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File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade. [54r] (136/496)
The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 15 Mar 1932-9 Jan 1935. It was written in English. 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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EXTRACT from the Mecca w Umm-el-^ura* JNo.448 of 21st Habi-ul-
Awwal 1352 {July Uth
1933.)
this agreement has been concluded between His
Excellency 'Abdullah al Suleyman al Mamdan, the minister of
finance of the Ba^di rab Kingdom, on behalf of the Sa 1 udi
Arab Goverhment, called hereinafter the (government, as on the
one hand, and Mr« L.ir# Hamilton, on behalf of the Standard
Oil Company of California, hereinafter called the Company,
on the other hand#
flie agreement concluded between the Government and
the Company is as follows t-
Article 1. The Government grant the Company in pursuance of
this agreement and in conformity with the following conditions
concerning the fixed area, the full right for the period of
sixty years as from the date of putting this agreement into
force for the purpose of surveying, prospecting, digging,
extracting, producing, transporting, handling and exporting,
of petrol, Asphalt, Maphtha {mineral oil), natural grease
and tallow, other carbonaceous liquids and the extracts of
these products# It is understood at any rate that this right
does not include the g^nt of full right for the sale of crude
or refined products within the limits of the undermentioned
or
zone^in the interior of the udi . rab Kingdom.
Article 2. The Zone which is subject to the full right
referred to in rticle 1 of this agreement has already been
agreed upon between the two contacting parties.
Article tf),., ihe Company shall grant to the Government during
the period agreed upon in this agreement a preliminary loan
{?payment) as already agreed.
Article 4.^ The Company shall pay to the Government annually
an amount
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The volume contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 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. in Bushire and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain on the Hasa oil concession in Saudi Arabia, the negotiations of the Standard Oil Company of California for the oil concession in Hasa and the visit of Major Frank Holmes to Riyadh to meet Ibn Saud.
The volume includes correspondence on the Saudi blockade against Kuwait, two copies of the Hasa oil agreement between the Standard Oil Company of California and the Saudi Arab Kingdom (folios 52-68 and 87-102) and correspondence on the application of the Standard Oil Company of California for permission to fly from Basra to Bahrain, which encountered resistence of 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 Bushire, against the presence of American companies in Bahrain (folios 121-123 and following).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 212-223).
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- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folio 212-223). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
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The foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner (between 44-82 the numbering can be found at the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. ). The numbering begins on the first page of text which follows 4 blank pages and terminates on the 5th folio from the back; at the rear of the volume there are 4 blank pages. Foliation errors: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d and 1e; 29, 29a and 29b; 137A and 137B; 159A and 159B; 169A and 169B; 171A and 171B; 179A and 179B.
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- File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade.
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1av:1cv, 1dv:1ev, 2r:29v, 29ar:29cv, 30r:136v, 137ar:137bv, 138r:158v, 159ar:159bv, 160r:167v, 168v, 169ar:169bv, 170r:170v, 171ar:171bv, 172r:178v, 179ar:179bv, 180r:182v, 183ar:183bv, 184v:191v, 193r:199v, 201r:203v, 204v:223v, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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