'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait'
IOR/R/15/1/622
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The record is made up of 1 volume (193 folios). It was created in 6 Sep 1932-31 Jan 1933. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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The volume contains correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at 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. in London, the Embassy of the United States of America at London, the 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. at Bushire, the 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. at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subject is the negotiation for the oil concession in Kuwait between APOC and the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited.
The volume includes a draft of the Kuwait Oil Concession, dated 1st December 1932 (folios 54-60) and a letter to Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, ruler of Kuwait, in English and Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (193 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 179-182). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
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The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be mainly found 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, with a minority in the top centre. The numbering commences at the title page with 1A, 1B and 1C; then 2 and 2A and it carries on until at f. 184, which is a loose polyester sheet at the end of the volume.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/622
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- Confidential series: F 81 A Series: 82/1-V
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- 6 Sep 1932-31 Jan 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Title
- 'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait'
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- 3r:5r
- Author
- Atherton, Ray
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- Title
- 'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait'
- Pages
- 41r:41v, 53r:53v, 82r:82v, 116r:117v
- Author
- Elkington, Edward Henry Ommaney
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
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- IOR/R/15/1/622
- Title
- 'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait'
- Pages
- 42r:48v, 54r:60v, 118r:119v, 160r:166v
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- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/622
- Title
- 'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait'
- Pages
- 177r
- Author
- Chisholm, Archibald Hugh Tennent
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- IOR/R/15/1/622
- Title
- 'F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:2v, 5v:40v, 49r:52v, 61r:81v, 83r:115v, 120r:159v, 167r:176v, 177v:184r, iii-r:vi-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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