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'Oil Concessions' [‎1dr] (18/700)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (345 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1922-31 May 1927. 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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British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-Generfctl, ' i ■ |/'v|
Bushire, 12th January 1922.
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The Hon^le 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
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
To
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. ,
Bahrain.
Sir,
I have the honour to forward herewith for your
information copy of the ma-rginal^y cited papers regarding
Letter No. 38-S dated 10th January 1922 with enclosures, f the desire
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Telegram No. 22-S dated 9th January 1922 from Baghdad. 5 of the
Telegram No, 78 d^ted 10th January 1922 to Govt, of India.! Anglo-
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Persian Oil Company to obtain exclusive prospecting rights
on the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . You should
take no action until you receive further instructions from

me.
in July of last jrear His Excellency the High Commission
er, Iraq and I were informed by His Majesty's Government
that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company were desirous of
obtaining exclusive prospecting rights in Arabia and on
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. littoral for oil and its allied products,
viz bitumen, pitch, ozokerite etc, ^nd in reply to a
request for my views as to the feasibility of obtaining
such rights from the various Sheikhs I stated that I
considered that in view of the conventions of 27th October
1913 ctnd 14th May 1914, which we made with the Sheikhs of
Kuwait and Bahrain respectively, there was no objection to
negotiations being opened with these two Sheikhs at once,
and His Excellency the High Commissioner, Baghdad had
^ already expressed his views in the sci,me sense.
And as regards the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. I recommended that it
wouxd not be pdviaable just at present to go further than

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This file contains correspondence between the British 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 Bahrain; the British 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire; Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah; ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd); Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū]; Major Frank Holmes of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited; and various representatives and employees of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, including Arnold Talbot Wilson, J B Mackie, J E Shuckburgh and T L Jacks.

The correspondence concerns the initiation of negotiations for oil concessions between the Shaikhs of Bahrain, Kuwait and Ibn Sa‘ūd, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, as well as subsequent correspondence concerning exploration for oil. Within the correspondence are various draft and signed oil concessions documents, including a signed copy of the oil concession agreement in Arabic and English between Shaikh Ḥamad and Major Frank Holmes of Eastern and Syndicate Limited, dated 2 December 1925 (ff. 281-299).

Towards the end of the file there is correspondence concerning a dispute between Major Frank Holmes and Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo relating to the rights for boring water wells in Bahrain vis-à-vis the 1925 oil concession agreement.

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1 volume (345 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the 3rd sheet and terminates at the sixth sheet from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in blue crayon with additions and corrections made using pencil, they are circled (except between ff. 199-270) 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 (except between ff. 286-299 where they can be found in the top centre).

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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