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IOR/R/15/2/777
- Record Id:
- 040-000229074
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000be
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025866110.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/777
- Title:
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‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’
- Scope & Content:
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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 Persia (Iran) and also mention wheat supplies from Australia and the United States. Rice was one of several essential food commodities in acute short supply in India and the Persian Gulf countries during the Second World War (1939-1945) and subject to Government of India quota arrangements and other export and import controls.
The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast, Sharjah; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and Middle East Supply Centre representatives in Baghdad, Cairo and Tehran.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000229062
040-000229074 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/766-794 : File 29 War: Food Supplies
IOR/R/15/2/777 : ‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0034]/038-000229062[0012]/040-000229074
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (213 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000be
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 27 Jan 1943-10 Jun 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1; and terminates at the back with 213; 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 2-90 and ff 169-199; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Pagination: the index section (ff 200-212) has been paginated using pencil; these numbers are located in the top outermost corners of each page.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Series: 29/21 I
- Arrangement:
- Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)