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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain, c 1929-c 1944 Place Karachi, British India

1. IOR/R/15/2/786

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/786
Title:
File 29/27 Vol. I Dhal for Bahrain & T.C.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the export of Indian pulses, mainly dhal, from Punjab and Sind by sea from Karachi, to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities were in short supply and subject to Government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1943-28 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/787

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/787
Title:
File 29/27 II Pulses for Bahrain and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about: the allocation of import quotas of Indian pulses for Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms in 1947; the arrangements of Bahrain and Dubai importing merchants with their exporters in Karachi, regarding shipments; and the Government of India’s subs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1946-6 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/788

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/788
Title:
‘File 29/28 Bran for Bahrain & T.C.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mainly about the export of bran from Punjab, by sea from Karachi to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential animal feed such as bran was in short supply and subject to Government o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1943-2 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/789

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/789
Title:
‘File 29/29 Tamarind for Bahrain & T.C.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence mainly about the importation of surplus tamarind from India to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms during the Second World War (1939-1945), when this fruit was subject to Government of India export licensing restrictions and import quotas in Persian Gulf cou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1943-9 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)