File 395/1908 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Katif; British-Indian commercial interests at Katif '

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Part 1 contains correspondence relating to the treatment of British-Indian traders at the port of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf]. The correspondence is mostly between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the 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. . Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, British Consul at Basrah, British Embassy at Constantinople, British-Indian Merchants in Bahrain, and Turkish officials in Basrah.

The papers cover the discussion over the reported mistreatment and overcharging of Indian merchants at Katif including proposals to establish a vice-consular presence at the port and to install a graded Political Officer as 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. at Bahrain, and the Turkish response to British complaints.

Folios 119-122 are the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 's, Percy Zachariah Cox, report into the excess customs charges.

Extent and format

1 item (98 folios)

It is part of

File 395/1908 'Persian Gulf: Katif Affairs'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/134

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/134/1

Former external reference(s)

P 395/1908 Pt 1

History of this record

Date(s)

Mar 1904-Nov 1910 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Customs policy

People & organisations

Persian Gulf Political ResidencyBahrain Political AgencyBritish Consul, BasraHM Ambassador to the Ottoman EmpireGovernment of the Ottoman Empire

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