persia is encouraged by the Political Agent Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Embassy at Tehran and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, concerning allegations of illegal trade between Bahrain and Iran by a merchant from Bushire, who was responsible for smuggling sugar, tea and opium...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1946-24 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/R/15/2/768

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/768
Title:
File 29/18 II Tea and coffee: Bahrain, Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact of the quota system and export licensing restrictions that were imposed by the Government of India, on the supply of Indian tea (and to a lesser extent the supply of coffee) to Bahrain and also to Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
28 Mar 1944-24 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/769

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/769
Title:
‘File 29/18 vol. iii TEA FOR BAHRAIN, EAST SAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about the operation and impact of the quota system and export licensing restrictions that were imposed by the Government of India, on the supply of Indian tea (and to a lesser extent the supply of coffee) to Bahrain and also to Eastern Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1944-26 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (238 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/770
Title:
‘File 29/18-A TEA FOR THE TRUCIAL COAST’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about Indian tea exports to 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 tea and other essential commodities were in short s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1944-17 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/771

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/771
Title:
‘File 29/18 vol I TEA FOR THE RESIDENCY BUSHIRE, ESSENTIAL FIRMS BUSHIRE, AND THE CONSULATES AT KHORRAMSHAHR, KERMAN AND BANDAR ABBAS’
Scope & Content:
This is a correspondence file about Indian tea and sugar exports to Bahrain 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 were in short supply. The file contains the corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1944-31 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (244 folios)