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Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.' [23r] (45/64)
The record is made up of 1 file (30 folios). It was created in 18 May 1941-10 Jul 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Report from Bahrain indicates that gold
is being smuggled out or Saudi Arabia into Bahrain
in steady stream and goes thence to Iraq, Turkey*
and Syria*
2* In view of repeated requests to India to
provide goldTf#*^ Saudi Arabia, Government of India
suggest that the Saudi Government should be made
aware of this fact and (? advised) to devise measures
to prevent efflux of gold from Saudi Arabia*
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The file contains correspondence regarding the imposition of an export licence system on the trade of gold and silver in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, at first to understand the flow of trade, and then to restrict it, lest gold find its way through Turkey into enemy-occupied destinations. Correspondents include 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. , the Secretary of State for India, 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. , Bahrein, and the Ruler of Kuwait.
The file also contains the proceedings and conclusions of a conference (folios 14-16) held to discuss measures for preventing the smuggling of gold and silver out of Bahrein consequent on the tightening of restrictions on export, which was attended by: Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrein Government; 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. , Bahrein; the Manager of the Eastern Bank, Bahrein; and the Director of Customs, Bahrein.
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- 1 file (30 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged roughly in reverse chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 32; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/516
- Title
- Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:18v, 19v:31v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence