Author
the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative
Publication Date
29 Nov 1935-21 Nov 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
60
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/468
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0002a3
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
29 Nov 1935-21 Nov 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file concerns the circulation of currency between Saudi Arabia, the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and India. The file contains correspondence between the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at Bushire; 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.
at Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain; C W F Skrimshire and M Gunn, the Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain; Yousuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kānū]; the
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.
Agent, Sharjah. There is also correspondence from the
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.
and the Government of India, which has been forwarded to 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.
by the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
.
The correspondence for 1935-36 (ff 3-21) concerns the import of large quantities of Indian
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
into Saudi Arabia via the port of Jedda and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports, due to the Saudi government’s preference of paying officials and tribal subsidies in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
instead of dollars. The essence of this situation is explained in a report by Loch, entitled 'Note on the Rupee-Maria Theresa Dollar position in Najd, Hasa and Bahrain', sent to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
on 3 March 1936. The correspondence for 1939-40 (ff 22-49) concerns further abnormal exports of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
from Bahrain to Kuwait and Hassa (al-Aḥsā’) due to a lack of confidence in the stability of the Saudi Arabian riyal as a result of the Second World War; also discussed is the possibility of an embargo being placed on the export of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
from India to Saudi Arabia and the impact that that would have on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
states and Qatar. The final section of correspondence for the year 1944 (ff 50-55) concerns a request from ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud) for the British government to send senior military and financial experts, preferably Sunni Muslims, to Saudi Arabia to aid the establishment of an army and reorganise the financial structure of the state.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential File: 11/6 27/1
