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Coll 30/40 'Persian Gulf. Trade, Miscellaneous Enquiries and Correspondence with the Department of Overseas Trade' [84r] (167/464)
The record is made up of 1 file (230 folios). It was created in 29 Aug 1929-21 Apr 1939. 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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10549/1936.
COPY.
No. 2444-10/1.
Prom
If
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain the 26th September 1936.
/ 9 R 9
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Captain T. Hickinbotham, I.A.,
Officiating
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.
,
Bahrain.
The Comptroller,
Department of Overseas Trade,
London.
I have the honour to refer to the letter No. BH/10549
dated the 22nd August 1936 from Messrs. Waddie and Company
Limited, Manufacturing Stationers, St. Stephen’s Works,
Edinburgh, to your address (a copy of which was forwarded
by you to His Majesty^ Consul General at Bushire, who in
turn has forwarded the correspondence to me for disposal).
2. The Bahrain Printing Press and Book Shop, Bahrain,
is run by Mr. Abdulla Ali Alzaed, the Proprietor, who is
a retired Pearl Merchant and a relation by marriage to
the Shaikh of Bahrain’s family. It is said that he has
obtained a five years’ monopoly from the Bahrain Government
to establish a commercial printing press in Bahrain. His
morality is good and his means are said to be about Rs. 10,000 I
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sgd) J.B. HOWES,
for Officiating
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.
,
Bahrain.
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This file contains correspondence between the Department of Overseas Trade in London and British officials based in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. regarding commercial relationships between British companies and local traders in the region, primarily in Bahrain and Kuwait. As such, the file also contains a limited amount of letters from commercial entities, based both in Britain and the region.
The correspondence relates to sales between British and local companies, commercial disagreements between these parties, enquiries made to the Department of Overseas Trade by companies wishing to enter the local market and other related matters.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (230 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 232; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3753
- Title
- Coll 30/40 'Persian Gulf. Trade, Miscellaneous Enquiries and Correspondence with the Department of Overseas Trade'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:43v, 47r:49v, 53r:58v, 61r:61v, 63r:108v, 110r:117v, 119r:123v, 126r:131v, 133r:156v, 160r:178v, 181r:215v, 219r:231v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence