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IOR/R/15/1/547
- Record Id:
- 040-000228002
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000208
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023624014.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/547
- Title:
- File 53/91 (D 174) Bank at Kuwait
- Scope & Content:
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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 eventually reached between Kuwait and the Imperial Bank of Iran in 1941.
The file also contains translated copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and representatives of Eastern Bank, Arab Bank and the Imperial Bank of Iran.
A bi-lingual (Arabic/English) copy of the Banking Agreement between Shaikh Aḥmad and the Imperial Bank of Iran on 18 December 1941 is contained on ff 171-174.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227925
040-000228002 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/471-549 : File 53: Kuwait
IOR/R/15/1/547 : File 53/91 (D 174) Bank at Kuwait - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0015]/038-000227925[0077]/040-000228002
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (230 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000208
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 6 Oct 1936-27 Mar 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: A bound correspondence volume.
Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins with the first telegram, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 231. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 126. Readers should also be aware of the following foliation anomalies: f 73 is followed by f 73A; f 208 is followed by f 208A and f 208B.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 53/91
Confidential Series: D 174 - Arrangement:
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)