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'File 19/212 II (C 47) Bahrain Transit Trade' [‎69r] (151/538)

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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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that m the past owing to difficulties of navigation
and insecurity on the mainland Bahrain had become the
distributing centre for qatar, Uejd and Hasa:
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that now that there was comparative security
on the mainland and the Saudi Government wish to make
" ' ^,the situation was rather different than
in the past, though Bahrain might well keep sane of the
transit trade owing to the facilities,such as bank, wire-
leas, properly-lit harbour, which it possessed. I
added that the question was much complicated by individual
and national jealousies and pride, so that the transit
question and the future of Has Tanurah was not altogether
purely a commercial matter.
J. Mr. Dowling had never seen Ras Xanurah and 1 told
him that I had been there and that it was an excellent
harbour but that 1 said that there were difficulties
about water and that although the anchorage was excellent
it would need careful navigation to get there unless
the place was properly buoyed. he said that Haji
Williamson had said that there were quite a fair popula
tion there now. He is of course in a position to knnw
so that I daresay that some water arrangements may have
been made, possibly bringing it in tanks or boats from
^atif or elsewhere,
B. I mentioned a rumour which I had heard in Bahrain
of the Soviet* having given Bin Saud 1200 cases of oil.
I said that it was no more jckxjg a rumour but that more
than one or two persons had told me of it and all had
agreed on the figure 1200. I said that probably their
own people would know more about this*

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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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