'File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs'

Content

This file contains correspondence related to the administration of the Customs House in Bahrain from 1914 until 1929.

The earlier correspondence relates to a disagreement between Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Bin Saud regarding tariff charges on goods entering and leaving Bahrain from the mainland.

The bulk of the correspondence discusses Claude De Grenier, who was appointed Director of Customs in Bahrain in 1923.

The details of De Grenier's appointment (including the contract agreed between him and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa) and his performance in the job (which was heavily criticised) are both discussed at length.

Extent and format

1 volume (287 folios)

Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Physical characteristics

Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.

The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the spine (which is loose); these numbers are written in pencil and may be found 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. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 1G; 3A, 3B and 3C; 74A and 74B; 143A and 143B; 203A and 203B; 216A and 216B; 234A, 234B and 234C.

Foliation omissions: ff 199-200

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/15/1/331

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 19/126 II Confidential Series: C 29

History of this record

Date(s)

17 May 1914-18 Jun 1929 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Customs administrationForeign relationsNational EconomyReligious conflictsRights of statesArab nationalismSocial reformEconomic reform

Places

BahrainBūshehr

People & organisations

King of Saudi Arabia 'Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūdJames OrtonFrancis WardenHugh WeightmanĀl Khalīfah (Family)

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