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IOR/L/PS/12/3845
- Record Id:
- 040-000558919
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00019d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100076712247.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3845
- Title:
- Coll 30/116 'Kuwait: establishment of a bank'
- Scope & Content:
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This file consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, intelligence summaries, and drafts between officials on behalf of the Government of India and the officials of the Ottoman Bank, the Eastern Bank Limited and the Imperial Bank of Iran regarding the opening of a bank in Koweit [Kuwait].
In addition, the file contains discussion of the terms and conditions of the opening of the bank, as well as details of the decision of the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] regarding the possible opening of the bank. Notable correspondents include the following: Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma; Government of India’s External Affairs Department; Foreign Office; British Legation, Tehran; Political Agent, Kuwait; Political Resident, Persian Gulf; British Consulate at Bushire; Shaikh of Kuwait; officials acting on behalf of the Bank of England, the Ottoman Bank, the Imperial Bank of Iran and the Eastern Bank Limited.
In addition to correspondence, the file covers the following: conditions required for the establishment of a branch at Kuwait (ff 149-150); the redrafting in banking phraseology of the Shaikh’s conditions by the Manager of the Eastern Bank, Basra (ff 112-113); required terms for the opening of the bank at Kuwait (ff 86-87); a banking agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Imperial Bank of Iran, dated 18 December 1941 (ff 14-17); and an alteration to the banking agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Imperial Bank of Iran, also dated 18 December 1941 (f 5).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000558919 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3845 : Coll 30/116 'Kuwait: establishment of a bank' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0143]/040-000558919
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (244 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00019d
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 12 Feb 1935-23 Apr 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 245; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/116
- Arrangement:
- The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)