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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [125r] (274/526)
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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Ostensibly this person returned to visit his
family "who reside in Kuwait and also to make his peace "with
the Shaikh from 'whom he had 9 3 years previously, parted
under a cloud.
In reality there is evidence to show that he
knows more about Oil matters than he possibly cares to di
vulge • whether he has actually been given any sort of
mission by Bin Saud has yet to be proved, but his frequent
references to the tt free hand** which the King has given him
to compose certain differences with Kuwait, provided the
results will benefit him (the King) financially, make one
suspicious.
On the other hand the worthy Khan Bahadur, who
ostensibly, is very pro British, may have failed to obtain
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a good enough jjiob from the King in Saudiyeh, and had there
fore decided to return to the home of his fathers to see
whether he could make good by pushing A.P.0.0. interests
as opposed to those of Major Holmes. He certainly en
deavoured to enlist the sympathies of the A.P.O.C. on his
arrival at Bahrain from Nejd, through their Agent Mr.Yusuf
Kano,0.I«S.,M.B»E # , (Vide Bushire telegram 206,dated 27.3 # 55 # )
and outwardly appears very anti American and Major Holmes
in particular.
The above remarks are made in the form of a digres
sion in view of what follows#
(b) K.B.Abdul Latif, after two preliminary calls,
at which no business was discussed, had a long interview,
with me on E4th April 1933 and among other things made the
following interesting statements connected with recent Oil
events:-
(1) Major Holmes ohly went to Jeddah to try
and get an Oil Concession in regard to the Kuwait
Neutral Zone - this he (Abdul Latif) had got to
know privately through Mohamed Sulaiman , Bin Saud's
Finance Minister.
(2) Major Holmes was shrewd enough to know that if
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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)'
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- 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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