'File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs'

Title:

'File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs'

Date:

1914/1929

Description:

Abstract: This file contains correspondence related to the administration of the Customs House in Bahrain from 1914 until 1929.The earlier correspondence relates to a disagreement between Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Bin Saud regarding tariff charges on goods entering and leaving Bahrain from the mainland.The bulk of the correspondence discusses Claude De Grenier, who was appointed Director of Customs in Bahrain in 1923.The details of De Grenier's appointment (including the contract agreed between him and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa) and his performance in the job (which was heavily criticised) are both discussed at length.Physical description: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the spine (which is loose); these numbers are written in pencil and may be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 1G; 3A, 3B and 3C; 74A and 74B; 143A and 143B; 203A and 203B; 216A and 216B; 234A, 234B and 234C.Foliation omissions: ff 199-200

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Āl Khalīfah (Family)

Geographic region:

Bahrain
Būshehr

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000130_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000130_en
IOR/R/15/1/331
IOR/R/15/1/331

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