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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Director of Customs, Bahrain, c 1903-c 1929 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1043
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 5 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Administration: Internal Affairs: British Interference'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, memoranda, and draft papers relating to British and European representation within the Bahrain administration. The papers discuss a number of matters, including: appointment and terms of the posts of Director of Customs, Commandant of the Levy Corps, and some medic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-22 Jan 1931
Extent:

1 volume (174 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/48
Title:
File H/14 Vol I Turkish Customs on Mainland
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between Stuart George Knox and David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, British Political Agents at Bahrain, and Percy Zachariah Cox and Richard Lockington Birdwood of the British Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as with Sheikh ‘Īsā bin ‘Alī ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1911-12 Feb 1912
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/49
Title:
File H/15 Building of Pier in Manama
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as J.W. Storrs, Sub-Divisional Engineer at Bushire, Sheikh ‘Īsā bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsā Āl Khalīfah, Yūsuf Kanoo, Seth R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1903-24 Mar 1917
Extent:
1 file (126 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/958
Title:
'Customs dues Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the decision by Shaikh Isa [ʻIsá ibn ʻAlī Āl Khalīfah] in April 1916 to raise the customs duty on the transhipment of goods through Bahrain, as wartime conditions had resulted in a difficult financial situation for Bahrain. This decision was prompted by a drop in the num...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-13 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/959

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/959
Title:
Miscellaneous correspondence about trade: landing charges
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the work of Gray Paul and Company (James Angus Armour, Mirza Ismail, M E Fraser), shipping agents for the British India Steam Navigation Company at Bahrein [Bahrain] and their relationship with the import yard and customs at Bahrein (F T Maharaj, H U Bahtia). Matters discuss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1915-4 Jul 1917
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368
Title:
‘File 12/1 Casaulties – Rules for Boats approaching steamers etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to incidents and accidents involving steamers at Bahrain, including: boats approaching steamers before they have anchored (ff 4-5); an accident leading to the death of a sailor on board SS Bandra (ff 6-7); instances of steamers running aground on sand b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1926-1 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

7. 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)