'File XXV/11 Standard weights for Bahrein [Bahrain]'

Title:

'File XXV/11 Standard weights for Bahrein [Bahrain]'

Date:

1909/1917

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns the correction of shortages in the weights used by shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain, and the manufacture of a set of standard weights. The file includes papers recording fines for shortages in weights issued to the foreign shopkeepers who came under the judicial control of the British Political Agency, with notes in Arabic, record of explanations given by individual shopkeepers, and correspondence about the fines between the Political Agent and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Esa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], April-May 1909; papers concerning the replacement of weights, destruction of old weights, and a proposal to manufacture new weights in India, May 1909 - March 1914; correspondence between the Political Agent and the Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited, Bombay, concerning the supply of standard weights, with invoices, March - April 1914; correspondence between the Political Agent and the Ruler of Bahrain (including letters in Arabic) concerning a notice to merchants and shopkeepers warning against the use of short weights, September 1917; correspondence between the Political Agent and the representative of the Hindu Community in Bahrain concerning the weight of a Ruba, September 1917; and correspondence between the Political Agent and B R Herman and Company, Karachi, concerning the supply of sets of iron and brass weights, October - November 1917.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 66 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1, 1A, 1B. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: ff. 18-20.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Metrology

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00031f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00031f_en
IOR/R/15/2/64
IOR/R/15/2/64

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