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File 16 Shipping

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/2/551-556

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This record is about the File 16 Shipping dating from 1933-1946.

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Reference
IOR/R/15/2/551-556
Title
File 16 Shipping
Date
1933-1946
Description

The 'Shipping' files consist of six surviving files containing correspondence dating mainly from the 1930s and 1940s, about the passage of shipping in the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There are several major topics discussed in the correspondence:. the appointment of an agent for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company (IOR/R/15/2/551); the use of Sharjah as a port of call by British India Steam Navigation Company ships (IOR/R/15/2/552); Japanese shipping activities in the Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/553); Italian shipping activities in the Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/554); German shipping activities in the Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/555); the operation of American shipping companies in the Gulf (IOR/R/15/2/556)

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
6 files (700 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/56a0f423-7929-4207-9f1d-06a119b78fa0/

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IOR/R/15/2

Political Agency, Bahrain

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India Office Records transferred later through official channels

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Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf

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Political Agency, Bahrain

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Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/2/139-916

Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files

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File 16 Shipping