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PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes' [40r] (79/136)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938. 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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Mr* Walton»
V
Mr. Lewisohn has just telephoned to say that
the Company are sending the following telegram to
Mr. Skliros to-day:-
their attitude towards Holmes in connection with
Bahrein. Chairman has agreed to recall Holmes
and will he glad if you will arrange accordingly
at earliest possible moment.”
I told Mr. Lewisohn that we should probably
wish to send the gist of the above t o the Political
Agent at Bahrein. He saw no objection to this being
done, but asked that the telegram might be held up
until to-morrow, in order to give Mr. Skliros the
’’Chairman has seen Walton and Powle and has
ascertained that under no circumstances can they vary
opportunity of taking action himself.
Vi.
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The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the correspondence is between 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. and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns objections to the potential employment of Holmes as a negotiator on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Koweit [Kuwait], and his past record as a negotiator on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and as Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
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- 1 file (68 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; 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.
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/233
- Title
- PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:67v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence