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1. ‘File 12/9 Shipping – Proposal re: Chartering a vessel other than that of B.I.S.N. Co’s [British India Steam Navigation Company] + Japanese lines for importing various commodities in Bahrain by Messrs. Dhamanmal Isardas of Bahrain’
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- Abstract: The file comprises two pieces of correspondence. The first is from Dhamanmal Isardas, merchant and commission agent in Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), dated 3 January 1934. Isardas writes that he has received instructions from his Bombay office that they propose to charter a vessel other than those belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Company and Japanese lines for importing commodities into Bahrain, and writes for permission for the entry and discharge of cargo at Bahrain on vessels for which his company will act as agents (f 2). The second item is a memorandum written by the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 4 January 1934, stating that Dhamanmal Isardas should apply in writing to the Director of Customs and Port Officer at Bahrain, for permission to act as agents for vessels (f 3).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
2. ‘File 12/12 Shipping. Miscellaneous’
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- Abstract: The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence concerning shipping in the Persian Gulf, including:in March 1936, an enquiry from the Director of the Bahrain Customs House concerning the visit of the SS Arabistanto Muscat in February 1936 (ff 3-6);in June 1936, a notice issued at Bahrain by the Strick & Ellerman Line, announcing that they are unable to accept Dubai cargo with transhipment at other ports (ff 9-11);correspondence dated April 1938 relating to the Ruler of Qatar’s introduction of dues on sailing boats in Qatar ports, and the response of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to the introduction of these dues, in light of their reliance on imports of fresh water from Bahrain (ff 14-19);correspondence dated April 1939 relating to an enquiry from the Residency at Mukalla [Al-Mukallā] of the whereabouts of a dhow carrying forty passengers, feared lost at sea (ff 20-23);correspondence dated 1942 relating to a Government of India notice concerning measures to prevent the overloading of vessels, in order to prevent the jettisoning of valuable cargo at sea (ff 24-26);correspondence dated August 1944 relating to efforts by a Tehran-based company to obtain a port manifest from Dubai, for a vessel that departed from Dubai to Khorramshahr in July 1943 (ff 29-36);a letter relating to several incidents taking place in 1948, in which Arab dhows were boarded by an Iranian naval garrison near Kharg Island [Jazīreh-ye Khārk], which confiscated large amounts of money from the Arab dhow crews (f 40). Follow-up correspondence related to compensation payments made against these incidents can be found in IOR/R/15/2/1373;correspondence dated from February 1949 relating to a complaint made by a subject of Umm al Qaiwain [Umm al-Qaywayn] against the Iranian authorities at Bushire, after the confiscation of rifles and a sword from his dhow. Subsequent Government correspondence concerns the usefulness of an arms permit system on the Trucial Coast (ff 41-47);correspondence dated August 1949 relating to the Government of Bahrain’s refusal to give an individual named Tayeb Konji the authority to act as a shipping agent, due to his lack of experience (ff 49-42).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 69; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-11 and between ff 29-45; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
3. ‘File 12/13 Shipping. Agents for foreign steamship companies’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to foreign shipping companies operating at Bahrain, and agents representing foreign shipping companies operating at Bahrain. Correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Bahrain (chiefly Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; Edward Birkbeck Wakefield); Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kānū]; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); the Director of Customs at Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier).The file includes:correspondence dated 1936 relating to an application made by Hajy Muhammad Tayeb Khunji to act as a shipping agent for the Japanese Mitsui Bussan Kaisha company’s steamship line at Bahrain, rejected in favour of an application made by Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo (ff 3-6);correspondence dated 1936 relating to a request by the Norwegian Gunnar M Nielsen Shipping Company, for the names of shipbrokers, stevedores, pilots and other port-related operatives at Bahrain (ff 7-9);correspondence dated 1942 relating to Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo’s appointment as shipping agent for the Netherlands Shipping Committee (time chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport), including the Political Agent’s and Bahrain Government Adviser’s questioning of Kanoo’s experience for the role (ff 10-16);a copy of a Bahrain Government notice, dated 24 October 1932, stating that no one is permitted to become an agent for shipping at Bahrain, without first obtaining the permission of the Bahrain Government (f 15);a letter from Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo to the Director of Customs at Bahrain, dated 23 September 1950, informing that he has been appointed agent for vessels owned by the Alexandria Navigation Company (f 17).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. ‘File 12/19 Mercury Boat Lines. Miscellaneous Correspondence’
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- Abstract: The file comprises: a letter from Robert E Williamson, General Manager of Mercury Boat Lines, dated 29 January 1949, announcing the commencement of Mercury Boat Lines’ new passenger services, with an enclosed outline of vessels, timetables (Manama, Al Khobar [Al-Khubar], Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tanūrah]) and fares (ff 2-3); a letter from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 10 August 1949, concerning radio frequencies and call signs for Mercury Lines, and requesting confirmation of whether Mercury Boat Lines are still operating (f 4); a reply from the Political Agency to the Residency, dated 13 August 1949, confirming that Mercury Boat Lines have been bought outright by Messrs Mohamed Taher Al Sharif, and that Williamson has left Bahrain (f 5).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. 'File 5/6 DECLARATION OF GENERAL AVERAGE ON ACCOUNT OF S.S."BARENFELS" HAVING BEEN FOUNDERED NEAR FESHT AL DHIJBAL.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the decision of the agents of the German Hansa Line ship SS Barenfelsto declare 'general average' after the vessel ran aground at the Fesht al Djibal (a reef off the east coast of Bahrain). (The location is spelled Fesht al Dhijbal in the title of the file). General average is a legal principle of maritime law according to which all parties in a sea venture proportionally share any losses resulting from a voluntary sacrifice of part of the ship or cargo to save the whole in an emergency. Following the declaration of general average, a number of local merchants in Bahrain who had cargo on the Barelfelsrefused to make the required 5% payment on the invoice value of the ship's cargo or to sign the general average bond, and made various complaints against the agents. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis deGrenier); the agents of the Hansa Line, Mohamed Sharif H. Kutbuddin Awazi and Company, Bahrain; and local merchants.The Arabic language content of the file is largely confined to a bilingual notice in English and Arabic issued by the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain on folio 4.Physical description: Foliation - the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.