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'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc' [100r] (200/409)
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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January 17, 1934.
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Sir John Simon to Sir
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Sir ' iittttt t * . , foreign Office, January 17, 1934.
WITH reference to your despatch No. 265 of the 2nd June iL regarding
the right of the Imperial Bank of Persia to customs immunity, I transmit to vou
the accompanying copy of a letter from the London manager of the bank (') who
has since furnished me with a copy of Mr. Mallet's letter of the 2nd Aumist
1933, to Mr. Wilkinson.
2. If you have not already taken action in the matter and see no strong
reason to tlie contrary, it will, m my view, be preferable that you should leave
it to Mr. Wilkinson himself to communicate to the Persian Government the whole
or a part of the legal opinion obtained by the bank, as he may think fit If you
consider that any supplementary action on your part is required, it would be
sufficient to inform the Persian Government that you have noted with satis
faction their decision in regard to the continued exemption of the bank from the
payment of customs dues and in view of this decision do not consider it necessary
to enter into an academic controversy regarding the rights of the bank under the
terms of their concession; but that you wish, nevertheless, to place it on record
that you do not agree with the legal arguments adduced in the Persian memo
randum of the 24th July, 1933.
3. I shall be glad to learn in due course what action you take or have
already taken in this matter.
I am, &c.
JOHN SIMON
0) December 28, 1933, Section 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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- 1 volume (201 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc'
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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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