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'Customs Duty on Goods Landed at Bahrain in Transit to the Mainland' [‎3r] (22/291)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (137 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1920-3 Mar 1921. 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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5# I proceeded to fiaesa on S9th January, and whilst tbtre
raised the question at issue with Bin Saud.
Bin Saud expressed hinself in strong language at the
way his subjects had been treated by the Shaikh of Bahrain of
late years, and stated that friendly endeavours to get £haikh
Isa to behare decently towards his people had failed entirely.le
therefore, now, formally demanded that lie Uajesty^ Government
should decide the present point of difference betY ?een hiuself
and Shaikh lea. Shaikh Isa had certainly been like a father to
him in the past, and rather than start a wordy warfare with him,
he preferred to put this case before lis Majesty^ GovernEent,
and get the natters settled once and for all. le merely deaianded
that Sustome Regulations as understood in civilized countries be
enforced in Bahrain. Me understood no Customs Tariff was ever
imposed throughout the world on "TRAISMIP" goods,i.e. those
which never left the Customs louse, but were re-exported without
entering the country where landed. Bin Saud, then, formally
presented me with his letter "A'Mcopy attached); this was on 7th
February,1980. At the same time he requested me to forward it
to ligher Authority with the request that early orders might be
passed on same.
4. I give below, for the sake of clearness, both Shaikh
Bin Baud's and Shaikh Isa^ points of view in the matter.
*
BIB SAUDIS CASE
( 1) le objects, as an act of injustice and contrary to
all precedent, to Shaikh lea taking full Customs Duty on
goods belonging to his subjects which are landed from
ships on to Bahrain customs jetty but were destined for
lassa or lejd^and not Bahrain. Sueh goode are never
.
taken out of the customs yard but remain lying there uiatil
lative ©raft can be arranged to carry same to Ojair or
Qatif (namely a week or fortnight).
(2) le ©laims that Inter-national ©ustom should decide
the matter.
(?) le, of course, has no objection to raise to his
Bubj.ete being Bade to pay the full s f Tariff on goods

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The volume records a dispute between the Ruler of Nejd [Najd] and dependencies and the Ruler of Bahrain [occasionally also referred to in the papers as Bahrein] over the imposition by the Ruler of Bahrain of a charge of 5% customs duty (previously 2.5%) on goods destined for Nejd and Hassa [Hasa] even when those goods did not leave the Customs House at Bahrain and find their way into Bahrain itself. The dispute resulted in intervention by British officials and the Government of India.

The papers include correspondence 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. , Bahrain (Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson), the Deputy 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor), Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], Ruler of Nejd and dependencies, Sheikh Isa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, Hakim of Bahrain], Ruler of Bahrain, and other British officials. The correspondence between the two rulers and 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 is in both Arabic and English.

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1 volume (137 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system commences at 1 on the sixth folio after the front cover (the first bearing any text) and terminates at 127 on the sixth folio before the back cover (the last bearing any text). The numbers are written in blue crayon 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, except that the folios that need to be folded out to be read have their folio number in blue crayon on the fold, and again in pencil in the same place as the main sequence. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 11, 32, 68, 82, 84, 89, 92, 120, 121, 127.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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