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IOR/R/15/2/231
- Record Id:
- 040-000228501
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003c6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100039450677.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/231
- Title:
- File 6/7 Mahandal Mekta [Mohanlal Mehta], ex-BI Agent at Dubai
- Scope & Content:
- The file relates to the appointment of Mehta, who had previously acted as Agent for British India Steam Navigation (BISN) at Dibai [Dubai], to a position in the Hamalbashi Branch of the Customs at Shargah [Sharjah], responsible for the collection of customs revenue, and ensuring the correct quantity and condition of all merchandise arriving by sea and subject to customs duty, at a salary of 15% of net income from customs. The position is also referred to in the papers as 'Financial Adviser to the Sheikh of Sharjah'. The papers consist of correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, January-February 1933, together with copies of earlier correspondence on the subject dated November-December 1932.
- 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
037-000228401
038-000228498
040-000228501 - 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/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/229-258 : File 6 Personalities
IOR/R/15/2/231 : File 6/7 Mahandal Mekta [Mohanlal Mehta], ex-BI Agent at Dubai - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0007]/038-000228498[0003]/040-000228501
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (7 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003c6
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 15 Dec 1932-8 Feb 1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
-
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Files: 6/7
- 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)