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'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast' [82r] (167/576)
The record is made up of 1 volume (286 folios). It was created in 10 May 1923-9 Jan 1924. 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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g) 75
himself appears to be gifted with a most vivid imagination and
to "be "but little hampered by a conscience. One of the chief
arguments he is reported to have used was that now that Ibn Sa'ud
has granted a concession to his syndicate it is obviously wisest
for Shaikh Ahmad to grant one too, as otherwise 'they could draw
away all oil from Kuwait territory without going there at all, in
the same way that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company draw away oil from
the neighbourhood, of Mosul 1 He is said to have agreed at once to
whatever of His Majesty's G-overnment not approving of the proposed
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agreement, as this was a question which would be settled in London
and it was only the local Political officers who were trying to
boom* the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for reasons of personal
friendship, euc # , and that they would go back on what they had
said when taxed with it from London, as Sir Percy Cox had done in
the case of Ibn ^a'ud^ I must say that from what I have seen of
Major Holmes personally, I am surprised if these stories are true
as I Judged him in my ov^n mind to be a thoroughly honest and
straightforward man
I learn that Shaikh Ahmad's proposal to grant a concession
to the Eastern and G-eneral Syndicate, Ltd., in preference to the
d'Arcy Exploration Company, Ltd., is not looked upon with favour
by the majority of the leading merchants and other influential
men in the town, and that, at a ma.1 lis summoned to discuss the
the question on the ^2nd instant, some remarkably plain speaking
was indulged in, notably by Shaikh Jabir as~Subah and Hamad al-
Khalid.
Shaikh Ahmad is a man of no strength of character, and X do m
not think it is at all likely that he will try and take his own
way in opposition to both public opinion and your advice, if as
X presume will be the case, you still advise iiim to deal only mitli
the d'Arcy Exploration Company, Ltd.
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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 Muscat, local rulers, Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited 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. .
The volume includes documents regarding:
- Bahrain: Letter in English and Arabic from 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 the Gulf to Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain, informing him that the British Government didn't approve the Bahrain Oil Concession being agreed to Major Frank Holmes, representing Eastern and General Syndicate (folios 41-42) and subsequent correspondence regarding the cancellation of this concession (folios 125-126) and the agreement with APOC;
- Kuwait: Draft Agreements between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, and D'Arcy Exploration Company limited, on the oil exploration license in Kuwait (draft agreement 20 June 1923 on folios 51-60; draft agreement 6 September 1923 on folios 157-171 and draft agreement 18 November 1923 on folios 198-210; in Arabic on folios 229-235) and minutes of a meeting to discuss it (folios 61-64A); correspondence between 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 Kuwait and the ruler of Kuwait, regarding contacts being made with Major Holmes and Eastern and General Syndicate, in Arabic with English translation (folios 83-89).
- Najd: Report on Najd Oil Concession by J.B. Mackie (folios 31-33); letter from Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (Ibn Sa‘ūd), Sultan of Najd, to the High Commissioner for Iraq dated 21 May 1923, in Arabic with English translation, regarding oil exploration being granted to Eastern and General Syndicate (folios 76-78).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (286 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the beginning of the volume, on folio 3.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is in pencil, encircled, 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 on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, then 2-63; 64A and 64B; 65-195; 196A and 196B and it carries on to the last folio, ending on 284. There is another foliation sequence, which is incomplete.
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- Title
- 'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:15v, 21r:27v, 37r:53v, 64br:64bv, 65r:75v, 77r:78v, 81r:82v, 84r:85v, 87r:97v, 101r:107v, 109r:109v, 113r:115v, 118r:129v, 133r:135v, 137r:139v, 152r:153v, 156r:173v, 176r:178v, 184r:195v, 196ar:196bv, 197r:198v, 211r:224v, 227r:228v, 236r:238v, 245r:249v, 252r:265v, 268v, 269v:275r, 281r:284v, back-i, back
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