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1. IOR/L/PS/10/603

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/603
Title:
File 2200/1916 'Persia - Currency in the South; Minting of Krans in India'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the production and circulation of currency in Iran. It also contains a limited amount of correspondence that was exchanged between the India Office and the Imperial Bank of Persia on the same topic. In addition to correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/972/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/972/2
Title:
File 1341/1921 Pt 2 'Meshed Consular Diaries'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of Part 2 of the subject file 'Meshed Consular & Intelligence Diaries (1921-1922)'. It contains numbered weekly reports relating to Persia [Iran], each entitled 'Meshed Diary'. They cover the period from the week ending 1 January 1921 to the week ending 30 December 1922. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1921-Dec 1922
Extent:

1 item (176 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/8
Title:
PZ 478/1931 'Iraq. Minting of national currency'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning the introduction of an Iraqi national currency, mainly relating to the minting of the coins. It includes: copies of correspondence between the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, and the Financial Secretary to the High Commissioner for Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1930-1 Apr 1931
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/289
Title:
PZ 2872/39 'Importation into India of counterfeit Government of India silver coins from the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British Government officials relating to the importation of counterfeit Government of India silver coins from the Persian Gulf into India. The main correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1939-15 Sep 1939
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/446
Title:
PZ 6556/40 'Hawking of Sterling Notes in the Middle East.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Consul General, Beirut, the British Ambassador to Iraq, the Foreign Office and the Treasury, regarding the smuggling of Sterling notes into the Middle East, and possible ways to end the practice.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1940-5 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1469
Title:
Coll 1/33 'Changes in civil administration in the event of separation from India: currency'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Aden Chief Commissioner (Bernard Reilly), the India Office Political Department, and the Government of India, regarding arrangements for Aden to continue using the Indian currency following transfer to the Colonial Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1933-21 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1486
Title:
Coll 1/50 'Aden. Intelligence Summaries, August 1934-December 1937'
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following Political Intelligence Summaries, compiled by the Aden Political Secretary and sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies: 1934, intelligence summary numbers 394-411 (ff 400-450) 1935, intelligence summary numbers 412-466 (ff 275-398) 1936, intelligence summa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1934-26 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (451 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1488
Title:
Coll 1/50(2) 'Aden. Intelligence summaries January-October 1938'
Scope & Content:
The file contains Political Intelligence Summaries compiled by the Aden Political Secretary and sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. It contains the Summaries for the year 1938, numbers 1-38. In addition to the Western Aden Protectorate, the reports periodically contain sections repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1938-21 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3968B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3968B
Title:
Coll 30/224 'Currency Arrangements in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns currency arrangements in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf that were under British influence. The papers cover: allegations by the Government of Pakistan and in the Pakistani press of discrimination against Pakistan currency in Bahrain; exchange control policy; 'Report on Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1948-14 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)