Abstract: The file contains correspondence about fixing profit rates on several goods including wheat, dates, sugar, rice, spare parts, watches and typewriters, as well as the relaxation of price controls on commodities usually classified as luxury goods, such as cigarettes, toiletries and medicines. Most of these goods are described as imports from India, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, to Manama and Muharraq in Bahrain. The file also contains complaint letters from both the Singer Sewing Machine Company in Baghdad and Electric & Musical Industries Limited in England, regarding the adverse effect of Bahrain price controls on their profit margins. Also included in the file are the minutes of two meetings of the Bahrain Government's Food Control Committee about the removal of price controls and export restrictions, as well as new and amending Price and Export Control Orders for Bahrain in 1946 and 1947, drafted by the Political Agent. Most of the file correspondence is between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Director of Customs and Port Officer for Bahrain (also acting in his dual capacity as Food Controller).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 76; 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 2-29; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and public notices relating to a prohibition on importing vegetable ghee and mixed vegetable-animal ghee into Bahrain. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, Manama Municipality, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Director of Customs in Bahrain, British Minister at Tehran, India Office, and several merchants.The file covers the discussion over the prohibition, the reasons behind it, a comparison with a similar ban in Persia, and the eventual lifting of the ban in September 1930.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 86; 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 5-85; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iran, the Foreign Office, the Government of India, External Affairs Department, and the Secretary of State for India, regarding the possible release or confiscation of a cargo of Iranian goods held at Assab, on account of the cargo's comprising guns and machinery that would be of use in manufacturing guns in India.A list of correspondence references contained in the file appears on the front cover.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.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding enquiries made by George Wimpey and Company Limited with the India Office (Francis Anthony Kitchener Harrison), Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Kuwait on taxation or import duty restrictions. The correspondence also contains a request for clarification on the position of the company should they wish to enter into contracts with other clients in Koweit [Kuwait] once they have become established. This correspondence followed previous discussions, not included in the file, with the Koweit Oil Company [Kuwait Oil Company] to carry out civil engineering work for George Wimpey and Company Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding imports of sugar, tea and other commodities from Mozambique to Muscat, and their onward export to Persia. The file covers considerations of increased restrictions on such imports and potential withholding of tea from India in order to uphold rationing. The primary correspondents are: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident, Persian Gulf; India Office; Ministry of Food.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains a request from the Political Agent, Bahrain, that the Middle East Supply Centre grant an exemption on import licence requirements to the Bahrain Petroleum Company, in order to facilitate the importing of supplies from Australia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Thefile contains correspondence regarding regulations governing imports oflivestock and animal products into Afghanistan, India, Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwaitand the Trucial States. The primary correspondents are: Secretary of State forForeign Affairs; Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; William KerrFraser-Tytler, British Legation, Kabul; Political Resident, Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 6, and terminates at f 15, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 24 October 1871.The papers cover: British concerns that the restriction amounted to a ban on imports at a time when Persia was being depopulated by famine; report by William John Dickson, Oriental Secretary at the British Legation, Tehran on a meeting with the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss the issue; and a request from the British Government for clarification of the Persian Government's decision.The Enclosures also include correspondence from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran]; and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The Enclosures are dated 20 July - 2 August 1871.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (forwarded from the Foreign Office), Bahrain to Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, June 1948. The letter gives details of a prohibition on the import of liquor into Oman recently announced by the Sultan of Muscat. A translation of the Sultan Said bin Taimur's [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] communiqué, dated 22 April 1948, is enclosed.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item comprises: deciphered telegrams; correspondence; covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India; India Office Political Department registry forms with subject and notes; and India Office draft telegrams, draft letters, minutes and notes.The papers relate to work of the Anglo-Persian Committee for the revision of the [Anglo]-Persian [Iranian] Customs Tariff, set up under the provisions of Article 6 of the Anglo-Persian ‘Agreement between His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Persian Government’, signed at Tehran, 9 August 1919 (ff 156-157), including:Discussion of the aims and objectives of the Committee (see folios 126, 114 and 101), and the reasons why the tariff not should be framed to discriminate against German, Austrian and Turkish tradeInformation regarding local duties on numerous commodities and articles, and customs arrangements (including customs evasion), forwarded to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, Delhi, by the British consuls in Bandar Abbas, Sistan and Kain [Qayen or Qaen], Meshed [Mashhad], and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; the Deputy Political Resident in Persian Gulf; and the Chargé d’Affaires and Special Commissioner, TehranDiscussion concerning whether the Russo-Persian Customs Convention of 1902 and the commercial treaty of 1873 between Germany and Persia are technically still in forceNotes on the potential effect of revised duties on the Manchester textile trade (ff 144-145)A copy of the ‘Minutes of Meetings of the Joint Anglo-Persian Committee for the revision of the Persian Customs Tariff’ (12 February-9 March 1920), including names of the Persian and British members and annexes listing suggested amendments of duties on textiles and manufactures, foodstuffs, alcohol and alcoholic beverages, skins and manufactures thereof, livestock, etc. (ff 67-86)Objections to the new customs tariff, in December 1921, by the authorities (‘Centro Soyuz’) at Enzeli [Bandar-e Anzali] (ff 64-65)New restrictive measures proposed by the Persian Government on exports and imports in 1922, including: the detailed views of the Board of Trade, notably regarding prohibitions proposed on the import of ‘luxuries’ (ff 33-51); and the claim by Sir Percy Loraine, British Legation in Tehran (stated in folios 21-22 and 25), that the scheme was abandoned following his detailed letter to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs setting ‘forth the inherent defects of the proposals’ (ff 53-63, in French)The proposed prohibition by the Persian Government in 1923 on the import of certain ‘so-called luxury articles in Persia’ and discussion of the possible true reasons behind the policy, including original and revised lists of luxury articles issued by the Tehran government (ff 5-18).The principal correspondents are: Sir Percy Cox [Acting Minister] in Tehran (December 1919-February 1920); the Foreign Office; the Board of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department; the Governor of Bombay [Mumbai]; the Government of India; and Percy Loraine. Note that there is some overlap of documents with IOR/L/PS/10/856/2.Physical description: 1 item (155 folios)