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

31. IOR/R/15/2/1504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1504
Title:
‘File 16/10 II Correspondence with Eastern Bank Ltd. Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, chiefly of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Limited. The file’s principal correspondents are the Political Agent and representatives (usually the manager) of the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Limit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1940-16 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/2/1529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1529
Title:
‘File 16/31 Miscellaneous. Eastern Bank New Building– – Correspondence regarding:’
Scope & Content:
Two pieces of demi-official correspondence, the first from H Bardon, Manager of The Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain, dated 30 July 1931, and addressed to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior). The letter, along with Prior’s reply which is also dated 30 July 1931, relates t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1931
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/2/1554

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1554
Title:
‘File 16/44 Holidays observed by the Bahrain Government and other local offices. and their working hours and other changes in their personnel’
Scope & Content:
Notices and memoranda from various institutions and commercial concerns in Bahrain, informing the Political Agency of office closures (in observance of Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu festivals, bank holidays, and other occasions such as the King’s birthday) or changes to working hours. Not...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1934-28 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (412 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/2/1574

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1574
Title:
‘File No. 16/62 Shortage of meat and vegetables etc supplies in the Bazzar’
Scope & Content:
A single piece of correspondence, a letter from D Ham, Manager of the Bahrain branch of Eastern Bank Limited, to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 14 August 1944 (folio 2). Ham writes that his staff complain of having been unable to obtain meat in the bazaar for a fortnight, and asks if essen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1944-20 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/2/1580

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1580
Title:
‘File 16/68 Old and defaced currency notes & coins – Exchange of.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency in Bahrain, other British officials in the Persian Gulf, and representatives of the Bahrain branches of Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran, relating to Indian rupee notes in circulation in the Gulf. The correspondence covers: ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1945-30 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/2/1607

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1607
Title:
'File 17/6 Books and Periodicals: Correspondence re. Supply and Rules for the supply of articles'
Scope & Content:
The file documents the purchase of books and periodicals (and the management of subscriptions) by the Bahrain Political Agency. To this end it contains receipts and bills, correspondence between the Political Agent (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, and Charles Geoffrey Prio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1926-6 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (309 folios)

37. IOR/R/15/2/1645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1645
Title:
'File 18/14 I. Political Agency – Bahrain: Buildings – Air Conditioning of Bahrain Agency – From Feb: 1938 To Feb: 1947. Vol. II’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to air conditioning for the Political Agency buildings at Bahrain. The correspondence is largely between the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the following: the State Engineer to the Bahrain Government; the Persian Gulf Political Residency; the Political Agent, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1938-8 Feb 1947
Extent:

1 file (265 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/2/1652

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1652
Title:
File 19/2 II Tour. The Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for the first official visits of the newly nominated Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior): to Bahrain, in December 1932, to the Trucial Coast in February and March 1933, cruises of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
29 Nov 1932-7 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (202 files)

39. IOR/R/15/2/1908

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1908
Title:
File No. E/16 V. O. Correspondence Regarding Mortgages.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding mortgages in Bahrain, including a request from the Eastern Bank for information about the legal value of a deposit of title deeds. In turn, the Political Agency explains that the deposit of title deeds of immoveable property accompanied by a mortgage de...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jul 1932-20 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/2/1956

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1956
Title:
File J/39 'Protest of Bills'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a series of requests by various banks in Iran and their branches in Bahrain on legal action due to non-payment of funds by individuals to the Political Agent in Bahrain. It also includes responses by the Political Agent and forms legally acknowledging non payment.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1947-14 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)