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IOR/R/15/2/1313-1328

Record Id:: 038-000229636
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000228236
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x0000d5
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1313-1328
Title:: File 7: Customs and Duty
Scope & Content:: The Customs and Duty files concern a range of issues related to customs and duty regulations at Bahrain, as well as in the Persian Gulf more generally. In addition, covered within these files are details concerning landing charges, certificates and arrangements; re-export and transhipment regulations; and exemptions from customs and landing charges. Due to the nature of these files, they contain useful details regarding trade and material culture in Bahrain between the 1920s and 1940s.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229279
038-000229636
Is part of:: IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files

IOR/R/15/2/1313-1328 : File 7: Customs and Duty
Contains:: IOR/R/15/2/1313 : File 7/1 I Duty on Cargo Landed at Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1314 : File 7/1 II Duty on Cargo Landed at Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1315 : File 7/2 Customs and Duty: Landing certificates for cargo landed by country crafts - countersigned by P.A.
IOR/R/15/2/1316 : File 7/3 Landing Arrangements at Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1317 : File 7/4 R.E. [Re-export] and Transhipment Cargo
IOR/R/15/2/1318 : File 7/5 Bahrain Customs Pier Improvements
IOR/R/15/2/1319 : File No. 7/6 Import duties at Uqair, Qatif and Jubail
IOR/R/15/2/1320 : File 7/8 Special procedure for bonding stores by Aircraft
IOR/R/15/2/1321 : File 7/9 I Exemptions of Customs Duty
IOR/R/15/2/1322 : File 7/9 II Exemptions from Customs Duty
IOR/R/15/2/1323 : File 7/10 Correspondence re: Duty on Mislanded Cargo
IOR/R/15/2/1324 : File 7/11 Substitution of Muqqudams (General Clearing Agents) by the Department Bill-writers in the Customs Directorate, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1325 : File 7/12 Miscellaneous Correspondence re Customs Matters
IOR/R/15/2/1326 : File 7/13 Customs exemption for acting Consular officers in Iran
IOR/R/15/2/1327 : File 7/14 Rules relating to customs offences
IOR/R/15/2/1328 : File 7/15 British Overseas Airways Corporation [BOAC] - Customs Exemption

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Hierarchy:: 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0007]/038-000229636
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Record Type (Level):: SubSubSeries
Extent:: 16 files (1379 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:: Arabic
Dutch
English
Scripts:: Arabic
Latin
Start Date:: 1926
End Date:: 1950
Date Range:: 1926-1950
Era:: CE
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Former External References:: English Office Files: 7
Arrangement:: The Customs and Duty files of the Political Agency, Bahrain, are arranged by file and part number, in which, for example, the reference 7/9 II is composed of the English Office Files reference indicating Customs and Duty files (7); the individual file number (9); and the part number (II). The references of the surviving files show the likely gaps in the series.
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Public Record(s)
Subjects:: Customs duty
Trade (practice)