This file contains correspondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait; Claude L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain; and G W R Smith, Director of Customs, Bahrain. The bulk of the file contains rules relating to Customs Offences and Penalties drawn up by the...
File 7/15 British Overseas Airways Corporation [BOAC] - Customs Exemption
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This file contains correspondence between Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; G H C Lee, Assistant Regional Director, British ...
File 8/2 B Liquor for other Consulates and Agencies
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Correspondence between the British Political Agency in Bahrain and other British consulates and agencies in Kuwait, Bandar ‘Abbās, Khorramshahr, Muscat, Sharjah and Bushire regarding the supply and distribution of alcohol to British officials. The file includes requests for alcohol permits, bank ...
The Miscellaneous subject files contain records concerning the import of opium and other restricted drugs into Bahrain, the distribution of alcohol among British agencies and residencies in the Persian Gulf, and the prohibition against the purchase and drinking of alcohol in Bahrain.
Correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and Petroleum Concession Limited (Bahrain), Petroleum Development Limited (Qatar) and the British Political Officer at Sharjah concerning the supply of alcohol for employees in Qatar and the Trucial Coast, as well as correspondence wit...
File 8/4 I Interdicts: Import of Opium into Bahrain
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Correspondence concerning the import of opium and other dangerous drugs into Bahrain. The file contains correspondence from 1936 to 1938 between the India Office, the Permanent Central Opium Board and the British Residency in Bahrain concerning the treatment of Bahrain vis-à-vis the League of Na...
File E8/4 II: Interdicts: Import of Opium into Bahrain
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Correspondence concerning the gathering of statistical information to the Permanent Central Opium Board of the League of Nations in accordance with the Drugs Limitation Convention of 1931. The file contains correspondence between the Political Residency in Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Compan...
File 8/6: Interdicts: Prohibition of Drinking and Purchase of Alcoholic Liqueurs on Board Steamers
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Correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and Charles Belgrave, the Advisor to the Bahrain Government, concerning the purchase of alcohol on steamers, smuggling of alcohol and public drunkenness. The file includes a public notice (‘ilān) from the Bahrain Government, stamped by ruler S...
This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Political Agent at Sharjah and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government. These correspondence concern requests for No Objection Cer...
The Arms and Ammunition subject files contain records concerning the request and issuing of No Objection Certificates, licenses and permits for the import, export and possession of arms, ammunitions, and other potentially lethal weapons such as explosives, marine flares, knives and daggers, and r...
