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'Customs Duty on Goods Landed at Bahrain in Transit to the Mainland' [‎86r] (193/291)

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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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"Political Agsnoy, Bahrein.
IDoterl S9-01ember, '20 .
To
Bin 3aud
After oomn1inent a.
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In reply to your oommunioation dated 15th Dhil
Hajj, I beg to inform your Excellency that Final Orders
have been passed by the High Government to Sheikh Sir
isa, Ruler of Bahrein in the matter o^ the customs on
goods pass in p; through Bahrein to Nejd ani other tsiSTtlCH
territories of your Excellency's dominions: The reason
why they were not inforced before was due to the fact
that His Excellency Shaikh Sir Isa made apnea 1 to 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. against the orders nassed by the
Government in the fxrst place. Shaikh Isa's appeal was
duly considered by His Majesty's Government but was
dis-allowed. The original orders have, therefore, been
passed on to Shaikh Isa for compliance.
I have heard this morning that His Excellency
Sheikh Sir isa has intimated to the Director of customs
his wish that the new order shall come into ^orce from
1st Muharram.
For Your Kxo^lanoy'* informtion- T^e or^arB now
gtand as follows
. n - t •+•/•> cni" ■'^'0 r l on tranship
(1) Two per cent only to oe ci ar
• • ■, v>/i v>o cs"hi ttped a ram within
cargo landed or. Bahrein pier and re-ohi - B
« t j • _ ,.4- pnvi-rBin. full duty will
20 days of the date of landm* at Bahrein. -
v, if thav remain in Bahrein lonper
be charged on such pools 11 T.pey
than the ahove-iaentionad period (SO days).
+ •^.onqhin car8*0 coming
(2) no tax to bo imposed on transnip o «
direct from ship
from India or elsewhere and ran. - -
to jolly boat and taken to destination.
(3) The order only to aprly to Qatar- and ,.11 the
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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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