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IOR/R/15/2/70
- Record Id:
- 040-000228324
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000325
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023484142.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/70
- Title:
- Imports into Bahrain: statistics and correspondence
- Scope & Content:
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The file consists of enquiries received by the Political Agency Bahrain about trade matters, with further correspondence and statistics, and papers concerning the import of gold into Persia. The papers are as follows:
- enquiry from the Chief Political Officer, Basrah [Basra] about the average annual import of tin into Bahrain for the years 1914-1916, with reply from the Political Agent, Bahrain, November 1916;
- letter from the Director of Customs, Bahrain to the Political Agent Bahrain, with statement and explanatory notes, concerning articles imported into Bahrain Harbour during 1912-1916, November 1916;
- papers relating to the export by merchants in Bahrain and elsewhere of large amounts of gold to Persia via Bushire, March - October 1917. British officials suspected that the gold was intended for the Turks in Mesopotamia. The papers include some correspondence in Arabic from merchants in Bahrain, with translations in English, and copies of memoranda and telegrams on the subject between the Political Residency, Bushire, the Government of India, 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
038-000228320
040-000228324 - 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/15/2/67-72 : Miscellaneous unnumbered files
IOR/R/15/2/70 : Imports into Bahrain: statistics and correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0001]/037-000228237[0017]/038-000228320[0004]/040-000228324
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (24 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000325
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 18 Nov 1916-20 Oct 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 24 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A.
- 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)