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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [205r] (424/651)
The record is made up of 1 file (322 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1923-9 Sep 1925. 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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Syndicate will come openly into competition with the Anglo-
-Persian il Company not April, so that it is not surprising
that nerotiationo before that date are proving sterile.
In this connection I an reminding -iajor Holmes that
it is necesnary for hirn to submit any proposed agreement that
he wishes to conclude with these states to you for prior
approval.
5« In a letter, da tea the 14 th -ebruary 192t> # Mr.
Jacks wrote to me "here appears to be very little hope that
M we shall be able to get either the Bahrain or. the - uwai t
"Concession through before the 51st of arch, and 1 think you
"^ill agree that this position is due to no lack of endeavour
on our part."
6. I may mention here that in January 19?b the
Ccmpany first bent t . Mackio to interview the uwo naikhs•
A little later they sent . r. "Haji Abdullah*' illiamson, an
: n -iish convert no Islam* to probe into the causes of Mr.
Va Okie 's 1 lack of auccess. is commonly rumoured that
the latter gentleman let it be known in certain influential
Arab quarters that the Anglo-Pernian Oil Company are prepared
to he quite as liberal with their presents as the • astern and
General Syndicate J.
I have the honour to be,
; ir,
our most obedient servant.
X*ieut*£oX« •
olitical evident
in the iersian Gulf
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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 Sharjah, local rulers, and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives on the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia], Qatar, Muscat, Oman and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes.
The volume includes the agreement on the oil exploration license in Muscat and Oman, in Arabic and English, signed on 18 May 1925, between Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and D'Arcy Exploration Company limited (folios 281-296).
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- 1 file (322 folios)
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The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order.
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The main foliation is circled in pencil, 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 begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends with the last folio of writing, on number 314.
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- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:2v, 3v:8v, 11v:12v, 13v, 16v:22v, 23v:38v, 40v:44v, 45v:47v, 48v:53v, 54v:66v, 67v:68v, 69v:74v, 75v:89v, 90v:92v, 93v, 95v:98v, 100v:104v, 105v:107v, 108v:109v, 110v:117v, 118v:131v, 133v:135v, 137v:146v, 147v:148v, 149v:152v, 153v:172v, 174v:185v, 187v:188v, 190v, 193v:197r, 198r:198v, 203v:209v, 216v:219v, 221v:222v, 223v:224v, 225v, 226v:231v, 232v:242v, 244v:247v, 251v:261v, 263v:269v, 275v:281v, 291r:295r, 296r:314v, 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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