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'File 19/212 II (C 47) Bahrain Transit Trade' [81r] (175/538)
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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place an attempt had been made to extend the right of
free tranfehipment within Bahrain territorial waters to
goods transhipped from sailing craft. An agreement
j reached with Ibn Jiluwi, Ibn Saud's Governor of Hasa,
appeared to have disposed of this, although a point to
some extent left obscure in the agreement (though the
ansTier appeared to be in the affirmative) was whether
or not it covered steamers as well as sailing craft.
Secondly, tnere appeared to be some danger of tranship
ment outside Bahrain territorial waters. Thirdly, cases
had arisen (principally that known as the "iihmedi" case)
of direct shipment of goods to the mainland vessels
which, while touching at Bahrain, had neither landed
nor transhipped their mainland cargo, and so claimed to
evade the Bahrain transit dues.
t . v '/ " "iihmedi" incident had led to formal protests
jf/ c h from th e Saudi Government and to a request for
consideration of the whole position. There seemed
fairly general agreement now among the interested
authorities that the question could best be dealt with
in the first instance by an infomal conference at
Bahrain between representatives of the Saudi and Bahrain
Governments, with the assistance of 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.
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Bahrain, the results of such conference to receive
ultimate confirmation through the diplomatic channel at
Jedda. If this view was accepted the points for
imr-ediate consideration were the strength of the Bahrain
I case and the arguments which could be suggested for use
1 by the Bahrain representatives in any such conference.
The matter was one of sane urgency, since the India
Office had just received reports that the Saudi
Government had purchased a small steamer of its
at Glasgow, presumably for use in the Hasa trade.
Prima facie there seemed much to be said for
aiming/
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'File 19/212 II (C 47) Bahrain Transit Trade'
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- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1av, ii-r:iv-v, 1bv, 2r:2v, 6v, 6ar:6av, 7v, 8v, 10v:11v, 12v, 13v, 17v:20v, 23r:30v, 33r:50v, 51v, 54v, 55v:86v, 87v:89r, 87r, 89v:141v, 142v, 144v, 145v:163v, 166r:184v, 187v:188v, 191r:191v, 192v:197v, 199r:206v, 208r:246v, 248r:254v, v-r:x-v, back-i, back
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