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'File 8/2 C Liquor for Qatar and Trucial Coast' [10r] (19/68)
The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in 27 Feb 1944-18 Feb 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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PR.11/2846 (contd.
(id)
except the issue of permits to all clerical types
accustomed to drinks. The objection to this of
course will probably be the limitations of stocks
available.
2. P.D.Q. t Qatar.
Up to the closing down of Dukhan camp our
Indian clerical employees drew on Gray Mackenzie
with the knowledge and the approval of the Political
Agent but
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
permits were not issued. The
Engineer-in-Charge passed the applications and
the amount was based on 10% of salary. We suggest,
however, that consideration of the Qatar problem,
both Europeans and Indians, should be left until
the camp reopens, probably in early March.
Yours faithfully,
For & on behalf of
PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED
(Sgd.) E.V.Packer
MANAGER
cp d/ACM
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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 and Petroleum Concession Limited (Bahrain), Petroleum Development Limited (Qatar) and the British Political Officer at Sharjah concerning the supply of alcohol for employees in Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , as well as correspondence with agents Gray, Mackenezie & Company Limited regarding shipping. The file also includes correspondence with Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government, and Sheikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī concerning the smuggling of Goanese alcohol from Qatar to Manama.
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- 1 file (34 folios)
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Foliation: This file has a circled foliation number that begins on the front cover and end on the back cover.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1330
- Title
- 'File 8/2 C Liquor for Qatar and Trucial Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:5v, 7r:12v, 14r:14v, 16v:18v, 21r:21v, 22v, 26r:27v, 29r:33v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence