'File 6/20 Bahrain Country Crafts registered at Customs - Certificates Countersigned by Political Agent' [‎14v] (28/382)

Content

The file contains correspondence relating to the registration of boats in Bahrain. The vast majority of the papers are covering letters that were originally sent with registration certificates by the Director of Customs to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for counter-signing. The certificates were then returned by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The certificates were required by all craft intending to leave Bahrain waters. The practice ceased in January 1933.

The file also contains some correspondence about the usefulness of the procedure, mostly between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, 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. , and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department).

Towards the back of the file is later correspondence relating to an incident involving the confiscation of registration certificates by Iranian port officials and a request to register a new tug boat from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO).

Folio 189 is internal office notes.

Extent and format

1 file (189 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 191; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-188; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script

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