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File 451/1913 Pt 1 'Oil: Deposits in Koweit, Bahrein, Farsan Isles, Syria' [167r] (177/214)
The record is made up of 1 item (107 folios). It was created in 1912-1914. 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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CONFIDENTIAL
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Mr. Marling to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received August 28, 9‘15 p.m.)
(No. 442.) R.
FOLLOWING from Stock for Anglo-Persian Oil Company :
Constantinople, August 28, 1913.
(August 28, 8*30 p.m.)
“Hakki
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
telegraphed for full particulars of Mosul, Bagdad, Syria, and larsan
petroleum matters. He has received telegraphic report, and documents were posted
to-day.”
COPY TO INDIA.
[1019—545]
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Correspondence between British officials concerning the possibility of discovering oil deposits in Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrein [Bahrain], with some reference also made to the potential for deposits to be found in Syria and the Farsan Isles [Farasan Islands].
The principal correspondents are officials 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. , the Foreign Office and the Government of India.
The file also contains translated copies of correspondence between the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, and Major Arthur Prescott Trevor, 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 Bahrain regarding his acquiescence in the granting of concessions for oil exploration.
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- Title
- File 451/1913 Pt 1 'Oil: Deposits in Koweit, Bahrein, Farsan Isles, Syria'
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- 79r:105v, 108r:148v, 151r:174v, 175ar:175av, 175r:184v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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