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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Subject Currencies

1. IOR/R/15/1/396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/396
Title:
File 35/34 I Muskat: Grievances of the Banians about notification issued by the Sultan fixing 19 maund as the weight of a rice bag
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning complaints from Banians about notification issued by Sultan fixing the weight of rice bags in the unit of measurement of weight known as a maund. Correspondence discusses the difference between a Muskat maund and a Bengal maund and issues relating to the sale of rice by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1897-4 Nov 1897
Extent:
1 volume (47 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/465
Title:
Minting of currency in Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence includes a letter from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman to Captain Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent Muscat, requesting the minting of a new nickel and other sorts of currency at Muscat. Khan Bahadur Ahmed Shubaili, was appointed as an agent on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1939-15 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/351

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/351
Title:
File 9/10 Smuggling (gold, tea, etc.) between the Gulf and India
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Eastern Bank Limited, on the subject of smuggling of various goods and commodities. These include: import of unlicensed tea f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1934-13 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (280 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/378

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/378
Title:
File 9/34 Currency in Arab Shaikhdoms
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and the Eastern Bank Limited regarding which currency they should use in Bahrain after the independence of India and Pakistan. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1947-30 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1150
Title:
File 4/31 Despatch of Currency Notes to Political Agent Muscat, via Bahrain, for want of direct steamers to Muscat.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a copy of a telegram from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India, concerning the despatch of currency for Muscat. The telegram is forwarded by the Office of the Political Resident to the Political Agent, Bahrain, with a request that the Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1943
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1808
Title:
File 36/86 II Export of Gold and Silver from Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the movement of currency and precious metals (gold and silver) around the Persian Gulf. The Correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain and the Eastern Bank Limited. A small...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1942-30 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (378 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/5/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/120
Title:
‘I/6 Saudi-Arabia Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to miscellaneous affairs in Saudi Arabia, as reported to or by the Political Agent at Kuwait: In 1937, the formation of the Nejdi Motor Car Company, a concession set up to convey pilgrims between Nejd, Hasa [al-Aḥsā’], and the Hejaz. Papers include a translatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/165
Title:
File 2/12 Miscellaneous papers relating to Kuwait-Iraq relations
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating variously to customs duties on livestock, political events in Iraq, and deficiency in printed Iraqi currency due to accidents in transportation. The correspondence consists of exchanges between the British authorities in the Persian Gulf and Iraq.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1937-29 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)