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Coll 30/18(1) 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein, Customs dues on goods in transit; attitude of Ibn Saud' [556r] (1116/1162)
The record is made up of 1 volume (576 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1920-31 Oct 1934. 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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ami llieir application, having regard to the expenses incurred hy the port authority in
the administration, upkeep and improvement of the port and of the approaches
thereto or in the interests of navigation.
Subject to the provisions of Article 18 of the Constantinople clauses, all dues and
charges other than tiiose provided for in the present Article or in Articles 11 15 and
A) are forbidden.
. c ^ : 4 customs, local octroi or consumption dues, duly authorised,
levied on goods imported or exported through a port subject to the international
regime, shall oe the same, whether the flag of the ship or vessel which effected, or is
going to effect, the transport, be the flag of the State exercising sovereignty or
authority over the poit or any other flag. In the absence of special circumstances
giving reasonable grounds on account of economic needs for an exception, such dues
must be fixed on the same basis and at the same tariffs as similar duties enforced on
the other customs frontiers of the State concerned. All facilities which may be
accorded by such btate over other land or water routes or at other ports for the import
or export of goods shall be equally granted to imports or exports through the port
subject to the international regime.
(c.) Works.
Article 12. In the absence of any special arrangement relative to the execution of
works fur maintaining and improving a port of international concern, it shall be the
duty of the State under whose sovereignty or authority the port is placed to take
suitable measures to remove any obstacle or danger to navigation and to secure
facilities for the movements of ships in the port.
Article 13. A State under whose sovereignty or authority a port of international
concern is placed shall be hound in all cases to abstain from works of a kind to
prejudice the facilities lor the use of the port or of its approaches.
(cl.) Free Zones.
Article 14. The facilities granted in a free zone for the erection or use of ware
houses for packing and for unpacking goods shall be in accordance with trade
requirements for the time being. All goods allowed to be consumed in the free zone
shall he exempt from customs, excise and all other duties of any description whatso
ever, apart from the statistical duty provided for in Article 15 below. Unless otherwise
provided in the present Treaty, it shall be within the discretion of the State under
whose sovereignty or authority the port is placed to permit or to prohibit manufacture
within the free zone. There shall he no discrimination in regard to any of the
provisions of the present Article, either between persons belonging to different
nationalities or between goods of different origin or destination. ■
Article 15. No duties or charges, other than those provided for in Article 9, shall
be levied on goods arriving in the Free Zone or departing therefrom, from whatever
foreign country they come or for whatever foreign country they are destined, other
than a statistical duty, which shall not exceed 1 per mille ad valorem. The proceeds
of this statistical duty shall he devoted exclusively to the maintenance of the statistical
service dealing with statistics relating to the trade and shipping of the Iree Zone.
Article 16. Subject to the provisions of Article IT, the duties contemplated in
Article 11 above may he levied under the conditions ol the said Article on goods coming
out of the Free Zone on their entry into the territory of the State under whose sovereignty
or authority the port is placed and on goods destined for the Free Zone at their exit
from the territory of the State under whose sovereignty or authority the poit is place*. .
Article 1 7. The persons, goods, postal services, ships, vessels, carriages, waggons
and other means of conveyance, coming from or going to the hree Zone, and crossing
the territory of the State under whose sovereignty or authority the port is placed, shall
be deemed to he in transit across that State if they are going to or coming from the
territory of any other State whatsoever.
(e.) Disputes.
Article 18. Subject to the additional provisions contained in Article . . . . of
the present Treaty in the case of Constantinople and Haidar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
[Article 29 of the
Constantinople clauses], differences which may arise between interested States with
regard to the interpretation or to the application of the dispositions contained in
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This volume contains correspondence between British officials regarding complications around the payment of transit fees to Bahrain (sometimes written as Bahrein in the file) by Saudi Arabia and its precursor states, the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926-1932) and the Sultanate of Nejd (1921-27). The correspondence also discusses relations between the two countries generally and the role of Britain.
The correspondence is between officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Board of Trade, British Legation in Jeddah, 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 Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain. A limited amount of correspondence is also contained with non-British individuals including the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, some of which is in Arabic (with English translations).
In addition to correspondence, the volume contains occasional extracts from Intelligence Reports compiled by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and the following documents:
- 'Draft Record of a Meeting held at the Foreign Office on Monday October 8th, regarding relations between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain' (folios 12-24)
- 'Visit of a Japanese Ship to Bahrain' 1934. (folios 69-70)
- 'Minutes of a Meeting held at 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. on 6th April to discuss the question of Bahrain Transit Dues' (folios 266-272)
- 'Memorandum on the Bahrein Transit Dues Question' (folios 280-289)
- Translation of Chapter Eight ('Concerning Goods in Transit') of the Hejazi Customs Regulations (folios 483-484)
- an 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. memorandum entitled 'Bahrein, 1908-1928' (folios 519-524)
- an 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. memorandum entitled 'Question of British Interference in the Administration of Bahrain' (folios 525-528)
- 'Treaty of Peace with Turkey: Draft Clauses Relating to Ports, Waterways and Railways' (folios 555-558)
- Article 4 of 'Terms of a Friendly Convention entered into Between Shaikh Mahomed bin Khalifah, Independent Ruler of Bahrain, on the part of himself and Successors and Captain Felix Jones, Her Majesty's Indian Navy, 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. of Her Britannic Majesty in the Gulf of Persia, on the Part of the British Government, 1861' (folio 576).
The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (576 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 579; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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