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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Finance Name British Bank of Iran and the Middle East, 1889-1952

1. IOR/L/PS/10/920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/920
Title:
File 5924/1920 Pt 1 ‘Persia: Financial Position of Persian Govt. Possibility of consolidating external debt’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding British claims on their loans to Persia [Iran], and Persia’s financial affairs generally. The papers notably cover: Details of the loans, including British claims, recovery of interest owed, and regulation ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Jan 1920-22 Jan 1924
Extent:

1 volume (421 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/921

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/921
Title:
File 5924/1920 Pt 2-3 ‘PERSIA: FINANCE’
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the financial affairs of the Government of Persia [Iran]. The volume is formed of two parts: ‘Financial Situation. Persian debt to H.M. Govt’ (IOR/L/PS/10/921/1) ‘Debt to H.M.G. Private claims against Pers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Nov 1923-24 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (532 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C120a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C120a
Title:
'Memorandum as to Persian Government Loans'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum outlines a number of loans and advances made to the Persian Government by Britain and Russia respectively at the turn of the twentieth century; this includes information on the securities pledged by Persia to meet repayments. It also covers British concerns over the definition of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Oct 1910
Extent:

1 file (21 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C120b

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C120b
Title:
'Second Memorandum as to Persian Government Loans'
Scope & Content:
This memorandum is a continuation of a previous memorandum dated 17 October 1910 (see IOR/L/PS/18/C120a). The memorandum summarises a number of major loans made by the British to the Persian Government from 1910-1912: this therefore includes summaries of the following: the Persian Government 5%...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1912
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/554-555

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/554-555
Title:
File 60: Financial
Scope & Content:
There are two surviving files in the ‘Financial’ subject category. The earlier file, which is a bound volume, contains correspondence about banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, particularly the rival operations of the Eastern Bank, the Imperial Bank of Persia (later the Imperial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1918-1946
Extent:
2 files and volumes (205 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/197

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/197
Title:
File 8/14 II Muscat State Finances.
Scope & Content:
This file contains a small amount of correspondence concerning the state finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The letters discuss the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] investment in Government of India war bonds, as well as details of the Sultan's accounts with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1949-27 Sep 1949
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)