'File 36/39 II Programmes from U.K.'
IOR/R/15/2/1783
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The record is made up of 1 file (99 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1944-28 Mar 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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This file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Customs Administration in Bahrain, regarding the allocation of shipping space to merchants in the country for the importation of goods from the United Kingdom to the Gulf (largely into Bahrain, but also Kuwait and Muscat).
These goods are grouped under the heading 'Civil Requirements' and included liquors, electrical goods, medicines, cigarettes, woollens, toiletries, paints and glassware.
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- 1 file (99 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- 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 99; 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 2-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1783
- Former external reference(s)
- English Office Files: 36/39 II
- Date(s)
- 25 Oct 1944-28 Mar 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Imports
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- Customs Department
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1783
- Title
- 'File 36/39 II Programmes from U.K.'
- Pages
- 76r:76v
- Author
- Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited
- Copyright
- ©Inchcape plc
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1783
- Title
- 'File 36/39 II Programmes from U.K.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:75v, 77r:98v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
