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'File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs' [58r] (129/567)
The record is made up of 1 volume (287 folios). It was created in 17 May 1914-18 Jun 1929. 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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taxation will drive merchants away from Bahrain. This, I know, j
is a real fear of Shaikh Isa's and is one of the reasons he m
has no Municipal taxation. Shaikh Isa has never allowed
merchants to possess land and so have a stake in the Island.
It is easy in consequence for a merchant here to pack up his
goods and go. Shaikh Isa knows this.
Regarding para (?). Yes, in^m^ opinion. Shaikh Isa
will accept an ferder to reduce his ta^-ri^on transit goods
addressed to the mainland with alaci^ty, provided the order
is put firmly enough. Naturally he will not welcome the order,
but he will not refuse.
Regarding your last para. I do not think Government
of India ! s suggestion in this respect at all feasible: Bin
Saud would reject the idea with scorn.It should be realised
Bin Saud demands that transit goods pay no tax at all. He
believes he has justice entirely on his side.
Finally I note from Civil Commissioner's telegram
No. 6256 dated 24th May last para but one, that he favours
nothing on direct (ranshipment and no more than 2 or S-^ on
goods landed in course of transhipment. With this I am in
agreement. I also gather from the last para of his above
telegram that he approves your sending a telegram to the
Government of India on the lines proposed in your 1055 dated ►
22na May. This also I agree with entirely.
Two More Points.
(a). Shaikh Isa will not lose as much as one might think
he will, in view of Bin Saud's recent ferder diverting all
Qassim trade to Hassa instead from Kuwait. Actually the order
means that ^ Kuwait's trade with the interior will be diverted
to Bahrain, which means Shaikh Isa is g&ing to secure greater
s
revenues than heretofore and is going to score even if he iose^
by reason of the new reduced tax on N'j^d and Hassa goods,
(h). I presume that the new transit dmes will apply jio
goods addressed to entering Bin Saud's territories as a
whole
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This file contains correspondence related to the administration of the Customs House in Bahrain from 1914 until 1929.
The earlier correspondence relates to a disagreement between Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Bin Saud regarding tariff charges on goods entering and leaving Bahrain from the mainland.
The bulk of the correspondence discusses Claude De Grenier, who was appointed Director of Customs in Bahrain in 1923.
The details of De Grenier's appointment (including the contract agreed between him and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa) and his performance in the job (which was heavily criticised) are both discussed at length.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (287 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the spine (which is loose); these numbers are written in pencil 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. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 1G; 3A, 3B and 3C; 74A and 74B; 143A and 143B; 203A and 203B; 216A and 216B; 234A, 234B and 234C.
Foliation omissions: ff 199-200
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- IOR/R/15/1/331
- Title
- 'File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1gv, 2r:2v, 3ar, 3br:3bv, 3cv, 4r:28v, 30r:64r, 65r:73v, 74ar:74bv, 75r:77v, 81r:96v, 98r:98v, 100r:100v, 102r:105v, 108r:123v, 125r:128v, 130r:141v, 143ar:143bv, 144r:153v, 158r:159v, 160v, 162r:163v, 168r:168v, 174r:180v, 181v:185v, 188r:189v, 194r:194v, 196r:198v, 201r:202v, 203br:203bv, 204r:215v, 216ar, 216br, 217v:221v, 223r:233v, 234br, 234v, 234cr:234cv, 235r:273v, back, spine
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