Yazar
an agent.
and successive managers of the Eastern Bank Limited in Bahrain
Basım Tarihi
15 May 1926-31 Dec 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Tür
Belge
Dil
ara,eng
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı
259
Kütüphane
Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası
IOR/R/15/2/1503
Kayıt Numarası
vdc_100000000282.0x0000ee
Lokasyon
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Tarih
15 May 1926-31 Dec 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar
Routine correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and successive managers of the Eastern Bank Limited in Bahrain (H Barden, D Ham, M Gunn, C W F Skrimshire).
Correspondence received from the Eastern Bank includes: notices of credits to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
current account; notices of credits to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
medical allowance, coming from the ‘Bahrain Government Consolidated Fund’; account balance statements; notifications of opening hours and bank closures, either for public holidays or for the closing of the bank’s books. Copies of correspondence sent by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
includes: covering letters, the originals of which were sent with cheques to be cashed (disposed of) at the Bank.
Exchanged correspondence covers: queries regarding interest payments on the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
current account; arrangements regarding duplicate keys for the Eastern Bank’s safe, which were held at the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
; the issue of drafts for Iraq and India ‘at par’ (i.e., at equal value); correspondence relating to the applicability of the Negotiable Instruments Act (1881) at Bahrain; the shipping of Eastern Bank specie to the Saudi Arabian Government via Hassa (also spelt Hasa) [al-Aḥsā’], including a letter in Arabic from the Amir of Hassa, ’Abdurllah bin Jalawi [Saud bin Abdullah bin Jiluwi Āl Sa‘ūd].
The file also includes:
copies of annual reports for the Eastern Bank for the years 1928 (ff 79-80), 1932 (ff 170-171), 1935 (ff 236-237) and 1937 (ff 248-249);
copies of Eastern Bank reviews of the past year, reprinted from
The Times
Company Meetings, dated 30 March 1933 (ff 166-167), 21 March 1935 (ff 232-232), 21 March 1936 (ff 239-240), and 19 March 1938 (ff 250-251);
a booklet detailing the activities of the Eastern Bank Trustee and Executor Company (India) Limited (ff 214-225);
personal correspondence dated 1935 between the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
(Percy Gordon Loch) and the Manager of the Eastern Bank in Bahrain (C W F Skrimshire) relating to the mooring of Skrimshire’s yacht
Viking
(ff 226-230, f 234).
While the file’s papers date from 15 May 1926 through to 19 March 1938, the notes at the end of the file refer to correspondence dating between July 1933 and December 1940.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 252-260) approximately mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/10
