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1. '11/8 OPENING A BANK AT AL KHOBAR'
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- Abstract: This file concerns plans in 1944-45 and 1949 to open bank branches on the mainland of Saudi Arabia. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concessions Limited, Bahrain; the Assistant Secretary to the Government of India; D Ham, Manager of the Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain; and the Chancery, British Embassy, Jedda. There are also copies of correspondence between the India Office, the Government of India and the Political Residency at Bushire, as well as between the Foreign Office and His Majesty's Government at Jedda. In addition, there is correspondence between Ham and N S Golder, General Manager of the Eastern Bank Limited, London, gathered through interception.The correspondence from 1944-45 concerns the possibility of opening a branch of the Eastern Bank Limited on the mainland of Saudi Arabia at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] or Al Khobar [al-Khubar], and possibly at Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tanūrah]. Folios 31-37 include a letter and diary with details of Ham's trip to the mainland of Saudi Arabia in July 1944, his meetings with officials from the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (later Aramco) and Saudi officials, as well as a dispute regarding his Jewish Head Clerk. In addition, the correspondence includes details of other banks making attempts to open branches on the mainland, including the Chase National Bank, the Imperial Bank of Iran, and the National City Bank of New York. There are details of conditions imposed on the National City Bank of New York for opening in Saudi Arabia (f 48) and of a visit by their representative, G Martel Hall (ff 57, 60, 65 and 67).The correspondence from 1945 (ff 71-72) concerns the possibility of the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East opening a branch at al-Khubar.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present between ff 3-72; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled. The volume also contains a pagination sequence between ff 73-75.
2. 'File 53/91 (D 174) Bank at Kuwait'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the establishment of a branch of an international bank in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the suitability of the candidates (Eastern Bank, Ottoman Bank and the Arab Bank) and also gives details of the agreement that was eventually reached between Kuwait and the Imperial Bank of Iran in 1941.The file also contains translated copies of correspondence between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and representatives of Eastern Bank, Arab Bank and the Imperial Bank of Iran.A bi-lingual (Arabic/English) copy of the Banking Agreement between Shaikh Aḥmad and the Imperial Bank of Iran on 18 December 1941 is contained on ff 171-174.Physical description: Condition: A bound correspondence volume.Foliation: The file has an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins with the first telegram, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 231. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 126.
3. 'FILE NO: 14/14 name; BANK FOR MUSCAT (IMPERIAL BANK OF IRAN & THE PERSIAN GULF)'
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- Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, concerning the establishment of banks in the Gulf including Dubai, Kuwait, and Muscat.Issues discussed in the correspondence include:Concerns relating to the establishment of the 'India and Persian Gulf Bank Limited' with a view to undertaking banking services in Muscat and DubaiApproval of the application by the Imperial Bank of Iran to open branches in Muscat and DubaiBanking Agreement between Sultan and Imperial Bank of Iran, 10 July 1948.Included in the file is a copy of the 'Banking agreement between the Shaikh of Dubai and the Imperial Bank of Iran dated 5th January 1956'The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent, Muscat (Ralph Ingham Hallows); the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; the Imperial Bank of Iran; and the Eastern Bank Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 217; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-217; 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.
4. Coll 30/116 'Kuwait: establishment of a bank'
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- Abstract: 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.Physical description: 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.
5. Coll 30/221 'Banking facilities in Bahrein and Saudi-Arabia'
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- Abstract: The file concerns Bahrain alone, and not, as the title states, Saudi Arabia.The file contains two letters dated September 1949 from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay) concerning a visit to Bahrain by a representative of the Pakistan State Bank. The letters state that the representative was principally concerned about discrimination against Pakistan currency, and also proposed to recommend the opening of a branch of the bank in Bahrain. The file includes copies of correspondence dated 1944 showing that the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Sir Salman bin Hamad al Khalifah [Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah]) had agreed at that time not to permit the opening of any additional bank in Bahrain for a period of ten years.The file includes a divider, and a list (folio 2) of correspondence references contained in the file 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 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are printed, and are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
6. Coll 30/221 'Banking facilities in Bahrein and Saudi-Arabia.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns proposals by various commercial banks for the extension of banking facilities in the Persian Gulf. The file particularly relates to Saudi Arabia, Bahrein [Bahrain], Dubai, Muscat and Oman, and Qatar. The India Office were keen to ensure that banking in the Persian Gulf remained in British hands: 'It is of course preferable on political grounds that we should have British banks rather than American banks where possible in Arabia' (internal memorandum, 15 August 1944).The papers cover: interest from the Eastern Bank Limited in establishing a branch at Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia, and resistance to the proposal from the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO), 1944; interest from the Imperial Bank of Iran (IBI) in opening a branch in Bahrain, and the view of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that the IBI were a better and stronger bank than the Eastern Bank Limited, and had a better understanding of Persian trade, 1944; a proposal by the National City Bank of New York to open a branch at Dhahran, 1944; interest from the Imperial Bank of Iran in opening a branch at Muscat, 1945-48; copy of banking agreement between Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Shaikh of Dubai, and the Imperial Bank of Iran, 5 January 1946; interest from the Eastern Bank Limited in opening a branch at Qatar, 1947; correspondence concerning the inclusion of the Gulf states in the sterling area, 1947; and the view of the Eastern Bank Limited that trade at Muscat was primitive, and that consideration of opening a branch there should be postponed, 1948.In addition to India Office (later, Commonwealth Relations Office) correspondence and memoranda, the main correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, and representatives of the banks concerned.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file 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 162; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are printed, and are not circled.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
7. Coll 28/4 ‘Persia – Imperial Bank of. Charter etc’
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- Abstract: Papers and correspondence dated 1949, relating to a petition to amend the charter of the Imperial Bank of Iran, submitted to the Treasury of the British Government by the solicitors Coward, Chance & Company. The amendments to the charter include a change of name, from Imperial Bank of Iran to the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East, and are requested by the Bank in response to the territorial and constitutional changes to India and Pakistan resulting from the Indian Independence Act of 1947.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
8. Coll 28/4 ‘Persia Imperial Bank of; Charter &c. Liability to Persian Stamp Duty’
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- Abstract: Papers concerning the institution, status and affairs of the Imperial Bank of Persia (Imperial Bank of Iran from 1935). Correspondence is principally exchanged between the Treasury of the British Government, the India Office, and Foreign Office. Subjects covered include:A request from the Government of India in 1903 for a list of the Bank’s shareholders, and copies of the Bank’s royal charter (ff 131-146) and deed of settlement.The Bank’s application in 1919 to have its charter renewed (without modification) for a further thirty years, and the Treasury’s agreement for a shorter extension of five years.The Treasury’s request in 1921 for a modification to the Bank’s charter that would enable it to open branches outside of Persia (and specifically in Iraq). A copy of the supplemental charter, dated 24 July 1922, empowering the Bank to open branches in the Empire of India is included (ff 81-82).The renewal of the Bank’s charter in 1924 for a further twenty-five years.Discussion throughout 1930 and 1931 regarding the Bank’s liability to pay a stamp duty introduced by the Persian Government, in light of the Bank’s concession exempting it from having to pay such taxes.The granting of a supplemental charter in 1935 enabling the Bank to change its name from Imperial Bank of Persia to Imperial Bank of Iran.The granting of a supplemental charter in 1936 enabling the bank to raise its capital through a conversion of its shares.The request for a supplemental charter in 1945 to provide for a number of powers, including a further extension of the Bank’s concession until 1999, and the authority to establish branches across the Near East, Arabia, and East Africa.At the rear of the file is a bound volume (ff 166-213) published by the Imperial Bank of Persia, entitled Royal Charter, Deed of Settlement and Concession, with Supplements. This volume is undated, but includes details of supplemental charters dated 1895, 1920, and 1922, and includes a number of loose inserts relating to changes to the concession (1930), and special resolutions passed (1935, 1936).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 213; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio, except for f 166 and f 213 which could not be written on the document due to its original pattern. The foliation for f 167 is located in the top left corner of the verso side for the same reason. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
9. File 523/1912 Pts 1 & 2 'PERSIA: FINANCIAL SITUATION IMPERIAL BANK.'
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- Abstract: The volume is composed of telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, financial accounts and notes, relating to the mint contract and financial position of the Imperial Bank of Persia.The discussion in the volume relates to the difficult financial position of the Imperial Bank of Persia partly due to civil disturbances and the Bank's consequent inability to provide payment to the Persian Government in cash.Further discussion surrounds the dispatch of gold from the Russian Government in order to prop up the Persian Government and prevent the establishment of German influence in Tehran. Also discussed is a proposal to give the bank financial assistance up to a maximum of £343,000 to cover losses sustained whilst their branches were unable to open for business as a result of civil disturbances. The Foreign Office inquired if the India Office would contribute half of this sum (£171,500). The safety of the British colony at Hamandan is an additional topic of discussion.The correspondence also discusses the Imperial Bank of Persia's concession and the anticipated infringement by the Russian Government, as well as the impact of the February Revolution 1917.The volume consists of two parts IOR/L/PS/10/224/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/224/2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 330; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
10. File 74/1915 Pt 4-6 'The War: Banking Arrangements in Iraq'
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- Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to banking arrangements, mainly in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. It consists of three parts:Part 4 contains papers relating to the Imperial Ottoman Bank in Mesopotamia, mostly concerning the Baghdad branch.Part 5 contains papers relating to the extension of banking facilities in Mesopotamia.Part 6 contains papers relating to the Eastern Bank.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part 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 354; 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.
11. File 74/1915 Pt 3 'German War: banking arrangements at Jeddah'
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- Abstract: The file contains papers - correspondence and India Office papers and internal notes - relating to banking arrangements at Jeddah. It includes papers relating to the following:The Basra branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank applying for permission to do business with the Bank’s Jeddah Agency.The Imperial Ottoman Bank’s proposal that the branch at Jeddah should be reopened and placed under the protection of HM Government.French participation in any banking arrangements made at Jeddah, and the perceived desirability of a purely British company undertaking banking business at Jeddah.The suggestion that the British company Gellatly Hankey should be encouraged to extend their business to include banking.The proposal of Boulton Brothers and Company to open a branch of the Alliance Bank of Egypt at Jeddah.The correspondence mostly consists of: correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; correspondence between the India Office and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; and copies of Foreign Office correspondence with correspondents including Sir Reginald Wingate, Boulton Brothers and Company, and the Imperial Ottoman Bank.The file includes four documents in French: a letter from T Aboucassem, Acting Manager of the Djeddah [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia] Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, 18 September 1916; a letter and an extract from a note from the French Ambassador to London, 4 November 1916 and 16 May 1917; and a letter from Georges Heine and H Henry Neuflize to the Members of the Committee of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, London, 23 November 1917.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 175; 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.
12. File 74/1915 Pt 1 'German War: banks at Basra'
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- 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.