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IOR/R/15/4/8
- Record Id:
- 040-000241988
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241980
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000392
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026502050.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/4/8
- Title:
- File 0602 Imperial Bank of Iran - Banking Agreement & Bank Reports, Vol. 1
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence relating to the activities of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Dubai. The principal correspondents are: the British Agency at Sharjah; the Political Agency at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire (later, Bahrain); and representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran in both Tehran and Dubai.
The papers cover the following matters:
- the negotiations and final agreement for the opening of a bank branch in Dubai;
- the lease of land for the new bank building;
- the change of name to the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East in August 1949.
The file also contains brief reports on the bank's activities for the years 1948 and 1949, written by the manager, M P Stott.
Folios 6-10 are a copy of the agreement between the bank and the ruler of Kuwait, upon which the Dubai agreement was based. Folios 14-25 are the final Dubai agreement, in triplicate.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241980
040-000241988 - 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/15/4 : Residency Agency, Trucial Coast
IOR/R/15/4/8 : File 0602 Imperial Bank of Iran - Banking Agreement & Bank Reports, Vol. 1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0004]/036-000241980[0008]/040-000241988
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (62 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000392
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 27 Dec 1945-29 Jan 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 62; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- File 0602
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)