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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [112r] (231/419)
The record is made up of 1 file (204 folios). It was created in 30 Oct 1925-27 Sep 1932. 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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Personal and Confldetitlal .
D.O.No.lOO, Political Agenoy, Kuwait.
Dated the 29th June 1932.
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Tliank you very muah for your confidential D.O.
No.U..1/754 dated 25th June 1932, forwarding a letter for delivery
,0 *. to the ohaikh (Ho.78 -G/7 dated 25th June 1932) copy of which you
enclosed also for my files,
2 • It ls vary gratify lag to -ne to hear that your
report to 3ir John Cadraan haa bom fruit so soon, and that he has
eiven instructions for an agreomuut ewhodying an "all in one"
ooncassion to explore, prosoect and mine for oil williln the
ohaikh's torritories, to be Inaaedlately prepared and submitted to
tiie ohaiidi#
3 * 1 personally delivered your letter to His
Excellency yesterday morning (28th June 1932) and I think he was
pleasea that you had definitely come far-ward and were now to , 'bid ,,
against I olnes and his people. In reply to my remark that I
thought the results of your visit had turned out satisfactory, he
replied "yes I have now two bidders and from the point of view of
a"seller", this is all to the eood n #
advice to you however is not to make the
mistalce of being too confident, and above all do all you can to
hasten xhe preparation of your* agreement •
5# Kamember the Shaikh definitely likes Holmes
for himself, and looks upon him as a personal friend quite apart
from the fact that he is out to get a concession out of him.
Holmes has manoeuvered himself into liils position with great skill.
N.A.Gass, Esquire,
Deputy Manager,
Anglo Persian Oil Company, Ltd.,
Abadan.
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, 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 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 Agents at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subjects are the negotiations for oil concessions mainly in Kuwait, but also in Bahrain and Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia] against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes, and a geological exploration of Kuwait by APOC.
The volume also includes a draft agreement on the oil exploration license in Kuwait, in Arabic and English, dated 13 August 1932, between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, ruler of Kuwait, and APOC (folios 120-131), and a Map of 'Kuwait Bay' on folio 132A.
Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential and there are some documents in Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (204 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the beginning of the volume, on folio 3, and notes at the end (folios 193-199).
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The main foliation is in pencil, encircled and in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1, then 1A and 1B; 2 and 2A; 3-128; 129 and 129A; 130, 131, 132 and 132A and then it carries on until 203, which is the last number given on the back cover. A second foliation sequence runs between ff. 3-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1bv, 2r:2v, 2ar:2av, 3r:8v, 11v:14v, 16v:18v, 19v:20v, 21v:23v, 24v:25v, 26v:34v, 35v:38v, 39v:48v, 50v:56v, 59v:73v, 76v, 77v:84v, 86v:87v, 88v:95v, 96v, 98r:102r, 102r:102v, 102v:104v, 107v, 108v:114v, 115v:117v, 118v:119v, 129ar:129av, 131r:135v, 136v:137v, 138v:161v, 168v:178v, 179v:195r, 195r:195v, 195v:202v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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