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‘Miscellaneous 16/4 Correspondence with – the Mespers, Bahrain, etc.’ [‎6r] (11/540)

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The record is made up of 1 file (268 folios). It was created in 4 May 1926-18 Apr 1943. It was written in English. 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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'///' r/Vz/l. 2 nd Jung, 1926
Herewith we hand ^ou a epecial letter
a^dressert to you mmk sent in chaige of the Commander
of the^Bamora* and v . r e would ash you to Itindly aclmow-
ledge receipt.
The delay in delivery, the Commander
explains, is due to his waiting for ap iv. Holmes to tahe
delivery of the letter as usual hut "Br. Holmes
apparently did not hoard the •Bamon**.
Yours faithfully,
fc-
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7 ^

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Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and various steamship operators at Bahrain, as follows:

  • until 1937, representatives of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (MPC hereafter; briefly referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran Corporation in early 1937 and referred to as MesPers in the file title), including Deputy Managers J Russell and George William Reginald Smith);
  • from 1937, representatives of Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited, chiefly John H Leared;

Much of the correspondence sent by representatives of the MPC is written or typed on stationery belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (see notes on Administrative Context).

Most of the correspondence is of a day-to-day nature:

Other correspondence concerns:

  • the passage of three distressed British seamen (DBS) in 1928, including an order for the conveyance of DBS (ff 34-37);
  • a case of three Kuwaitis reported to be illegally hawking wares on steamers in 1937 (ff 136-144);
  • from August 1939, correspondence related to the start of the Second World War, including travel restrictions and passport control, the increased costs of shipping due to war insurance and higher prices, and shipment of French goods in 1940 (f 167 onwards).
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1 file (268 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 242-269) mirror the chronological arrangement.

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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 270; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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.

An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-269; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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