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File 74/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Banks at Basra +c. - the Eastern Bank' [125r] (258/436)
The record is made up of 1 volume (212 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 1915-23 Jan 1918. 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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Board of Directors.
The Right Hon’ble Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Kt.— Chairman.
Sir Jacob E. Sassoon, Bart. (Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co.).
Emile Erancqui, Esq. (Director of the Seciete Generate de Belgique).
James Leigh Wood, Esq., C.M G. (Messrs. Brown, Shipley & Co.),
d. C. Georges Bouiilat, Esq. (Director of the Societe Generals de Paris).
J. S. Haskell, Esq. (Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co.).
G. Bromley Martin, Esq. (of Martins Bank, Ltd.).
Bombay Committee.
Sir Jacob E. Sassoon, Bart.
Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, Bart.
A. J. Raymond, Esq.
Narottam Morarji Goculdas, Esq.
Head Office... ... London.
Branches ... ... Bombay, Calcutta and Baghdad.
Telogram, No. 1104 B., dated the 14th (received 15th) May 1915.
From—-The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E, C.S.I.,
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.
, Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
Your telegram,* dated 26th April, No*
Serial No. 41. S . 440.
I concur in suggestions regarding Eastern Bank. Branches of Civil ad
ministration, Commissioner of Revenue, and other Civil branches with incomes
would deposit receipts and draw on Bank for their expenditure. Field Control
ler, Military Accounts Department, would get an assignment placed to his
(credit) and draw on it as necessary. Regimental messes and institutions
would use Bank in ordinary way. Very large sums would pass through Bank’s
hands and there would be always large standing surplus. Use of those should
be sufficient inducements to Bank. Government of India will doubtless con
sider advisability of taking security from Bank.
Telegram P., dated the 15th (received I6lh) May 1915.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To--His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla (repeated to Sir P. Cox).
Ottoman Bank. Do
f Serial No. 40.
J Not traceable.
you desire me to take any action —vide Sir P. Cox’s
telegram,f No. 72? B., and Your Excel
lency’s telegram,J dated the 16th Decem
ber?
Telegram P., No. 1128 B., dated the 17th (received 18th) May 1915.
jp rom The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
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.
, Basrah,
!U 0 The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla (repeated to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for
India).
Ottoman Bank. Reference telegram,§ dated the 16th instant, from His
§ serni No 44 Majesty s Secretary of State for India,
I reouest that the London Office may be informed of change and asked to
uthorise local Manager to pay Bullard the sum of Rs. 200 per mensem.
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The file consists of correspondence and other papers mostly related to the Eastern Bank being invited by the Secretary of State for India to open a branch at Basra and to conduct the banking business of the Government of India at Basra. It also includes papers relating to: the Eastern Bank offering the services of their Baghdad branch to the Government of India, and the status of the Baghdad branch; the proposal of the Eastern Bank to open new branches at Ahwaz, Dizful [Disful] and Bahrein [Bahrain]; the Bank’s suggestion that all its employees in India should be exempted from military service (in the First World War); and applications for passports by the Bank for Bank employees.
The file mainly consists of internal 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. notes, Minute Papers, and Reference Papers, and correspondence 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: the Manager of the Eastern Bank, Limited, London; the Viceroy of India, Foreign Department; and the Foreign Office. It also includes 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. correspondence with the Treasury, the Colonial Office, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the War Office, and other correspondents.
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 (212 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 74 (German War) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/528-531). The volumes are divided into six parts, with parts 1, 2 and 3 comprising one volume each, and parts 4, 5 and 6 comprising the fourth volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 212; 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.
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- Title
- File 74/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Banks at Basra +c. - the Eastern Bank'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:2v, 5r:9v, 13r:15v, 18r:20v, 23r:25v, 27r:27v, 29r:34v, 36r:40v, 45r:48v, 50r:57v, 59r:64v, 67r:71v, 75r:76v, 78r:82v, 84r:86v, 88r:91v, 93r:98v, 101r:104v, 107r:111v, 113r:114v, 116r:120v, 122r:122v, 124r:130v, 132r:132v, 134r:143v, 163r:164v, 166r:168v, 181r:188v, 190r:191v, 197r:209v, 212r:212v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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