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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Customs administration

1. IOR/R/15/2/46-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/46-49
Title:
File H Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous Confidential files contain correspondence concerning miscellaneous matters related to Bahrain and Eastern Arabia. Included within these correspondence are details about the establishment and development of the Arabian Mission in Bahrain and their activities in the Persian Gulf (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1901-1917
Extent:
4 files and volumes (397 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/332
Title:
File 19/126 Bahrain Customs
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Lt-Col Hugh Vincent Biscoe (the Political Resident in Bushire) to the Foreign Secretary of the Government on India in New Delhi. The letter discusses the retention of the services of Mr. C. de Grenier as the Director of Customs in Bahrain but also contains a br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1930
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/62
Title:
Improvement and Extension of Customs Pier
Scope & Content:
The file relates to improvements to the customs pier at Bahrain funded by a loan from Bahrain merchants. The papers include a translation of a letter from the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] relating to the agreement to rebuild the pier in stone and m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1916-20 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 file (37 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/484-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/484-496
Title:
File 12 Persian Relations with Bahrain
Scope & Content:
These files contain correspondence concerning a number of issues related to Persia and Persians (primarily the Persian community in Bahrain). The files discuss Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain (IOR/R/15/1/484), Persian communities on the Arab side of the Gulf, particularly Bahrain (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and French
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
13 files (970 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/531
Title:
File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials but it also includes correspondence between British officials (primarily Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, the British Poli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1933-29 May 1934
Extent:
1 volume (355 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/535

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/535
Title:
File 53/83 V (D 126) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, anti-Smuggling measures adopted by the Iraqi Government and negotia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1936-7 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 volume (204 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/536

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/536
Title:
File 53/83 VI (D 135) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, the Saudi-Kuwait Agreement, arms smuggling, and the demarcation of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1937-28 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/615
Title:
‘File 21/22 Customs’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to Jasim bin Mohammed al Baghdadi (also referred to in the file as Jasim bin Mohammed al Hadla), suspected of accounting malpractice while working at the customs department in Qatar. The file includes: copies of Qatar accounts for the month of Dhil Qa’d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1949-26 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/533
Title:
File 53/83 III (D 113) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. Primarily, the file contains internal correspondence between British officials discussing efforts to resolve the issue. It also contains correspondence between British officials and their Iraqi coun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1934-29 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/534
Title:
File 53/83 IV (D 123) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding alleged smuggling activities from Kuwait into Iraq. The correspondence discusses a number of topics including incursions into Kuwaiti territory made by Iraqi Customs and Police Forces, anti-Smuggling measures adopted by the Iraqi Government and negotia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1935-20 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)