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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Subject Customs policy

1. IOR/R/15/1/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129
Title:
Vol 177 Commerce and Miscellaneous letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence inwards and outwards from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at Bushire. The subjects covered includes the rules and regulations that British subjects are subject to when trading with, or within Persia; the resignation of Samuel Hennell as Resident in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1852-17 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 volume, 27 items (61 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/958
Title:
'Customs dues Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the decision by Shaikh Isa [ʻIsá ibn ʻAlī Āl Khalīfah] in April 1916 to raise the customs duty on the transhipment of goods through Bahrain, as wartime conditions had resulted in a difficult financial situation for Bahrain. This decision was prompted by a drop in the num...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1916-13 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/959

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/959
Title:
Miscellaneous correspondence about trade: landing charges
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the work of Gray Paul and Company (James Angus Armour, Mirza Ismail, M E Fraser), shipping agents for the British India Steam Navigation Company at Bahrein [Bahrain] and their relationship with the import yard and customs at Bahrein (F T Maharaj, H U Bahtia). Matters discuss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1915-4 Jul 1917
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/128
Title:
File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials discuss the Iraqi Government’s proposal to the Kuwaiti Government for cooperation to help control smuggling between the two countries. They also discuss the conditions under which permission is given to ship g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1933-2 Feb 1934
Extent:

1 volume (218 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/5/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/129
Title:
File 2/2 II Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains memoranda, confidential papers, personal letters and testimonies related to alleged smuggling of food and goods from Kuwait to Iraq. The correspondence includes two unsuccessful proposals for conferences to be held between Iraqi and Kuwaiti officials to discuss the limits of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1934-28 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 volume (318 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/5/130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/130
Title:
File 2/2 III Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. The correspondence discusses the following: Operation of Iraq Customs launch in Kuwait territorial waters. The shooting of two Kuwait tribesmen in Kuwait territory by Iraq Preventive Police. Proposing a conference to be held...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1934-8 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (265 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/131
Title:
File 2/2 IV Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials stood as mediators between the Iraqi Government and the Shaikh of Kuwait to try and solve the smuggling issue. They discussed possible ways to persuade the Shaikh of Kuwait to agree to a friendly arrangement f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 May 1935-13 Jun 1936
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/132
Title:
File 2/2 V Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to Kuwait-Iraq smuggling. British officials suggested a mixed commission representing both the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Iraqi Government, and authorized the investigation all the frontier incidents by land and by sea that had occurred between the two st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1935-11 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/165
Title:
File 2/12 Miscellaneous papers relating to Kuwait-Iraq relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating variously to customs duties on livestock, political events in Iraq, and deficiency in printed Iraqi currency due to accidents in transportation. The correspondence consists of exchanges between the British authorities in the Persian Gulf and Iraq.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1937-29 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/5/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/170
Title:
File 3/1 I Seizure or Detention of Kuwait sailing craft by Persians
Scope & Content:
This file relates to several cases of Kuwaiti sailing boats being seized or detained by the Persian authorities. The file consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Agent, Kuwait, and various British diplomatic officials. Most of the correspondence concerns the circumstances of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1932-21 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)