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IOR/R/15/2/351

Record Id:

040-000228624

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000228236

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00018e

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/2/351

Title:

File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India

Scope & Content:

The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Eastern Bank Limited, on the subject of smuggling of various goods and commodities. These include:

import of unlicensed tea for internal use from India into Bahrain. The tea was then sold to Persian nakhudas who smuggled it into Persia (some of the tea was also smuggled into Kuwait and Iraq);
smuggling of silk from Kuwait to Dubai and then via dhows into India, and prosecution of the merchants responsible;
smuggling of gold to Syria from India via Kuwait and Iraq;
smuggling of gold sovereigns and guineas from India to Bahrain, and prosecution of the merchants responsible;
shipping of sovereigns to Iraq by the Eastern Bank Limited;
import of counterfeit Government of India silver coins (rupees) from the Persian Gulf.

There is a letter in Arabic from a Kuwaiti merchant in the volume, with English translation.

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
038-000228614
040-000228624

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/15/2/342-387 : File 9 Trade and Commerce

IOR/R/15/2/351 : File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India

Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0010]/038-000228614[0010]/040-000228624

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (280 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
English

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1934

End Date:

1941

Date Range:

5 Sep 1934-13 Apr 1941

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 282; 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 also present in parallel between ff 5-258; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Former External References:

Confidential files: 9/10

Arrangement:

The documents in the volume are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end, on folios 259-278. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971

Subjects:

Counterfeiting
Currencies
Gold
Silk
Smuggling
Tea

Places:

India, Asia