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'File 9/35 Eastern Bank Branch in Qatar' [2r] (3/120)
The record is made up of 1 file (57 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1947-4 Sep 1950. It was written in English. 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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CONFIDENTIAL
0
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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.
BAHRAIN.
the 19th April, 1947.
I enclose copy of a letter No. Ext.637/47
dated the 2nd April, 1947, from Donaldson, and of extract
paragraph 5 from my letter to Harrison to which it refers,
on the subject of the opening of a bank at Qatar.
consent to the bringing into effect of Article VII of the
Qatar Treaty of 1916, still held in abeyance under the terms
of Sir Percy Cox’s letter of the 13th November, 1916, attached
to the Treaty. Petroleum Concessions, Limited, have,
however, been operating in Qatar without the formal bringing
into effect of this article. The British subjects contem
plated in 1916 were British Indians the responsibility for
whose protection was then a problem for the Shaikh.
Conditions are greatly different today and the Shaikh would
probably welcome the opening of a bank. It seems preferable,
therefore, to approach him direct on this point, without
raising the general question of the bringing into effect of
Article VII of the Treaty, over which he may prove difficult.
I should be grateful for your comments on the above suggestion
and for your views as to the mode of approach to the Shaikh
which is likely to offer the least difficulty.
2 .
Strictly speaking, the opening of a bank at
. J. Pelly, Esquire, O.B.E., I.C.S.
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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.
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BAHRAIN.
G.A.M.
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, the 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 the Gulf, the 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. and the Eastern Bank Limited concerning the opening of a branch of the Bank in Qatar in 1947.
The file also contains some correspondence with Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar, and correspondence between the Ruler of Qatar and the Eastern Bank, in Arabic with English translation.
The dismissal of the branch's bank manager in 1950 is also the subject of some later correspondence within the file.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (57 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 56-58. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within 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 60; 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 2-55; these numbers are also written in pencil and ink, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/379
- Title
- 'File 9/35 Eastern Bank Branch in Qatar'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 14r:16v, 20r:20v, 23r:28v, 31r:34v, 39r:44v, 46r:46v, 48r:49v, 51r:51v, 53r:59v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence