Author
an agent.
in Bahrain
Publication Date
20 May 1943-13 Dec 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
196
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1781
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000204
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
20 May 1943-13 Dec 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain, the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, the Bahrain Customs House, the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain regarding the importation of cooking oil into Qatar (folios 177-178). This letter is in Arabic with an English translation.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Files: 36/37 I
