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IOR/R/15/2/1341-1364
- Record Id:
- 038-000229667
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x0000d8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1341-1364
- Title:
- File 10: Trade and Commerce
- Scope & Content:
- The Trade and Commerce files of the Political Agency Bahrain cover the following subjects: monthly trade statistics, 1938-44; trade reports and related papers for years ending 1925-42; statistics of imports and exports and shipping figures for years ending 1943-49 inclusive; and a variety of ad hoc topics, including pearl diving and the pearl trade, trademarks, overseas trade enquiries, the import into Bahrain of foreign imitations of British textile designs, the possible purchase of cargo vessels by the government of Persia, the import of Japanese electrical equipment, the import of cement, the sugar trade, the fruit trade, the import of Japanese goods marked as manufactured in England, the pearl button industry, United States commercial interests in Bahrain, reports and miscellaneous information about trading companies and merchants in Bahrain, the Bahrain General Merchants Association and proposed chamber of commerce, and records of applications from foreigners to open businesses in Bahrain. Reports and correspondence of the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave (served 1926-1957) occur frequently in the files.
- 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
038-000229667 - 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/15/2/1341-1364 : File 10: Trade and Commerce - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/1341 : File 10/3 VI Monthly trade statistics of imports and exports
IOR/R/15/2/1342 : File 10/3 VII Monthly trade statistics of import and export
IOR/R/15/2/1343 : File 10/3 VIII Monthly trade statistics of imports and exports
IOR/R/15/2/1344 : File 10/4 I Trade Reports
IOR/R/15/2/1345 : File 10/4 II Trade Reports
IOR/R/15/2/1346 : File 10/4 III Trade Report Bahrain Islands
IOR/R/15/2/1347 : File 10/4 IV Trade reports Bahrain Islands
IOR/R/15/2/1348 : File 10/4 V Trade Reports
IOR/R/15/2/1349 : File 10/6 Pearl diving and pearl trade: Correspondence re:
IOR/R/15/2/1350 : File 10/7 II Registration of trade marks and protection of inventions in Bahrain Island
IOR/R/15/2/1351 : File 10/7 III Trade and Commerce. Registration of trademarks and protection of inventions in the Bahrain Island
IOR/R/15/2/1352 : File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries
IOR/R/15/2/1353 : File 10/16 Legislation for preventing the import and sale in Bahrain of foreign imitations of British designs
IOR/R/15/2/1354 : File 10/18 Contemplated Purchase of Certain Oil-Burning Vessels by the Persian Government
IOR/R/15/2/1355 : File 10/19 Prohibition of Certain Japanese Goods into Bahrain. Proposal re.
IOR/R/15/2/1356 : File 10/20 Enquiries re: cement
IOR/R/15/2/1357 : File 10/21 Enquiries re: sugar-beet
IOR/R/15/2/1358 : File 10/22 Enquiries re: Fruit Market in Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1359 : File 10/23 Corr. re. certain Japanese cotton singlets imported into Bahrain by Messrs Trikamdas and Co, and shown as "Made…
IOR/R/15/2/1360 : File 10/24 Shell Button Industry in Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1361 : File 10/25 American Trade Interests in Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1362 : File 10/26 Financial status of commercial firms and merchants
IOR/R/15/2/1363 : File 10/27 Bahrain. General Merchants' Association. Correspondence - re.
IOR/R/15/2/1364 : File 10/30 Requests from foreigners for opening business in Bahrain
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/1341-1364 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0010]/038-000229667
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 24 files and volumes (3,935 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 1926-1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- English Office files: 10
- Arrangement:
- The Trade and Commerce files are arranged by file and part number, by which, for example, the reference 10/3 VI is composed of the subject reference 10 (Trade and Commerce), the file number 3 (monthly trade statistics) and the part number VI. The file number references of the surviving files: 3-4; 6-8; 16; 18-27; and 30, and the part numbers, show the likely gaps in the series.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Belgrave, Charles Dalrymple, Knight, British advisor to the Government of Bahrain, 1894-1969
- Subjects:
- Trade (practice)