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

31. 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)

32. 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)

33. 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)

34. 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)

35. 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)

36. 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)

37. IOR/R/15/2/1223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1223
Title:
File 6/14 I Director of Customs, Bahrain; Trust Fund with Eastern Bank Ltd Bombay
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence connected to a trust fund established for the Director of Customs in Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier). The majority of the papers are receipts, covering letters, and letters of acknowledgement relating to payments made into the trust fund by the Gove...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1928-22 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 file (240 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/2/1224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1224
Title:
File 6/14 II Adviser (C.D. Belgrave) and Director of Customs (C.C.L. de Grenier): Trust Fund with Eastern Bank Ltd
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence connected to trust funds established for the Director of Customs (Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier) and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave). The majority of the papers are receipts, covering letters, and letters of acknowledge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Farsi, and Gujarati
Date Range:
1 Dec 1934-16 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (263 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/2/1234

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1234
Title:
File 6/20 Bahrain Country Crafts registered at Customs - Certificates Countersigned by Political Agent
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the registration of boats in Bahrain. The vast majority of the papers are covering letters that were originally sent with registration certificates by the Director of Customs to the Political Agency for counter-signing. The certificates were then retu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
20 Sep 1928-24 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (189 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/2/1243

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1243
Title:
File 6/28 Prohibition of vegetable (adulterated) Ghi into Bahrain - Bahrain Govt notifications
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and public notices relating to a prohibition on importing vegetable ghee and mixed vegetable-animal ghee into Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Manama Municipality, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1929-26 Sep 1930
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)