Author
an agent.
in Bahrain and the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Limited. The file’s principal correspondents are the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date
30 Dec 1940-16 Mar 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
97
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1504
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0000ef
Library Location
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.
Date
30 Dec 1940-16 Mar 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence, chiefly of a routine nature, exchanged between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain and the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Limited. The file’s principal correspondents are 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.
and representatives (usually the manager) of the Bahrain branch of the Eastern Bank Limited (M Gunn; T J De La Mare; D Ham). The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘Miscellaneous 16/10 Eastern Bank Ltd: Correspondence with ––’ (IOR/R/15/2/1503).
Covering the years of the Second World War, much of the correspondence relates to wartime circumstances and events:
in December 1941, used stamp collections to raise funds for the air raid victims of German bombing raids on Portsmouth (ff 20-21);
in October 1942, the introduction of cheque book charges, in response to the rising costs of paper and printing (f 37);
in November 1942, an acute shortage of small coinage in India (f 38);
in 1944, efforts to send money to the wife of a Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) employee who was resident in Beirut, in light of the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
region no longer being part of the Sterling Bloc (ff 47-62).
Other correspondence covers: in 1941, the efforts of three BAPCO employees to set up a private trading company; also in 1941, changes to rates for the purchase of
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
demand drafts in India; in 1949, issues arising from the redirection of mail from the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
(based in Bahrain from 1947). The file also contains copies of reports and annual accounts for the Eastern Bank Limited, dated May 1944 (f 65, duplicate at f 69) and March 1945 (f 73), and a copy, in English and Arabic, of the Eastern Bank Bahrain’s rules for savings deposit accounts (ff 23-28).
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 88-98) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/10 II
