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IOR/R/15/5/193
- Record Id:
- 040-000242224
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241998
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000b8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100039775309.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/5/193
- Title:
- File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence related to the opening of an Imperial Bank of Iran branch in Kuwait in 1941/42 and the bank's first few years of operation in the country.
The correspondence contained in the file consists of messages exchanged between British officials, representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Some of this correspondence is in Arabic (with English translations attached).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
- 'Note of an interview between His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait and F H Johnson, Manager of the Khorramshahr branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran, 15 October 1941' (folios 45-46).
- Fifty Second Report of Directors of the Imperial Bank of Iran with accounts made up to 20 March 1941 (folios 53-54).
- Bi-lingual English/Arabic copy of an agreement signed between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Imperial Bank of Iran for the establishment of a branch in Kuwait, 18 December 1941 (folios 74-77).
- Note prepared by the Political Agency in Kuwait concerning the Imperial Bank of Iran's financial performance in Kuwait and its political and propaganda impact in the country to date, 26 February 1943 (folios 118-119).
- Copy of an agreement signed between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Imperial Bank of Iran concerning new premises for the bank, 7 March 1946 (folio 142).
- Two articles published in The Times concerning the Imperial Bank of Iran from 17 July 1941 and 6 July 1949 respectively (folios 52 and 149).
- 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
040-000242224 - 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/15/5/193 : File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0005]/036-000241998[0002]/037-000242135[0004]/038-000242209[0015]/040-000242224
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (155 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0000b8
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 21 Mar 1940-9 Nov 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; 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 50-142, and ff 58-156; 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)