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File 74/1915 Pt 1 'German War: banks at Basra' [90r] (188/420)
The record is made up of 1 volume (204 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1914-31 May 1917. 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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'■ri&dP
OPINION.
i* This casa nacessitatas tha expression of an
opinion on a point upon which no direct judicial decision
has haan &iven since the commencement of tha present war.
x /
The point is whether tha contract between the two
Banks is one which has boon dissolved, or is one which
has merely been suspended by the outbreak of war between
His Majesty and the Sultan, and also whether any Banking
license which may he granted by the British Authorities
to the Ottoman Bank would affect the position in which
tha parties stand under the Contract apart from that
license.
In my opinion, although for the reason above given
I can ^nly express it as my own view, the Contract between
the Banks was one which was dissolved and not merely sus
pended on the outbreak of var. It ms I think of the
essence of the Contract that the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
duties of the
Ottoman Bank should be discharged and should be capable
of being discharged without break or interruption find I think
that the restriction upon the Imperial Bank of Persia
itself opening any branch or
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in the province of
Bagdad or Bussorah was conditional and dependent upon
the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
duties assumed by the Ottoman Bank being dis
charged without interruption, on the principle- of such
case as general Billgos ti ng Co. v Atkinso n 1909, A.C.118.
Sow, upon the outbreak of war, the Imperial Bank o f
Persia, m a British Institution, was precluded from con
tinuing its
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
arrangement with the Ottoman Bank
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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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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/528
- Title
- File 74/1915 Pt 1 'German War: banks at Basra'
- Pages
- 90r:93v
- Author
- Jackson, Sir Thomas, KC
- Copyright
- ©The descendants of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence