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21. IOR/L/PS/12/3965A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3965A
Title:
Coll 30/221 'Banking facilities in Bahrein and Saudi-Arabia.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals by various commercial banks for the extension of banking facilities in the Persian Gulf. The file particularly relates to Saudi Arabia, Bahrein [Bahrain], Dubai, Muscat and Oman, and Qatar. The India Office were keen to ensure that banking in the Persian Gulf remained...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1944-16 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (162 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/3965B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3965B
Title:
Coll 30/221 'Banking facilities in Bahrein and Saudi-Arabia'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Bahrain alone, and not, as the title states, Saudi Arabia. The file contains two letters dated September 1949 from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay) concerning a visit to Bahrain by a representative of the Pakistan State Ban...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1944-8 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/1/547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/547
Title:
File 53/91 (D 174) Bank at Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the establishment of a branch of an international bank in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the suitability of the candidates (Eastern Bank, Ottoman Bank and the Arab Bank) and also gives details of the agreement that was e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1936-27 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/470
Title:
'11/8 OPENING A BANK AT AL KHOBAR'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns plans in 1944-45 and 1949 to open bank branches on the mainland of Saudi Arabia. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concessions Limited, Bahrain; the A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1944-28 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (74 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/6/444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/444
Title:
FILE NO: 14/14 name; BANK FOR MUSCAT (IMPERIAL BANK OF IRAN & THE PERSIAN GULF)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda and notes concerning the establishment of banks in the Gulf including Dubai, Kuwait, and Muscat. Issues discussed in the correspondence include: Concerns relating to the establishment of the 'India and Persian Gulf Bank Limit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1945-1 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (215 folios)