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'15/2 NOTE ON WAHABI PORTS - SAUDI ARABIA - SAUDI TRANSPORT.' [15r] (29/38)
The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1930-9 Aug 1942. It was written in English. 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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D.O.No.C/1194 .
Confidential,
The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the 9th August 1942,
Many thanks for your letter of August 3rd about a
man to take over the organization of transport in Saudi Arabia,
2, I did not know you were in touch with Mr, Bird about
this problem or I should not have bothered you with my inquiry,
3, I fully agree that it would be better for you to keep
in touch with Mr, Bird about the problem rather than with me,
as I am not directly interested. My inquiry was prompted by a
reference from the Government of India who were trying to help
Mr, Bird and did not know that he had already approached you.
Yours sincerely,
C, E, Davis Esquire, V*
Resident Manager,
The California Arabian Standard Oil Coy,,
Dhahran
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- Content
The file contains the following:
- a note (ff 2-5) from June 1930 assesses the geographical characteristics of 'three Wahabi ports': Ojair [Al-ʻUqayr], Qatif [Al-Qaṭīf] and Jubail and assesses the feasibility of establishing and maintaining a blockade;
- a letter from Alan Charles Trott, British Legation Jedda, to Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary, with an enclosure of a letter from Captain de Gaury describing the track from Riyadh to Dhahran (ff 7-9);
- correspondence between Edward Birbeck Wakefield, 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, and C.E. Davis, Resident Manager, California Arabian Standard Oil Company, Dhahran, concerning the recruitment to organise the transport system of Saudi Arabia (ff 12-15).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (19 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the back of the file. There are file notes ff 17-18.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-16; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/543
- Title
- '15/2 NOTE ON WAHABI PORTS - SAUDI ARABIA - SAUDI TRANSPORT.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:18v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence