Author
an agent.
at Sharjah
Publication Date
27 Dec 1945-29 Jan 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
62
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/4/8
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x000392
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
27 Dec 1945-29 Jan 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence relating to the activities of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Dubai. The principal correspondents are: the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Sharjah; the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Bahrain; the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at Bushire (later, Bahrain); and representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran in both Tehran and Dubai.
The papers cover the following matters:
the negotiations and final agreement for the opening of a bank branch in Dubai;
the lease of land for the new bank building;
the change of name to the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East in August 1949.
The file also contains brief reports on the bank's activities for the years 1948 and 1949, written by the manager, M P Stott.
Folios 6-10 are a copy of the agreement between the bank and the ruler of Kuwait, upon which the Dubai agreement was based. Folios 14-25 are the final Dubai agreement, in triplicate.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged chronologically.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File 0602