Author
the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and
Publication Date
21 Mar 1940-9 Nov 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
155
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/5/193
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0000b8
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
21 Mar 1940-9 Nov 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence related to the opening of an Imperial Bank of Iran branch in Kuwait in 1941/42 and the bank's first few years of operation in the country.
The correspondence contained in the file consists of messages exchanged between British officials, representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran and the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Some of this correspondence is in Arabic (with English translations attached).
In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:
'Note of an interview between His Highness the Shaikh of Kuwait and F H Johnson, Manager of the Khorramshahr branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran, 15 October 1941' (folios 45-46).
Fifty Second Report of Directors of the Imperial Bank of Iran with accounts made up to 20 March 1941 (folios 53-54).
Bi-lingual English/Arabic copy of an agreement signed between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Imperial Bank of Iran for the establishment of a branch in Kuwait, 18 December 1941 (folios 74-77).
Note prepared by the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in Kuwait concerning the Imperial Bank of Iran's financial performance in Kuwait and its political and propaganda impact in the country to date, 26 February 1943 (folios 118-119).
Copy of an agreement signed between the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah and the Imperial Bank of Iran concerning new premises for the bank, 7 March 1946 (folio 142).
Two articles published in
The Times
concerning the Imperial Bank of Iran from 17 July 1941 and 6 July 1949 respectively (folios 52 and 149).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File 4/11 I
