'File 36/16 III Restrictions on shipment of goods from Bahrain'

Content

This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain by traders resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals). The file also contains a limited amount of related correspondence from these individuals, some of which is in Arabic (with English translations).

The application forms contain basic details related to the applicant and the goods that they want to export.

Extent and format

1 file (542 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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 541; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-457; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. Pagination: the file notes have been paginated in pencil between ff 515-536.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1775

Former external reference(s)

English Office Files: 36/16 III

History of this record

Date(s)

8 Jun 1944 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Exports

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'File 36/16 III Restrictions on shipment of goods from Bahrain', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1775, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0001fe> [accessed 17 July 2024]

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