File 74/1915 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Banking Facilities'

Title:

File 74/1915 Pt 5 'Mesopotamia: Banking Facilities'

Date:

1918/1920

Description:

Abstract: This part contains papers relating to banking facilities in the occupied (by the British) territory of Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The papers consist of correspondence, and India Office Minute Papers and internal notes.The file includes papers relating to: the views of the Government of India and the Department of Overseas Trade on the question of extending banking facilities in the occupied territory; the application of Boulton Bros. & Co. to open a branch of the Alliance Bank of Egypt at Basra; the application of Tata Industrial Bank Limited to open a branch at Basra; and the request by the Colonial Bank for assistance to be given by the local authorities in Baghdad to Mr T Langdon-Bruce and Mr H E Weber, being sent by the Bank to enquire into the conditions obtaining in Mesopotamia and prospects for trade in the country.The correspondence is mostly between the India Office and the following: the Viceroy (of India), Foreign Department; the Foreign Office; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (including telegrams sent from ‘Political, Baghdad’); Boulton, Bros. & Co.; the Department of Overseas Trade; and the Colonial Bank.Physical description: 1 item (63 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Basra
Baghdad

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100056379988.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100056379988.0x000002_en
IOR/L/PS/10/531/2
IOR/L/PS/10/531/2

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