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Name Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain, c 1929-c 1944 Level [40] File

51. IOR/R/15/2/1375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1375
Title:
‘File 12/7 I Shipping. Arrival of Sailing Crafts at Qatar and other places with Cargo.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo on local vessels (frequently referred to as country craft) from Karachi to Qatar (spelt in various ways, including Kattar, Gutter, Quatar) and, to a lesser extent, other ports on the Arab coast of the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1932-1 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (296 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/2/1376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1376
Title:
‘File 12/7 II Arrival of country craft from India’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo (chiefly rice, sugar, spices, piece goods) from India (Karachi) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, chiefly Dubai, Katar [Qatar, also spelt Gutter, Quatter in the file] and Bahrain. The file is a direct chronologi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1924-4 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (498 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/2/1377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1377
Title:
‘File 12/7 Vol. III Arrival of Country-Craft from India with cargoes for Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar – Verification of Export Manifests –’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo from India (chiefly Karachi but also Veraval) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, principally Dubai, Sharjah, Qatar (often spelt Quattar) and Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 12/7 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Oct 1944-30 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (198 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/2/1380

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1380
Title:
‘File 12/10 Shipping notice’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the distribution of notices concerning shipping regulations at Bahrain and along the Trucial Coast. Correspondence dated 1935 (ff 2-8) relates to a notice, issued by the Deputy Conservator of the Bombay Port Trust, dated 12 June 1935, announcing the e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1935-26 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/2/1383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1383
Title:
‘File 12/13 Shipping. Agents for foreign steamship companies’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to foreign shipping companies operating at Bahrain, and agents representing foreign shipping companies operating at Bahrain. Correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Bahrain (chiefly Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Edward Birkbec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1932-23 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/2/1512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1512
Title:
‘Miscellaneous 16/15 Correspondence with and from the Director of Customs, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, chiefly received from but also sent to, the Director of Customs in Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier). The majority of the correspondence is official, and relates to miscellaneous trade and customs matters in Bahrain. Aside from general correspondence, memoranda and notice...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and German
Date Range:
20 Apr 1927-27 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/2/1554

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1554
Title:
‘File 16/44 Holidays observed by the Bahrain Government and other local offices. and their working hours and other changes in their personnel’
Scope & Content:
Notices and memoranda from various institutions and commercial concerns in Bahrain, informing the Political Agency of office closures (in observance of Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu festivals, bank holidays, and other occasions such as the King’s birthday) or changes to working hours. Not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1934-28 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (412 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/2/1614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1614
Title:
File 17/13 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. TIDE TABLES, BAHRAIN BUSHIRE ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns tide tables relating to Bahrain, Bushire and other locations in the Gulf. It consists mostly of telegrams, memoranda, and brief letters of correspondence. Most of the file documents the efforts of the Political Agent, Bahrain, to obtain copies of tide tables for the Port of Bu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1929-7 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

59. 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)