'FILE NO: 14/14 name; BANK FOR MUSCAT (IMPERIAL BANK OF IRAN & THE PERSIAN GULF)' [‎102v] (204/434)

Content

The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, concerning the establishment of banks in the Gulf including Dubai, Kuwait, and Muscat.

Issues discussed in the correspondence include:

• Concerns relating to the establishment of the 'India and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Bank Limited' with a view to undertaking banking services in Muscat and Dubai
• Approval of the application by the Imperial Bank of Iran to open branches in Muscat and Dubai
• Banking Agreement between Sultan and Imperial Bank of Iran, 10 July 1948.

Included in the file is a copy of the 'Banking agreement between the Shaikh of Dubai and the Imperial Bank of Iran dated 5th January 1956'

The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat (Ralph Ingham Hallows); the Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; the Imperial Bank of Iran; and the Eastern Bank Limited.

Extent and format

1 file (215 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 217; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-217; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English in Latin script

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