‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’ [‎40v] (82/260)

Content

Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (ff 18-23); Nairn Transport Company (f 13).

Papers issued under a number of different company names or letterheads are stamped ‘Gray Mackenzie & Co. Ltd.’ These include: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (dissolved in 1937 and replaced by Gray, Mackenzie & Company); Mackinnon Mackenzie & Company; and the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISNC).

Amongst the routine correspondence (accounts, travel and transport arrangements, changes in office personnel), the file also includes:

• details, including timetables, of steamer services operated in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider region by Gray, Mackenzie & Company, BISNC, Peninsular and Oriental (P&O);
• a photographic postcard of the BISNC vessel Dwarka (f 57);
• a brochure for the new BISNC vessels Dumra and Dwarka (f 73), with photographs of the vessel’s first- and second-class facilities;
• baggage labels, issued in May 1948 by BISNC to employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (f 77-78).

Extent and format

1 file (126 folios)

Arrangement

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 116-127) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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 128; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-61; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English in Latin script

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