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Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’ [34r] (67/178)
The record is made up of 1 file (89 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1932-18 Sep 1935. 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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6, The arrangement of this function was admirably
planned and carried out, the Iraq Petroleum Company
having spared neither trouble nor expense*
7. On the 24th January the final ceremony in
connection with the inauguration of the jjipelines was held
at Amman, in the form of a reception and luncheon party
given hy Sir John Cadman, at which His Highness the
Amir Abdullah was the guest of honour.
8* His Highness was accompanied by Their Highnesses
Amir Talal, Amir Naif, and Amir Jemil, and among the other
guests, who numbered rather more than a hundred, were
Lord stanhope and other official visitors from Europe,
Lieutenant Colonel Cox and other British officers and
officials, Ibrahim Hashem
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and some sixty other
trans-Jordanians, official and otherwise, as well as
officials and organisers of the Iraq Petroleum Company.
9. At the luncheon party Sir John Cadman addressed
the Amir and the rest of the company in a speech, and
presented His Highness with a gold casket in honour of the
occasion: the Amir briefly replied. I transmit copies
of both speeches herewith for your informations that of
Sir John Gadman differs in certain minor particulars from
the advance text which is in possession of the Colonial
Office.
10. The Aeiit conferred upon Sir John Caiman the
title of
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
11. After luncheon His Highness proceeded with
Sir John Cadman to inspect the Imperial Airways Liner
Syrinx, which then 3eft to return to Ramlef^ aerodrome.
12. I am informed by Lieutenant Colonel Cox that the
ceremony was well organised and passed off very
successfully*
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- Content
The file contains papers relating to the oil concessions and operations of the Iraq Petroleum Company and the British Oil Development Company in Iraq.
It includes:
- Papers concerning payments due to the Government of Iraq from these companies.
- Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 1933, concerning the British Oil Development Company’s proposed pipeline from its concession near Mosul to the Mediterranean.
- Papers regarding the official opening of the Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline connecting the oil-field at Kirkuk with the Mediterranean port of Haifa, on 14 January 1935.
The papers include 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. minute papers, correspondence, and three newspaper cuttings from The Times . The correspondence is largely between Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, HM Ambassador to Iraq (HM Representative, Baghdad), and Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Other correspondents include: 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. ; the High Commissioner of Iraq; the Colonial Office; Sir John Cadman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Iraq Petroleum Company; and the [British Government] Petroleum Department (Mines Department).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (89 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2882
- Title
- Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32r:37v, 44r:54v, 56r:64v, 66r:76v, 80r:82v, 84r:88v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence