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'File 19/212 II (C 47) Bahrain Transit Trade' [‎68r] (149/538)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (254 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1932-30 Dec 1933. 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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it would be preferable that he should not send a Persian
possible he should be a Gulf Arab and not one frcm Syria
or , Iraq t as Arabs from these places are not altogether
persona grata in Arabia proper,
4. Mr• Bowling told me that they had made arrange
ments with the Sre ikh of Q,atar for an oil store at Doha,
and that the "Khuzistan" was going to call there.
5. l A t * Bowling also told me that they were negotia
ting with Bin Saud about direct shipments of oil by the
"Khuzi8tan H to Ras Tanurah. They were anxious to get
a footing in the oil market of Nejd and tbe Saudi Govern
ment were anxious to develop the port of Ras Tanurah,
The Oil Company had agreed to ship direct provided that
payment would be made either to their Agent or to the
Bank in Bahrain before each shipment was made. Mr.
Dowling thought that this request for payment might
prevent business being done, but he felt that unless
they had money down they might find themselves unable to
recover their debts.
6. I asked Mr. Bowling if he was conversant with
affairs on the Arab Coast, and he said that he was not,
because he had been for the last six years in Northern
Persia, I said that I thought I had better tell him
about the position as regards transit trade in Bahrain
not because I had any wish that he should alter his
business arrangements, as I thought that trade must
necessarily flow along its natural channel^ where profit
as
was to be found, but because it would be^well for him
to know what the position was. I explained briefly
with which Mr. Bowling cordially agreed^and that if
that/

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This file contains correspondence between various British officials regarding the transshipment of cargo at the port in Bahrain. Specifically, the correspondence discusses Bahrain's right to levy transit dues from Saudi Arabia on cargo transshipped at sea and cargo entering the port at Bahrain (from Saudi Arabia). The correspondence also discusses the likelihood of Saudi Arabia successfully developing a full-scale port at Ras Tanura and the impact that this step would have on Bahrain. Correspondence between British and Saudi officials is contained in the file.

The file also includes correspondence with the British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and detailed correspondence regarding a ship named the Ahmedi that was barred from entering the port in Bahrain.

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1 volume (254 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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A bound correspondence volume. Foliated with pencil number in top-right corner of each front-facing page, from front cover to inside back cover. A second foliation pencilled, uncircled from folio 24- 217.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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