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'D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)' [183r] (388/526)
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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5. liajor Holmes at once, and very angrily, denied
tliat lie had been told anything at all about the Shaikh's
decision either by a telegram or letter or verbally;
An obvious n falsehood ,r of course, seeing that he did not
leave Bahrain till the 15th l ay, and even had he not re
ceived his Agents telegram it was ridiculous to suppose
that he had been in Kuwait from 17th May to the 22nd r^lay
and learnt nothing.
6 # Major Holmes went on hotly to assure me on hi^
pli^Lted" word that he knew nothing, end had been told
nothing. He then seemed to lose his head altogether,
and started abusing the Shaikh, yourself, myself, the
British Government and above all the A .P .O.C., vowing
vengeance at us an in rather scandalous manner. At any
other time X would have turned him out of my hou^e .or
saying half what he did, but as X hoped to get something
out of him, X let him be. ^ust wait", he said, "and see
r*+- who are behind me, wilJ- o .
what the American Government, who
„ + h - n ten vet, that he would
He then shouted that he was not beate ye
,. nf all the world, and that
get his concession in spi
•<- xannld enter the lists them-
then th. American Oovaramnt
• n4 . t= W ,h
selves and send a repre^o
+ a fair do with the Shaikh and
their Oil Company got a tan
His Majesty's Government.
, +>lis rather interesting
7. Having volunteered
. 011 -iflenly calmed down, an
piece of information, he ~ ^
;1 =t t-ange seeing that X had an
told anything, was dou f
^ Q-hnilch. dated the 19T;h May o
official letter from the o , iar ties
v, t h (the Shaikh) bad informed both P
firming that he (the
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(the A.P.O .C. and the -a
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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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- Title
- '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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