Publication Date
6 Oct 1936-27 Mar 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
230
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/547
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000208
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
6 Oct 1936-27 Mar 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
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.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
Serial numbers refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file: red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 53/91 Confidential Series: D 174
