'Oil Concessions' [3r] (22/700)
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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So. • S Of 1?S8.
Britiah aesidency and Consul:'.t®-awi0ral,
Buaiiire f 10th January 1922 m
Pron
The Hon •bl e Li out-Col. A.P.Trovor, ,
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 ''orsian 0uif #
To
/ue lon*hle Hr. D. de S.Bray,
Foreign Secret to the Govemr.:ont of India*
Foreign and political Department,
DELHI#
Desire of i^nglo-Porsifin Oil Company to obtain exclusive
prospecting rights on Arabian literal of Persian ^uif #
Sir,
Witii reforenco to t^ie correspondence ending ^Ith your
telegr sa > o # Sa?4-S dated 11th October 1021 on the subject
of the desire of the Anglo-Persian Oil Conp my to obtain
exclusive righto to prospect for oil on the Arabian literal,
Jiave the honour to forward herewith for the information
jettor dated 82n'l Dec Tiber 1921 from Resident Directcrl the
knglo-Persian Oil Oonpany to
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.
asking I
to be allowed to open negociation® with Bahrain and enl Ciov^m-
Jlosing
jetter dated 22nd December 1021 from Heel dent Director* of
to His Excellency the .'igh Co^issioner Baghdad asking^
tc be allo?fed to opon ne^ociations with the Sheia of? India a
Cuwait and enclosing draft agreement#
Eelegras no . 22 d^ted 5rd January 1922 fron the Politil co ^ cf
sal Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to High Commissionor Ba^hdri
repeated to
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.
, Kuwait. I trie mar-
Celegroo :io. 4-S dated 4th January 1922 from Political'
igent, Kuwait to ai£h Comaiasioncr rer)eatr?d Politicali ^irv^ily
iesident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. j
setter Ko. 36-S dited 10th January 1922 from political? noted
ie si dent. Per si an Gulf to Resident Director, Anglo-Per-'
aitJn Oil Compimy, '"ohsanmerah. - f ccrrefftr^nd-
enco on the subject.
2. i ' jc noi/ rhin ' that the proce-ilure sufj^osted by
Sir Amold Wilson - viz that he and r should proceed to
Be hr-in rrith the druft a^reer ent i^id try and get the
Shei!-h to sign it - is likely to be successful, because
the Sheikh ia very olc. -nd obstin: te and will re^uir^ a
lot of talking to before he will agree to sign any such
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/96
- Title
- 'Oil Concessions'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:4v, 14v:31v, 32ar:32av, 32bv, 73r:80r, 81ar:81cv, 82r:92v, 97v:113v, 117r, 118r:135v, 147v:148v, 154v:155v, 157r:159v, 160ar:160bv, 161r:162v, 165r, 167r:169v, 182v:194v, 195ar:195bv, 196r:196v, 197v:200v, 201v:203r, 204r:204v, 205v, 210v:212v, 213v:218v, 219v:222v, 224v:228v, 229v:232v, 252r:255v, 256v, 257v:258v, 259v:260v, 261v:264v, 266v:271v, 272v:280v, 300r:307v, 308v, 310v:316v, 318r:318v, 320r:320v, 323v:325v, 327r:328v, 330v, iii-r:vii-v, back-i
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