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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Eastern Bank Limited, 1909-1971

11. IOR/R/15/2/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/128
Title:
File 9/2 I Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and papers relating to the finances of the Bahrain Government, and British officials' efforts to impose reforms on the Bahrain state finances. Many of the letters in the volume are discussions between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Clive Daly until Sept...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1923-15 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/2/231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/231
Title:
File 6/7 Mahandal Mekta [Mohanlal Mehta], ex-BI Agent at Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the appointment of Mehta, who had previously acted as Agent for British India Steam Navigation (BISN) at Dibai [Dubai], to a position in the Hamalbashi Branch of the Customs at Shargah [Sharjah], responsible for the collection of customs revenue, and ensuring the correct quant...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1932-8 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/2/342-387

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/342-387
Title:
File 9 Trade and Commerce
Scope & Content:
The forty-six volumes and files forming the 'Trade and Commerce' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the files and volumes date from 1928-1950. The 'Trade and Commerce' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1928-1950
Extent:
46 files and volumes (4028 folios)

14. 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)

15. IOR/R/15/2/470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/470
Title:
'11/8 OPENING A BANK AT AL KHOBAR'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns plans in 1944-45 and 1949 to open bank branches on the mainland of Saudi Arabia. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concessions Limited, Bahrain; the A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1944-28 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/779

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/779
Title:
‘File 29/21 - III FOOD SUPPLY RICE’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about arrangements for the purchase and shipping of rice imports mainly from African and South American countries, for consumption in Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Sharjah and other Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, where rice and other cereals continued to be in scarce supply ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 May 1948-26 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (358 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/1170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1170
Title:
File 5/2 Notorial work - Bills of Exchange - Documentary Bills - Notes of Protest
Scope & Content:
The title of the file contains a spelling error: Notorial for Notarial. The file contains papers concerning the protesting of dishonoured bills of exchange, which formed part of the notarial duties of staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers consist of correspondence (much of it from...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1926-14 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (237 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/1171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1171
Title:
File 5/2 II (i) Notarial Work - Bills of Exchange (ii) Documentary Bills (iii) Bills of Protest
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning the protesting of dishonoured bills of exchange, which formed part of the notarial duties of staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The papers consist of correspondence (much of it from the Eastern Bank Limited) requesting the protest of bills that had been ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1935-4 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/1202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1202
Title:
File 6/2 I Recruits for the Bahrain State Police and Supply of Clothing, Arms, and Ammunition for them
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the following: Political Agent, Bahrain; Commandant of the Bahrain Levy Corps (State Police); Kirkee Arsenal; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); Government of India (Foreign and Political Department, Adjutant General, Contr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
5 Apr 1926-5 Feb 1930
Extent:
1 file (393 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/1206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1206
Title:
File 6/3 I Transfer of Long Term Prisoners to India; Employment of Prisoners in the Agency etc; Escape of Prisoners from Lawful Custody and their kit
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the following: Commandant, Bahrain State Police; Political Agent, Bahrain; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); Residency Agent, Sharjah; Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar; Office of the Commissioner, Sind; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
2 Feb 1926-30 Mar 1932
Extent:
1 file (205 folios)