Coll 30/224 'Currency Arrangements in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/224 'Currency Arrangements in the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.'
- Date:
- 1947/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns currency issues affecting the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, following the transfer of administrative responsibility from the Government of India to the Persian Gulf Residency in 1947. Under the new arrangements, responsibility for exchange control was vested in the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The papers include: memoranda by India Office officials on the desirability of the continued use of the Indian rupee in the region (folio 297); the issue of which Gulf states were included in the Sterling Area; exchange control; policy on imports to the region; trade; the currency of Muscat and Oman, including the use there of Maria Theresa dollars; Kuwait as 'the centre of the whole Middle East for smuggling and illicit transactions in foreign currencies' (folio 120); and traffic in gold through Kuwait.In addition to India Office (later Commonwealth Relations Office) correspondence and memoranda, the papers include correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Bank of England, and HM Treasury.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-153) and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 154-302); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are printed, and are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the volumes.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Financial control
Currencies
Imports - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00021c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00021c_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3968A
IOR/L/PS/12/3968A