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IOR/R/15/2/1781
- Record Id:
- 040-000230129
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000204
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029106745.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1781
- Title:
- File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence related to the importation of vegetable ghee and cooking oil from India to the Gulf, primarily Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence concerns the impact of a ghee shortage in India and the import quotas that were allocated to merchants operating in the Gulf.
The correspondence in the file is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, the Bahrain Customs House, the Residency Agency in Sharjah and a number of merchants - primarily Indian - operating in Bahrain.
The file also contains a letter from the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, to the Political Agency in Bahrain regarding the importation of cooking oil into Qatar (folios 177-178). This letter is in Arabic with an 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
037-000229279
038-000230120
040-000230129 - 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/15/2/1773-1817 : File 36: War: Export and Imports
IOR/R/15/2/1781 : File 36/37 I Import of Vegetable Ghee and Oil from India - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0031]/038-000230120[0009]/040-000230129
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (196 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000204
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 20 May 1943-13 Dec 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 196; 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 2-179; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 36/37 I
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)