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21. IOR/L/PS/12/3968A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3968A
Title:
Coll 30/224 'Currency Arrangements in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns currency issues affecting the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, following the transfer of administrative responsibility from the Government of India to the Persian Gulf Residency in 1947. Under the new arrangements, responsibility for exchange control was vested in the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1947-29 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file, in 2 parts (302 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/18/C212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C212
Title:
REPORT ON THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF PERSIA to June, 1923.
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of a report on the trade and industry of Persia, written in two sub-divided chapters. The volume also includes a map showing trade routes, a summary of general information and a conclusion, and an appendix showing imports and exports from 1921-1922. The report was written ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/170
Title:
File 1/A/48 II Food Control
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the implementation in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast of the Civil Requirements Programme Middle East. The programme was a Ministry of War Transport initiative to assess the likely civil import needs of the Middle East in view of pressure on available shipping, and the difficul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1941-1 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/342

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342
Title:
File 9/1 Confidential correspondence regarding Bahrain food supplies
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Gulf regarding imports to Bahrain of rice from India and sugar. There is also mention of correspondence regarding import of vehicles (not included in the file).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/344

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/344
Title:
File 9/3 Indian business interests in Bahrain and the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain concerning how to improve the Indian trade in the Gulf and how to increase it to the detriment of the Japanese trade, providing that India can supply similar goods at competitive prices. The file contains info...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1932-25 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/348
Title:
File 9/7 Report on Trade Conditions in Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains a report compiled by the Vice-Consul at Bushire, J G Baillie, on a commercial tour of the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf. The report focusses on trade; in particular: the importance of Bahrain; the abundance of cheap Japanese goods (cotton, silk and pearls), which has been dama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1934-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/365
Title:
File 9/17 Bahrain General Merchants' Association
Scope & Content:
The document is a report on the visit by representatives of the Bahrain General Merchants Association to the Political Agency at Bahrain. The newly formed association voiced its discontent for the electricity costs imposed by the Bahrain Electric Department and requested clarity on the import of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

28. IOR/R/15/2/468

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/468
Title:
'11/6 SAUDI ARABIAN CURRENCY'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the circulation of currency between Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and India. The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Political Agent at Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; C W F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1935-21 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/2/611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/611
Title:
'IMPORT INTO QATAR OF A STATUETTE OF VIRGIN MARY'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the importation into Qatar of a Roman Catholic statuette of the Virgin Mary by a Goanese member of staff of Petroleum Concession Limited at Dukhan [Dukhān]. The case is referred to the Political Agent at Bahrain on 3 December 1947 since there has been no resolution (folio 2) a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1947-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

30. IOR/R/15/2/684

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/684
Title:
‘File 28/5 (a) I War. Proposed extension of export licensing system’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence, memoranda and statistical data relating to the monitoring of imports and exports of important commodities into and out of Bahrain and the states of the Trucial Coast, as part of the wider export license controls and Navicert system of trade and contraband contr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1941-6 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (373 folios)