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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [14r] (44/526)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1933-30 Jun 1933. 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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(d). Shaikh Ahmad was little more than a child in
this matter, and His Majesty^s GoTernment should
most certainly havo advised him clearly and definitely
that it was to his interest, and that of his successor
and decendents to accept the Anglo Persian Oil
Company*s draft concession, ard "turn down" that of
the Eastern and G-eneral Syndicate's* "If a child was
going to fall down a well" (to use the Shaikh's
words) it was the nurse's business to seize and stop
it, it was not sufficient for the nurse to call to
the child and say it must itself decide whether
falling down the weix was to its advantage or other
wise.
(e)» In the present instanibs His Majesty's Govern- .
ment, even if indifferent to the fate of the Ruler,
should consider the other members of the family as we 13
as the people of Kuwait,
(f). It was ind^ference of this kind that in the
past had so often led to trouble and bloodshed, in
Arab States#
Shaikh Abdullah then gave it as his opinion that
Shaikh Ahmad was definitely moving towards giving the oil
concession to llajor Holmes. His reason for saying this was that
Shaikh Ahmad had not received fair treatment nor been supported
by His Majesty's Government, in the matter of the Date Gardens
and the Blockade, and today believed, (or was taught to belu^/c
by Hajor Holmes), that if a strong American concern got into
Kuwait, it the concern, would see to it, through its own Govern-r
ment, that sufficient pressure was brought to bear on Great
Britain as would insure better treatment for himself the Shaikh,
and a stronger line being taken where Iraq and Bin Saud were
oonoerned. In other words that he would have someone to pla'v
off against His Majesty 's Gov61111.16at . { In this connection
see my D.C.II0.SI8 dated 28th December 1938).
F'tl f "S
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India and the Secretary of State for the Colonies 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 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. at Kuwait and and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (E.&G.S.) representatives. The main subject is the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait between APOC and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes.
The volume also includes some letters, in Arabic and in translation, from and to the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, and correspondence regarging him being invited to visit London as guest of the Eastern and General Syndicate (folios 73-74). On folios 155A-166 'Final Record of a Meeting held at the Colonial Office on the 26th of April, 1933, to discuss various questions relating to Oil in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ', regarding Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (259 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 237-244). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is written in pencil, not circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The numbering commences at the title page with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; then 2-23; 24 and 24A; 25-45; 46 and 46A; 47-110; 111, 111A and 111B; 112-154; 155 and 155A; 156-176; 177-178 are missing or skipped; 179-185; 186 and 186A; 187-215; 216 and 216A and then it carries on until 245, which is the fifth folio from the back of the volume.
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- 'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:20v, 21v:24v, 24ar:24av, 25r:46v, 46ar:46av, 47r:52v, 53v:60v, 61v:63v, 64v:65v, 66v, 67v:68v, 69v:74v, 75v:83v, 84v:111v, 111ar:111bv, 112v:148v, 149v, 151v:155v, 155ar:155av, 156r:176v, 179r:186v, 186ar:186av, 187r:216v, 216ar:216av, 217r:245v, ii-r:v-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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