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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [141r] (292/419)
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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the objeotioneJble words if he wlebed.,
&• He then enquired what I thou^it was meant
\ry guards ("Haras"), earlier in ttie same Article 11* I told
him that the Intention was that there should be watchmen to
look after buildings t oil tanks t and oompnay's belongings '
generally, as was done at Abadan. He seeioed quite satisfied*
Apparently Mr.Chiaholm had in presenting the agreement informed
the Shaikh also that the guards would be under a reliable maa
of good standing, and appointed by h;Lm >( tfae Shaikh l* This had
pleased the Shaikh very much it seems. 3^ vincidentally this
had foxmed one of the suggestions made by me to Hr^Chisholm
the previous day.
9. Lastly Mr.Chisholm told me last ni^tit that
in presenting the draft to the Shaikh all money entries through
out had been given in
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, and not in pounds. Actual figurei
being entered in round numbers and not the exact equivalents
of sterling. This too was done on my advice to bring it into
line with Major Holmes* draft agreement and to viable the
Shaikh the more easily to compare the two.
10. Another alteration in the draft presented
to the Shaikh was made in Artiols 5. for whereas in the
copies sent to you and myself, it mentioned that the ccmpany
would jay the Shaikh a royalty of tl per 5 tons of petroleum
extractsd, the Shaikh's copy read per ton.
11 • I ccme now to the copgaents w hich I have to
make on the Draft Agreement itself.
In the main X think it is a good plain and
straightforward agreement, and for this reason I like it. Its
chief virtue lies in its brevity , which to the Arab mind is all
to the good. It avoids vague legalities and contentious
phrases which only make a man, especially an Arab, suspicious,
and leaves room for the addition of any safeguards that either
the Shaikh or His Majesty's Government might desire to have
added.
It avoids the fault of Major Holmes 1 agree-
nwn* whloh g^nsrally .placing, I think was too long.
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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.
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- 1 file (204 folios)
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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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- 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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