File 36/16 IX Grant of Export Licenses to Goods Other than of Local Origin
Scope & Content:
This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency in Bahrain by individuals resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals) for goods of non-local origin. The application forms contain ba...
File 36/16 X Grant of Export Licences to Goods Other than of Local Origin
Scope & Content:
This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency in Bahrain by individuals resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals) for goods of non-local origin. The application forms contain ba...
File 36/16 Grant of Export Licenses to Goods other than of Local Origin (Applications)
Scope & Content:
This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency in Bahrain by individuals resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals) for goods of non-local origin. The application forms contain ba...
File 36/23 Indian Red Cross and St. John War Organisation (Correspondence re formation of local Gulf centre etc.)
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This file contains correspondence regarding the possibility of establishing a St John Ambulance training centre in the Gulf (in either Bahrain or Kuwait). The file contains letters on the topic sent between Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, Political Agent in Bahrain and Major Tom Hickinbotham, Politi...
File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the supply of spare car parts in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast. The correspondence in the file is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain; the State Engineers Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Residency Agency in Sharjah. Also...
File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India
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This file contains correspondence related to the importation of vegetable ghee and cooking oil from India to the Gulf, primarily Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the impact of a ghee shortage in India and the import quotas that were allocated to merchants operating in the Gulf....
File 36/38 Congratulatory Messages re. Allies' Successes in War
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This file contains letters and telegrams sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain from individuals, primarily members of the region's ruling families, as well as from a number of Bahraini institutions. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agency, the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Su...
This file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Agency and the Customs Administration in Bahrain, regarding the allocation of shipping space to merchants in the country for the importation of goods from the United Kingdom to the Gulf (largely into Bahrain, but also Kuwait and ...
File 36/43 Applications for Assistance to Export Piece Goods from U.K. & U.S.A.
Scope & Content:
This file contains short letters and telegrams from a number of merchants active in Bahrain requesting permission and assistance from the Political Agency to import goods from the United Kingdom and the United States. The goods mentioned are predominantly clothing, underwear and woollens. A la...
This file contains copies of applications for shipping space that were submitted to the Political Agency by a number of merchants in Bahrain. The applications all relate to the import of woollen goods from the United Kingdom. The file also contains a small number of short letters to the Politi...
