PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'

Content

The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the correspondence is between 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns objections to the potential employment of Holmes as a negotiator on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Koweit [Kuwait], and his past record as a negotiator on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and as Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company.

Extent and format

1 file (68 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear 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 68; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/233

Former external reference(s)

PZ 4841/1937

History of this record

Date(s)

25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Concessions, Oil, Trucial CoastConcessions, Oil, KuwaitConcessions, Oil, BahrainOilEmployment

Places

BahrainTrucial CoastDibaiKoweit

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfSecretary of State for India, United KingdomPetroleum Concessions LimitedEmir of Dubai, Āl Maktūm dynastyEmir of KuwaitKuwait Oil CompanyFrank HolmesWilliam Richard Williamson

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PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/233, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00023c> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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