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File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade. [95r] (218/496)
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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adequate for tlxese purposes. It is understood tfet the requi-
remaat® of the CovernBient will not include sales on their part
inside or outside Sf)*ucti n bif •
The Gomptny shajl proceed to establish this
factory
An East India Company trading post.
after completing the necessary preliminary arrangements and
after obtaining the Government * @ i pproTal of the j^lace which
they suggest* During each successive period of one year follow-
ing the date of completion oi the oviMblitihavut of this
factory
An East India Company trading post.
the Company shall supply to the G rernMnemt, in bulk and free
of ohmrge* 200,000 .:aerican ^ lions of benzine and 100 ,000
Amerlean gallons of kerosene. It is understood that the metnoda
adapte by the Government in taking delivery of these quantities
shall net hamper or endanger the operations of the Company.
Article 17 » Vhe Company sh< 11 ea^loy at its own expense the
number of guards zmd guide® needed for the protection of its
representatives, gbmi - b , and eetablishmiente. The Government
promise to afford full aosistance to the Company by supplying
the best soldiers and ran they possess and making them res
ponsible for the discharge of this duty* The Governsient will
supply to the Company all reasonable protection at rates not
exceeding the usui1 ones they pay to them or to other persons
in retarn for similar services# It is understood th t the ex
penses incurr; d in connection with such services eh 11 be paid
to the Governmerit by the Com. •
Article 18. In r turn for the obligations undertaken by the
Compfny in pareu- nee of thia agreement, and in respect of the
payments due from the Comp rty a® proviaed for in this agreement,
the Company and the undertaking shall be exempted from all
direct«md indirect tcjses, dues, charges and fees tincluding
1
GUBtome dues? on export and import). It ie understood th t
this privilege does not apply to the sale of products inside
the country nor to the personal requirements of the mem era
of th£- st ff of the Company. The Company i@ not allowed to sell
within whe country any of it8 mter&al& imported free of ouatoas
duty, exoept after j^yment of euch duty.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- IOR/R/15/2/421
- Title
- 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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- Open Government Licence