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'File V/11 Clearance Papers for Sailing Craft Leaving Bahrain' [‎37r] (89/152)

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The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 31 Mar 1916-29 Dec 1917. It was written in English, French, Arabic and Persian. 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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€ H No 10 of 1917.
C U J T 0 M H 0 U o E .
Bahrain dated the 29th June 1917.
To,
H VB.M's 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.
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Bahrain.
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I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter
No 547 of 28 th init & in reply thereto "beg to explain in
connection with the Boat No attemping to leave the Harbour
with out C. PSo3, as followj.
That on the 27th indt the man of Abddol Kaaim Jhirazi inform
-ed Uo of hid shipping dome bdlej Jkiru "by the daid "boat. The
udual customary of the Custom id thi^ that the goodj dhould in
no caje "be put in the Boat unlejj the dame id examine*/"by the
Cudtom Officiald. like wide thede Jkind w^ere lying the Jiore .
Our man after exaatlned the cargo of the daid Jhipper adked him
to take the C.Padd from the C 1 -idtom. He then went on the Boat
which wad anchored in the water near H.E. Jakh'd Jtandard &
dav/ the excedd Cargo named in my letter no 9 of 27th indt. He
adked the Nakhudha whether ohe cargo had "been examined "by the
Oudtom & whether the C.Pa^d had already Jbeen granted to
He dtated that he know nothing of the Cargo and made dome doubt
-ful dpeech . On thid our man wad doubted and ieach^the whole
Boat and found thede 4 "bagd STea hidden in one of the Corner &
^he information "oo Lhid effect had been given to you.
Ad dedired , I give you "below the lidt of the cargo with
their redpective value;
5 oagd Turmeric
3 caded Caddia
4 Ddled G. Bagd
1 "bdle Matd
1 w dail Cloth
Brf 176-0-0. \
" 180-0-0 '' Y'l
80-0-0. tfyf
- 10-0-0.
** 50-0-0 ;

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This file contains correspondence between the British 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. at Bahrain; the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; ‘Abd al-Ḥusayn, the interpreter of the British Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain; Jāsim al-Chirāwī; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and Seth Rao Sahib Tirathdas Maharaj, Director of Customs at Bahrain. These papers concern the issuing of clearance certificates in the context of the Tangistan blockade in 1916 which prohibited boats leaving Bahrain without obtaining permission from 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 miscellaneous issues regarding shipping and smuggling.

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Foliation: The foliation system starts at the front cover and continues through to the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled 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.

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