PZ 5191/38 'Iraq Petroleum Co's. oil agreement with Iraqi Govt'

Content

The file consists of correspondence and official agreements relating to the Iraq Petroleum Company's oil conventions with the Iraq Government.

Correspondents include the HM Representative, Baghdad, and the British Embassy in Baghdad.

Also includes:

• the convention published in the official Iraq Government Gazette , No. 49 (4 December 1938) between the Iraq Government and the Basrah [Basra] Petroleum Company Limited (subsidiary of the Iraq Petroleum Company) concluded on 29 July 1938; with published letters exchanged between the Iraq Government and the Basrah Petroleum Company, and the law ratifying the convention.
• the agreement between the Iraq Government and Iraq Petroleum Company, BOD [British Oil Development] Company, and Basra Petroleum Company, dated 25 May 1939.

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 (30 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate 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 32; 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/12/255

Former external reference(s)

PZ 5191/38

History of this record

Date(s)

19 Jul 1938-17 Aug 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Concessions, Oil, Iraq

People & organisations

Government of IraqBasra Petroleum Company LimitedBritish Embassy in Iraq, BaghdadHM Ambassador to IraqIraq Petroleum Company

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