File 74/1915 Pt 1 'German War: banks at Basra' [‎51r] (110/420)

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The file contains correspondence and other 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. papers relating to banks in Basra [Basrah or Bassorah or Busreh] during the First World War. It includes papers relating to:

• Whether or not Basra was classed as ‘enemy territory’, and whether the London Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of the Imperial Ottoman Bank was free to trade and communicate with its branch in Basra.
• An application from the Eastern Bank Limited to open a branch in Basra.
• The intention of the Imperial Bank of Persia to re-open a branch at Basra.
• The question as to which bank should be used for British Government business at Basra.
• The appointments and allowances to be paid to successive Official Supervisors of the Basra branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank.
• The claim of the Imperial Ottoman Bank against the German business Robert Wönckhaus and Company.

The correspondence is mainly between 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 following: Sir Percy Cox, Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force; the Foreign Office, with enclosed Foreign Office correspondence; Sir William Plender, the Controller of the Imperial Ottoman Bank; the Imperial Ottoman Bank, London Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , with enclosed correspondence of the Bank; the Foreign Trade Department; the Viceroy of India, Foreign Department; and the Eastern Bank Limited.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (204 folios)

Arrangement

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

The subject (German War) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/528-531.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 204; 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.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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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