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

31. 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)

32. 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)

33. 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)

34. IOR/R/15/2/790

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/790
Title:
‘File 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of various essential commodities from India, by sea from Bombay and Karachi to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, during the Second World War (1939-1945). Several commodities are mentioned including spi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
9 Sep 1943-25 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/2/791

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/791
Title:
File 29/30 vol. ii CIVIL REQUIREMENTS - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - EG. PEPPER, SPICES, TURMERIC, ETC
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of foodstuffs, cotton and leather goods, soap and other manufactured articles, from India to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, under Government of India wartime export licensing restrictions and import...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1945-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (149 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/2/792

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/792
Title:
File 29/31 Matches from India for Bahrain, Trucial Coast & Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about the supply of matches from India to Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, for local consumption, under Government of India export licensing controls and import quotas imposed during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when matches and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1943-11 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/2/793

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/793
Title:
File 29/32 CIGARETTES FOR BAHRAIN & TRUCIAL COAST from INDIA
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding tobacco quotas imported from India, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to Bahrain, Kuwait, Trucial Coast, Muscat, and Gwadur [Gwadar]. The correspondence is mainly about fixing quota distributions between manufacturers. It also discusse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1944-18 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/2/794

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/794
Title:
File 29/33 PRICE CONTROL
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about fixing profit rates on several goods including wheat, dates, sugar, rice, spare parts, watches and typewriters, as well as the relaxation of price controls on commodities usually classified as luxury goods, such as cigarettes, toiletries and medicines. Most...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1945-26 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/2/900

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/900
Title:
File 42/2 (6/2) C.C.L. De Grenier, Directors of Customs; G.W.R. Smith
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier, Director of Customs in Bahrain (1924-1943). The correspondence is primarily between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The correspondence concerns...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1932-19 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

40. 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)