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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Customs House, Bahrain, c 1860-Mid 20th century

1. IOR/R/15/2/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/128
Title:
File 9/2 I Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers relating to the finances of the Bahrain Government, and British officials' efforts to impose reforms on the Bahrain state finances. Many of the letters in the volume are discussions between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Clive Daly until Sept...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1923-15 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/131
Title:
File 9/4 Bahrain Reforms. Introduction of Reforms in Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The volume contains printed copies of Government of India confidential correspondence, relating to the Bahrain reforms. The majority of the letters contained in volume are printed copies of correspondence originally sent to the Government of India either by the Political Resident in the Persian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1921-27 Jul 1924
Extent:
1 volume (98 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/522

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/522
Title:
‘File 13/14 Customs exemption for Imperial Airways aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to a request from Imperial Airways Limited for a change in the level of customs duty payable on goods brought into Bahrain by their aircraft, which, they argue, is unreasonably high. The principal correspondents in the file are unnamed representatives of Imperial Airwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1933-26 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1781

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1781
Title:
File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the importation of vegetable ghee and cooking oil from India to the Gulf, primarily Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the impact of a ghee shortage in India and the import quotas that were allocated to merchants operating in the Gulf....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 May 1943-13 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1898
Title:
File No. E/4 V. O. Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Director of Customs.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the distribution of fines by officials who detect offences at the customs in Bahrain. It also contains an investigation regarding kegs of mineral oil which bear the RAF mark and were said to be jettisoned, and whether they were permitted to be imported ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1932-8 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)