Author
an agent.
Publication Date
4 May 1929-12 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
179
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1321
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x000038
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
4 May 1929-12 Sep 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between the British
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; 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.
at Bushire; the Upper Air Observatory, Bahrain; Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Claude C L de Grenier, Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain; Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited; British India Steam Navigation Company; Muḥammad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, President of Municipality (
ra’īs al-baladiyya
), Manamah; Abdul Majeed, Bushire
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.
bookbinder; Acting British Consul, Basra; Muhammed Khan, Sub-Postmaster, Bahrain; and Abdul Rehman Altobaishi [‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Ṭubayshī], Grand Chamberlain to His Majesty King Ibn Saoud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)].
The correspondence concerns various cases of exemptions from customs duty payments, including the Upper Air Observatory (ff. 4, 27-33, 50-51, 54-55, 59-75 and 151-153), American Mission (ff. 7-9 and 12-26), Royal Navy (ff. 56-58, 107-114 and 117-119) and Royal Indian Navy personnel (ff. 126-127 and 132-133). There are regular lists of
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Post Office and Victoria Memorial Hospital staff eligible for exemptions, including revisions and amendments, sent from 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 to the Director of Customs (ff. 10-11, 39-45, 78-82, 84, 87, 91, 94, 98-100, 115-116, 122-125, 137-139 and 144). In addition, there is correspondence concerning the payment of the Municipal Tax (
baladiyya
) and customs on gramophones for
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
staff (ff. 36-37 and 42-43) and the question of exemptions for the Publicity Officer and Publicity Office staff (ff. 146-150).
Other correspondence concerns a suggestion to remove customs duty on launch engines to encourage launch building as a secondary industry in Bahrain (ff. 2-6) and the Shaikh of Bahrain's exemption from Indian customs (ff. 47, 76-77, 83, 85-86, 88-90, 92 and 95-97), including correspondence concerning the exemption of customs duties on cars belonging to the Shaikh of Bahrain (ff. 128-131).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office file: 7/9 I
