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IOR/R/15/5/192
- Record Id:
- 040-000242223
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000b7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049994121.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/192
- Title:
- File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence regarding the possibility of a foreign bank opening a branch in Kuwait. The two main candidates discussed in the file are Eastern Bank Limited and Ottoman Bank. Towards the end of the file, an expression of interest by al-Bank al-Arabi [Arab Bank] is also discussed.
The correspondence contained in the file consists of messages exchanged between British officials, representatives of Eastern Bank, Ottoman Bank and al-Bank al-Arabi, the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and his secretary, Abdullah Mulla Saleh. Some of this correspondence is in Arabic (with English translations attached).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- a list of conditions required when a bank branch is to be established in Kuwait (folios 106-107).
- a profile of Ottoman Bank published in a British magazine named The Statist on 17 November 1934 (folios 47-49).
- a profile of Eastern Bank published in The Times on 23 March 1939 (folios 240-243).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241998
037-000242135
038-000242209
040-000242223 - 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/15/5 : Political Agency, Kuwait
IOR/R/15/5/109-319 : Kuwait Agency, Second Series subject files
IOR/R/15/5/179-235 : File 4: Kuwait State
IOR/R/15/5/192 : File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0002]/037-000242135[0004]/038-000242209[0014]/040-000242223
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (247 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000b7
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 30 Jan 1935-4 Apr 1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 249; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-247, and ff 50-239; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- File 4/11 I
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)