File 33/9 [17/2] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MUHARRAQ & MANAMA.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the installation of a telephone line connecting the Imperial Airways aerodrome (landing ground) at Muharraq and the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications at Manama with the Bahrain telephone exchange. The work was undertaken by the Government of Bahrain,...
File 36/16 III Restrictions on shipment of goods from Bahrain
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This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency in Bahrain by traders resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals). The file also contains a limited amount of related correspondence fr...
File 36/16 IX Grant of Export Licenses to Goods Other than of Local Origin
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This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency in Bahrain by individuals resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals) for goods of non-local origin. The application forms contain ba...
File 36/16 X Grant of Export Licences to Goods Other than of Local Origin
Scope & Content:
This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency in Bahrain by individuals resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals) for goods of non-local origin. The application forms contain ba...
File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast
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This file contains correspondence related to the supply of spare car parts in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence in the file is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain; the State Engineers Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Residency Agency in Sharjah. Also...
File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India
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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....
File 36/38 Congratulatory Messages re. Allies' Successes in War
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This file contains letters and telegrams sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain from individuals, primarily members of the region's ruling families, as well as from a number of Bahraini institutions. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agency, the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Su...
File 36/45 Applications for Assistance to Export Machinery & Cars from U.S.A. & U.K.
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This file contains applications for import/export licenses and shipping space that were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain by a number of merchants active in the country. The applications relate to importing machinery and car parts from various suppliers in the United Kingdom and the United...
File 36/48 III Imports of Goods Recommended Under Sundries for the United Kingdom
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This file contains applications for import/export licenses and shipping space that were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain by a number of merchants active in the country. The applications relate to the importation of a number of different goods including clothes, chemicals and ammunition fr...
File 36/60 Minutes of the Commercial Advisory Committee Meetings
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This file contains copies of the minutes of Bahrain's Commercial Advisory Committee. The Committee was a body composed of its president, Political Agent Major Tom Hickinbotham, a number of prominent local merchants based in Bahrain and G W R Smith, Director of Customs. The Committee is occasiona...
