'File 36/62 Quota of Tyres and Tubes for Trucial Coast'

Content

This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and several local merchants regarding the importation of tyres and inner tubes into Bahrain and the broader Gulf region. The file also contains correspondence - in Arabic with English translations - between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī on the same topic.

Extent and format

1 file (172 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 172; 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 2-147; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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/15/2/1801

Former external reference(s)

English Office Files: 36/62

History of this record

Date(s)

2 Apr 1944-7 Nov 1946 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

ImportsTyres

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'File 36/62 Quota of Tyres and Tubes for Trucial Coast', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1801, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000218> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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