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'File 19/212 II (C 47) Bahrain Transit Trade' [‎245v] (508/538)

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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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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. "P.L. No. P.Z.Pl 0 9 f undatpd 21,. j ^
Irdia Office ("D.O.) le + ter TTo. P.Z. ?l??9/33, dated i
the 13th Ar)ril 1933. 22- f' ' ,
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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. ^.L. No. "^.Z. f 5 016/33 f undated 23. |> *
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. telegram No, 100P, dated ' 5 4th Anril , 33. 24.
Ref* 21. Copy may be sent to P.A., Bahrain, when we J
get the copy sent by sea mail. ^
Hef«22 . (a) We have not got a copy of Shaikh Hamad's
a letter to P.A. ,Bahrain. Telegram to Bahrain
asking for copies to be obtained and sent to
London and Bushire has issued.
j ' la) (1) Para 4 of Ibn Jiluwi's lecter refers m
to "landing of rice from steamer to boat",
and, in any case, the agreement of 1920 did ' J ' p
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cover goods brought by sailing craft.
r c la) (2) It is probable that no thought ^as
given by Ibn Jiluwi to the question of
territorial waters and that any steamer that
called at Bahrain, however far she anchored
off Manama Island, was regarded as being in
territorial waters. A consignment of sugar
ex s.s."DUNDEE" on the 26th September 1932
was, however, reported to have been tran- C~ I j j^ 4 1 (> !>
shipped "outside port limits" and this was * v fLvt
reported to H.M.G. in P.R.'s telegram No. ijfa
631, dated the 7th October 1932. / ^.p.l68.
£ ^ (b) The agreement has not been cancelled
but the answer to this question will in some
measure depend on the reply to the enquiry j cj £
we have telegraphed to Bahrain with reference
to (c) below.
ilo There has been no attempt, since the
•Ahmedi 1 incident at evasion on the part of
any steamer* Goods are believed to have been
shipped/
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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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