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IOR/R/15/2/62
- Record Id:
- 040-000228311
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00031d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023400011.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/62
- Title:
- Improvement and Extension of Customs Pier
- Scope & Content:
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The file relates to improvements to the customs pier at Bahrain funded by a loan from Bahrain merchants. The papers include a translation of a letter from the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] relating to the agreement to rebuild the pier in stone and mentioning the co-operation between the merchants of Bahrain that had made the reconstruction possible, 3 December 1916; correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Director of Customs, Bahrain relating to the loan and the progress of rebuilding, June - December 1917; Pier Account statements showing the amount collected, and the contributions made by individual lenders for the period December 1916 to December 1917; and related correspondence between the Political Agent and other British officials..
- 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
037-000228237
038-000228310
040-000228311 - 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/15/2/1-72 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/62 (Sub-sub-series) : File 7 Customs
IOR/R/15/2/62 : Improvement and Extension of Customs Pier - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0001]/037-000228237[0012]/038-000228310[0001]/040-000228311
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (37 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00031d
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 3 Dec 1916-20 Dec 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 38 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 13, 13A.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 7/3
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)