Author
an agent.
Gray
Publication Date
27 Mar 1941-29 Dec 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
182
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/759
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0000a8
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
27 Mar 1941-29 Dec 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the implementation of the Navicert system in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, which was intended to regulate and control shipping in and out of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during wartime. The file’s principal correspondents are: the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham; Cornelius James Pelly) and representatives of the shipping
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited, who had offices in Bahrain, as well as in other Gulf ports.
The file includes:
correspondence and notices relating to the introduction of the Navicert system for steamships and dhows sailing into or out of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
from 15 May 1941 (f 7, f 10, f 18);
correspondence relating to enquiries and concerns regarding the implementation of the Navicert system in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, including: fears voiced by representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) that the system would duplicate the existing system of oil export licensing (ff 13-17); the use of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] as a port for the issue for Navicerts for outgoing vessels; vessels from Dubai and Sharjah having to stop at Bandar Abbas to obtain Navicerts (ff 21-22); confusion over the Muscat Political Agency’s failure or refusal to issue Navicerts (ff 80-82);
several letters from the Collector of Customs at Karachi, informing the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Bahrain of vessels arriving in Karachi from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
with no Navicert (examples at ff 44-46), and the subsequent investigations by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, enquiring as to why Navicerts were not issued;
a sample of a blank Navicert application form (f 17), and two completed application forms (f 71, f 93);
an enquiry made by the United States Consulate at Dhahran, in December 1944, concerning applications for Navicerts for oil shipments from Dhahran (f 108, ff 112-113);
correspondence concerning two oil tankers, the
Empire Bronze
and the
San Vito
, that left Bahrain without Navicerts (ff 118-124, ff 126-135);
correspondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait over the applicability of the British Government’s Oil in Navigable Waters Act (1922) to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(ff 159-160);
a letter from 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.
to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Bahrain, dated 30 November 1946, enclosing an extract from
The Times
, dated 25 September 1945, announcing that Navicerts would no longer be required by ships from 30 September 1946 (ff 162-163).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 166-183) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files 28/71 Confidential Files 28/14 B
