File 74/1915 Pt 1 'German War: banks at Basra'

Title:

File 74/1915 Pt 1 'German War: banks at Basra'

Date:

1914/1917

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence and other India Office papers relating to banks in Basra [Basrah or Bassorah or Busreh] during the First World War. It includes papers relating to:Whether or not Basra was classed as ‘enemy territory’, and whether the London Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank was free to trade and communicate with its branch in Basra.An application from the Eastern Bank Limited to open a branch in Basra.The intention of the Imperial Bank of Persia to re-open a branch at Basra.The question as to which bank should be used for British Government business at Basra.The appointments and allowances to be paid to successive Official Supervisors of the Basra branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank.The claim of the Imperial Ottoman Bank against the German business Robert Wönckhaus and Company.The correspondence is mainly between the India Office and the following: Sir Percy Cox, Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force; the Foreign Office, with enclosed Foreign Office correspondence; Sir William Plender, the Controller of the Imperial Ottoman Bank; the Imperial Ottoman Bank, London Agency, with enclosed correspondence of the Bank; the Foreign Trade Department; the Viceroy of India, Foreign Department; and the Eastern Bank Limited.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

First World War (1914-1918)
Banks
Robert Wönckhaus and Company

Geographic region:

Basra

Rights:

رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001a7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001a7_en
IOR/L/PS/10/528
IOR/L/PS/10/528

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