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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Shipping agents Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/R/15/2/1188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1188
Title:
File 5/6 DECLARATION OF GENERAL AVERAGE ON ACCOUNT OF S.S."BARENFELS" HAVING BEEN FOUNDERED NEAR FESHT AL DHIJBAL.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the decision of the agents of the German Hansa Line ship SS Barenfels to declare 'general average' after the vessel ran aground at the Fesht al Djibal (a reef off the east coast of Bahrain). (The location is spelled Fesht al Dhijbal in the title of the file). General average is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1929-21 Jan 1930
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1379
Title:
‘File 12/9 Shipping – Proposal re: Chartering a vessel other than that of B.I.S.N. Co’s [British India Steam Navigation Company] + Japanese lines for importing various commodities in Bahrain by Messrs. Dhamanmal Isardas of Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two pieces of correspondence. The first is from Dhamanmal Isardas, merchant and commission agent in Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), dated 3 January 1934. Isardas writes that he has received instructions from his Bombay office t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-6 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1382
Title:
‘File 12/12 Shipping. Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence concerning shipping in the Persian Gulf, including: in March 1936, an enquiry from the Director of the Bahrain Customs House concerning the visit of the SS Arabistan to Muscat in February 1936 (ff 3-6); in June 1936, a notice issued at Bahrain by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1936-29 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1389

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1389
Title:
‘File 12/19 Mercury Boat Lines. Miscellaneous Correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: a letter from Robert E Williamson, General Manager of Mercury Boat Lines, dated 29 January 1949, announcing the commencement of Mercury Boat Lines’ new passenger services, with an enclosed outline of vessels, timetables (Manama, Al Khobar [Al-Khubar], Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tanūrah]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1949-13 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)