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'File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)' [159r] (328/419)
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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PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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.
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Colonial Office,
Downing Street.
August 1932.
Sir,
With reference to my Confidential despatch No.2 of
the 11th May and connected correspondence on the subject
of Kuwait oil, I have the honour to inform you that the
procedure to he adopted in connection with the
applications of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited
and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company has been under
consideration by His Majesty's Government.
2. In paragraph 7 of his despatch No.21 of the 10th of
June, the late Sir Hugh Biscoe suggested that an entirely
new draft concession should be prepared for discussion
with the Eastern and General syndicate. His tejesty's
Goveriment are reluctant to adopt this suggestion in view
of the infonnation which has been received that the Anglo-
Persian Oil Company have already prepared a draft
concession and have sent it to their local representatives
for submission to the Sheikh of Kuwait. In these
circumstances it would now appear advisable to defer any
action until the Sheikh has had an opportunity of
comparing the proposals of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
with those of the Eastern and General Syndicate, and has
given some indication of his wishes in the matter.
3. Meanwhile steps are being taken to compile a
statement containing the observations of His Majesty's
Government on the latest draft concession submitted by
the Syndicate, a copy of which accompanied Sir Hugh
Biscoe's confidential despatch No.20 of the 7th of June.
These/
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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).
- Physical characteristics
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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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