'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc' [66r] (133/409)
The record is made up of 1 volume (201 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1918-Feb 1946. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the 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. .
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difficultes que la banque a su surmonter pendant cette periode ne sont peut-etre pas
suffisamment comprises an jour qu'il est. La banque conserve, neanmoins, I'espoir
que le Gouvernement se rendra compte que ce n'est pas sans raison qu'elle se sent
affligee par les restrictions qui out ete recemment appliquees a ses activites en vue
des services qu'eile a rendus par le passe au Gouvernement persan et a la Perse.
La banque est convaincue que le Gouvernement ne peut se plaindre qu'eile ait
abuse de ses droits de quelque facon que ce soit. Elle se trouve, cependant, dans
cette situation que ses transactions bancaires courantes sont serieusement restreintes
par la nouvelle loi qui impose le controle de toutes les operations de change.
Entre-t-il vraiment dans les intentions du Gouvernement persan d'empecher la
Banque imperiale de conclure les affaires normales d'une banque ? Le Gouvernement
persan ne reconnait-il pas que la banque peut lui etre d'un puissant secours dans
I'avenir par son experience du pays, son organisation, ses ressources, son credit au
dehors ? La banque elle-meme a tout interet a contribuer au developpement
eoonomique de la Perse et a cooperer avec le Gouvernement de Sa Majeste le Schah
dans cette intention.
Mr. Rogers est autorise a affirmer de la fagon la plus formelle que la Banque
imperiale n'a aucunement le desir de contrecarrer les operations de la Banque
nationale, mais elle s'estime en droit de prier le Gouvernement de lui confier de pair
avec la Banque nationale Fexecution des reglements qui regissent les transactions de
change sans qu'eile soit assujettie aux restrictions dont elle souffre a present.
Si le Gouvernement persan desire entreprendre des negociations ayant pour but
la revision de la concession de la Banque imperiale, celle-ci se fera un plaisir
d'etudier les propositions raisonnables du Gouvernement a cet effet dans I'esprit le
plus conciliant. La Banque imperiale se rend compte que les reglements par voie
d'arbitrage n'engendrent que trop sou vent Famertume et, bien que ses conseillers
legistes lui out fait tres clairement entendre qu'elle aurait en toute probabilite gain
de 5 cause, elle n'eprouve aucun desir d'avoir recours a ce procede. La Banque
imperiale ne desire rien de mieux que d'arriver a un accord amical avec le
Gouvernement persan.
Le 31 mars 1930.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Interview of Mr. Rogers with Minister of Court on March 31.
Mr . ROGERS, accompanied by Mr. Lingeman, called on the Minister of Court
at his private house yesterday afternoon, the appointment having been arranged by
His Majesty's Minister. After an exchange of compliments Mr. Rogers handed his
Highness an aide-memoire, a copy of which is attached,* setting out in very genera
terms the services which the Imperial Bank of Persia had rendered the 1 er ® 1 ; a ^
Government in the past, its pained surprise at the lack of conhdence which
the Government now displayed towards the bank, the harm done to its business y
the restrictions recently placed upon it, and the readiness of the bank to contri u e
towards the economic development of the country in co -operation with the Govern
ment and the National Bank. . , i .i ^ i i
His Highness, when he had read the aide-memoire, remarked that it was largely
concerned with the position of the Imperial Bank of Persia as the State Bank. Ihe
question appeared to him to be one of purely academic interest as the functions ot
State banks had never been very clearly defined He would like to po 11 ^ out,
however, that in the original concession it was laid down that the Imperial Bank
" siege social" was to be in Tehran, whereas the bank was allowed, under Appendix
No. 4, to establish it in London, where it has always been. This, m his view, was
sufficient to weaken very considerably the claim of the Imperial Bank of Persiatobe
looked upon and treated as the State bank, whatever that might mean. ( Artl ^ e ^
of Appendix No. 4 actually says that the bank s chief place of business will be m
Tehran, no mention being made of the " siege social," whereas both are referred to
in the original concession. The inference is that the chief place of business must
in Tehran, while the 11 siege social may be outside Persia.)
His Highness said he wished to give Mr. Rogers the most formal assurance that
the recent legislation and regulations in the matter of exchange ha no
• Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
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The volume contains correspondence relating to banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 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 An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. 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.
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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.
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- front, front-i, 2r:33v, 34ar:34bv, 35r:52r, 53r:58r, 59v:70r, 72v:77r, 80r:83v, 86r, 87r:88v, 89v, 90v:91v, 92v:94v, 97r:97v, 100r:101v, 103r:107v, 109r:116v, 121r:130v, 131ar:131bv, 132r:139v, 139br:139bv, 140r:146v, 148r:161v, 163r:163v, 165r:168v, 173r:174v, 176r:186v, 188r:201v, back-i, back
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