'File 4/11 I Bank for Kuwait'

Content

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).

Extent and format

1 file (155 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 50-142, and ff 58-156; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/5/193

Former external reference(s)

File 4/11 I

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Mar 1940-9 Nov 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Banking

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