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IOR/R/15/2/781
- Record Id:
- 040-000229078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000c8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026232917.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/781
- Title:
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'File 29/22 I CEREALS FOR SHARJAH AND DUBAI'
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence about supplies of wheat and barley for importation and local consumption in Dubai, Sharjah and the other Trucial Coast sheikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when food grains and wheat in particular were in short supply worldwide and subject to Government of India export restrictions and import quota arrangements in all the Arab States of the Persian Gulf under British protection. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast and the Residency Agent, both Sharjah; the Middle East Supply Centre (MESC), Cairo; the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Iraq) Limited (UKCC), Baghdad; Gray, Mackenzie and Company, Bahrain (acting as Crown purchase and shipping agent). The main topics discussed are MESC allotments and UKCC shipments of quota wheat and barley from Basra to the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah; the monitoring of stock levels of wheat, barley and rice in the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms and estimates of future requirements; the introduction of reductions to wheat quotas, against imports of rice from Persia (Iran) and elsewhere, in view of the difficult worldwide supply situation.
- 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
040-000229078 - 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/15/2/781 : File 29/22 I CEREALS FOR SHARJAH AND DUBAI - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0034]/038-000229062[0016]/040-000229078
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (339 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000c8
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 25 Oct 1943-29 Dec 1944
- 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, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-323; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Physical condition: folio 148 has a torn edge; folio 341 is a re-used file cover containing the title and other brief details about a former file on aviation.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Series: 29/22 I
- Arrangement:
- Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)