'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc'

Title:

'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc'

Contributor:

HM Ambassador to Iran (correspondent)
HM Ambassador to Iraq (correspondent)
Eastern Bank Limited (correspondent)
British Consul, Shiraz (correspondent)
British Consul, Bandar Abbas (correspondent)
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty (correspondent)
Government of Persia, Qajar dynasty (correspondent)
HM Ambassador to Egypt (correspondent)
Political Agent, Bahrain (correspondent)
Foreign Office (correspondent)
HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (correspondent)
High Commissioner, Iraq (correspondent)
Political Agent, Kuwait (correspondent)

Date:

1918/1946

Description:

The volume contains correspondence relating to banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Ministry in Tehran, the Government of India, High Commissioner in Iraq (later the British Ambassador), Political Residency in Bushire, the Foreign and Indian Offices in London, Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the British Consulates in Shiraz and Bandar Abbas, the British Minister in Jeddah, the British Ambassador in Cairo, employees of the Imperial Bank Persia (later Imperial Bank Iran) and the Eastern Bank, and the Persian Government. Included as enclosures are several newspaper cuttings and transcripts.The documents cover discussions over the Imperial Bank's operations in the region, including growing hostility in an increasingly nationalist Iran and the plans to open a branch in Bahrain. Much of the volume pertains to the work of rival banks in Bahrain and Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. These banks include the Eastern Bank, the Ottoman Bank and the National City Bank.Folio 146 is a map of al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia, produced by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company.Folios 191-198 are internal office notes.1 volume (201 folios)The volume is arranged chronologically.Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is also present between ff 4-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Circled index numbers in red and blue crayon can also be found throughout the volume. There are the following irregularities: f 33 is followed by f 34a and f 34b.

Language:

English
French

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Persia
Al-Hasa
Dhahran
Bahrain

Extent:

1 volume (201 folios)

Rights:

Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Unknown
Public Domain
Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00020f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00020f_en
IOR/R/15/1/554

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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