'Improvement and Extension of Customs Pier'

Content

The file relates to improvements to the customs pier at Bahrain funded by a loan from Bahrain merchants. The papers include a translation of a letter from the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] relating to the agreement to rebuild the pier in stone and mentioning the co-operation between the merchants of Bahrain that had made the reconstruction possible, 3 December 1916; 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. , Bahrain and the Director of Customs, Bahrain relating to the loan and the progress of rebuilding, June - December 1917; Pier Account statements showing the amount collected, and the contributions made by individual lenders for the period December 1916 to December 1917; and related 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 other British officials..

Extent and format

1 file (37 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 38 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear 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 anomaly: ff. 13, 13A.

Written in

English in Latin 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/15/2/62

Former external reference(s)

Confidential Files: 7/3

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Dec 1916-20 Dec 1917 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Customs administration

People & organisations

Bahrain Political AgencyPolitical Agent, Bahrain

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