Imports into Bahrain: statistics and correspondence

Title:

Imports into Bahrain: statistics and correspondence

Contributor:

Bahrain Political Agency (creator)
Political Agent, Bahrain (creator)

Date:

1916/1917

Description:

The file consists of enquiries received by the Political Agency Bahrain about trade matters, with further correspondence and statistics, and papers concerning the import of gold into Persia. The papers are as follows:enquiry from the Chief Political Officer, Basrah [Basra] about the average annual import of tin into Bahrain for the years 1914-1916, with reply from the Political Agent, Bahrain, November 1916;letter from the Director of Customs, Bahrain to the Political Agent Bahrain, with statement and explanatory notes, concerning articles imported into Bahrain Harbour during 1912-1916, November 1916;papers relating to the export by merchants in Bahrain and elsewhere of large amounts of gold to Persia via Bushire, March - October 1917. British officials suspected that the gold was intended for the Turks in Mesopotamia. The papers include some correspondence in Arabic from merchants in Bahrain, with translations in English, and copies of memoranda and telegrams on the subject between the Political Residency, Bushire, the Government of India, and other British officials.1 file (24 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 24 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 1, 1A.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Trade (practice)
First World War (1914-1918)

Extent:

1 file (24 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000325_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000325_en
IOR/R/15/2/70

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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