Author
an agent.
in Bahrain
Publication Date
26 Apr 1945-30 Jun 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
62
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1580
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00013b
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
26 Apr 1945-30 Jun 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence exchanged between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Bahrain, other British officials in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and representatives of the Bahrain branches of Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran, relating to Indian rupee notes in circulation in the Gulf. The correspondence covers:
arrangements between the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and the Political Officer on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, for the collection of mutilated one Indian rupee notes on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
;
in early 1946, notice from the Government of India of the demonetisation of high denomination notes (500, 1000 and 10,000 Indian
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
), and the subsequent arrangements for the collection and exchange of these notes at Bahrain, to prevent them being smuggled back to India. Papers include a number of
Gazette of India
notifications and ordinances relating to the demonetisation of high denomination notes (ff 28-32).
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 59-63) mirror the chronological arrangement.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office: File 16/68
