'File 6/52 Bahrain sailing boat smuggling goods out of or into Persia, chased by Persian Patrol-boat'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 6/52 Bahrain sailing boat smuggling goods out of or into Persia, chased by Persian Patrol-boat'
- Contributor:
- Persian Gulf Political Residency (correspondent)
Government of Bahrain, Āl Khalīfa dynasty (correspondent) - Date:
- 1933/1940
- Description:
- The file contains correspondence relating to the seizure of boats belonging to Bahrain subjects by Persian patrol boats. The correspondence is between representatives of the Bahrain Government, the Political Agency in Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire.The papers concern five separate incidents in 1933, 1934 and 1940, when boats and cargo were captured by the Persian authorities, who suspected smuggling was taking place. Some of the correspondence pertains to the value of goods seized.The file contains an issue of the publication Khaleej-i-Iran, dated 4 March 1933, that features an article on one of the boat seizures (folios 5-6; English translation, folio 20).Folios 20-22 are internal office notes.1 file (21 folios)The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-22; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Smuggling
- Extent:
- 1 file (21 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Public Domain
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000005_en
IOR/R/15/2/1270 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers