'File XXV/11 Standard weights for Bahrein [Bahrain]' [‎13v] (30/136)

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The file concerns the correction of shortages in the weights used by shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain, and the manufacture of a set of standard weights. The file includes papers recording fines for shortages in weights issued to the foreign shopkeepers who came under the judicial control of the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , with notes in Arabic, record of explanations given by individual shopkeepers, and correspondence about the fines between 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. and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Esa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], April-May 1909; papers concerning the replacement of weights, destruction of old weights, and a proposal to manufacture new weights in India, May 1909 - March 1914; correspondence between 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. and the Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited, Bombay, concerning the supply of standard weights, with invoices, March - April 1914; correspondence between 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. and the Ruler of Bahrain (including letters in Arabic) concerning a notice to merchants and shopkeepers warning against the use of short weights, September 1917; correspondence between 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. and the representative of the Hindu Community in Bahrain concerning the weight of a Ruba , September 1917; and correspondence between 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. and B R Herman and Company, Karachi, concerning the supply of sets of iron and brass weights, October - November 1917.

Extent and format

1 file (68 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 66 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1, 1A, 1B. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: ff. 18-20.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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