Author
Native Crafts' and 'Schedule of Fixed Export Duty'
Publication Date
03 Apr 1926-26 Jan 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,nld
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
240
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1313
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000030
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
03 Apr 1926-26 Jan 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correpsondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait; Secretary to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at Bushire; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Claud C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain; Mesopotamia Persia Corporation; Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo [Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kānū]; Mohamed Yateem [Muḥammad Yatīm]; Port Director and Director-General of Navigation, Basrah; and the Acting Consuls for the Netherlands (Consulaat Der Nederlanden) in Karachi and Bombay.
The correspondence concerns customs and duty regulations for cargo landed at Bahrain between April 1926 and January 1934. Included within these papers are: a list of landing charges at Bahrain (ff. 24-25); German, Swedish and Dutch enquiries regarding customs at Bahrain (ff. 39-47, 55-60, 242-246, 247-255); a 'Schedule of Fixed Customs Duty on Import Cargo by Native Crafts' and 'Schedule of Fixed Export Duty' (ff. 48-50); two copies of 'The Government of Bahrein Custom House and Import Yard: Tariff of Import Yard Charges' (24 May 1929), an A to Z list of items and their charges giving khanchia, porterage, pier-fee and Municipal Tax (
baladiyya
) (ff. 60A-146); customs regulations in Persia (ff. 147-148, 155-159) and Qatar (ff. 160-161); correspondence regarding the import of tobacco (ff. 186-187, 194-196) and alcohol (ff. 231-233); and public notices relating to the increased rate of customs duty on certain items in 1932 (ff. 197-198, 228-230).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office File: 7/1
