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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain, c 1929-c 1944

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1043
Title:
File 522/1922 Pt 5 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Administration: Internal Affairs: British Interference'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minute papers, memoranda, and draft papers relating to British and European representation within the Bahrain administration. The papers discuss a number of matters, including: appointment and terms of the posts of Director of Customs, Commandant of the Levy Corps, and some medic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1924-22 Jan 1931
Extent:

1 volume (174 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/516
Title:
Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the imposition of an export licence system on the trade of gold and silver in the Persian Gulf region, at first to understand the flow of trade, and then to restrict it, lest gold find its way through Turkey into enemy-occupied destinations. Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-10 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1105
Title:
Ext 6740/45 'Persia - Persian Gulf. Passages for officials & wives.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence (letters, draft letters, copies of letters, and notes) mainly relating to air passages to Bahrain for British officials and the wives of officials. It includes correspondence regarding air passages to Bahrain for the following individuals: G W R Smith, Director ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1945-23 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3791

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3791
Title:
Coll 30/74 'Bahrain: Qn. of customs duty to be charged on goods imported by air into Bahrain.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a request to the Political Agent, Bahrain from Imperial Airways Limited (made through their agents, Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited, Bahrain) for a reduction in customs duty charged on the c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) value of goods imported by them into Bahrain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1933-10 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)