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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [‎160v] (325/1062)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (527 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1929-15 Jan 1938. It was written in English and French. 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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Development Company, was first registered in 1928 with a nominal capital of
£82,500, the original directors being Sir Jiidward Manville (chairman)
Sir Edward Mountain (chairman of the Eagle Star and British Dominions
Insurance Company) (Sir E. Mountain subsequently became chairman of the
British Oil Development Company), the late Admiral Lord Wester Wemyss
W. R. Brown (representing Lord luverforth), General Sir A. Mola (Italy), three
representatives of the Italian Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli, and E. C.
Simmons (solicitor). At some stage, but when it actually occurred is not clear
from the information available, German and Franco-Swiss interests were also
included.
The capital in 1931 was stated to be held in the following proportions
British
Italian
German
Franco-Swiss
Percentage.
52
24
12
12
100
In December 1932 a new company was formed, known as “ Mosul Oil-fields
(Limited), ” to acquire the shares in the British Oil Development Company
and to carry on its operations. The company had a nominal capital of £1
millon in £1 shares. In March 1933 the board of this company was re
constructed, and the Foreign Office informed by the company that the directorate
was as follows :—
Viscount Goschen (chairman).
Other British directors (5) : Sir Edward Mountain (deputy chairman),
the late Admiral Lord Wester Wemyss, Lord Glenconner (director
of Hambro’s Bank), W. R. Brown (director of British Union Oil
Company), and Sir Alwnn Dickinson (formerly the represen
tative of the British Government on the British Phosphate Com
mission) as managing director.
Italian directors (3) : Professor. Alessandro Martelli, Gr. Uff. Amaldo
Petretti, and Gr. Uff. Vittorio Amoretti (Azienda Generale Italiana
Petroli).
German directors (2) : Herr Thomas Brown and Herr M. Hirschfeld.
French director (1) : M. Paul Girod.
•*: fraq Government director (1) : Jafar Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. -el-Askeri, a total of
thirteen.
The company is not known to be at present interested in Saudi Arabia.
(3) The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (A.P.O.C .).—See at (1) above as to
A.P.O.C.’s participation in the I.P.C. and the restrictions imposed thereby.
The A.P.O.C. has, however, in addition to its main concession in Persia, which
has been confirmed by a revised agreement with the Persian Government, dated
the. 29th April, 1933, a separate interest also in Iraq, where, through its sub
sidiary, the Khaniqin Oil Company, it has a concession in the “ Transferred
Territories ” under agreements with the Iraq Government on the 30th August,
1925, and the 24th May, 1926. It also has freedom of action in Koweit, where
it is competing fbr a concession with the Eastern and General Syndicate,
representing the Gulf Oil Corporation.
, (4) The Eastern and General Syndicate.—This is a BritisK company
registered in August 1920 with a nominal capital of £125,300. The chairman
and managing director is E. W. Janson, and the other directors are F. W.
Gamble, H. .T. Adams and P. C. Tarbutt. It has, at various times, acquired
concessions.in Bahrein and Arabia, but has never carried out any really effec
tive work, its sole, object being apparently to obtain concessions and traffic, in
them to other parties. The company at one time apnroached the Anglo-Persian
without success, and in 1927 and 1929 transferred its interests to the Eastern
Gulf Oil Corporation of H. S. A. [see under (5 below)]. Its local representa
tive is Ma]or F. Holmes.

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This volume compiles printed copies of letters, telegrams, memoranda and newspaper extracts relating to Britain's involvement across the Arabian Peninsula during the period 1929-1938. Whilst the correspondence encompasses all matters concerning British interests in the region, much of it relates to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:

  • Reports of unrest in the Hejaz.
  • Relations between Imam Yeha Hamid-Ud-Din [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen] and Ibn Saud.
  • Reports of raids and arms trafficking on the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan -Nejd frontier.
  • Reports of the proceedings of British naval ships in the Red Sea.
  • Details of the Akhwan [Ikhwan] revolt against Ibn Saud, including the movements of one of the revolt's leaders, Faisal Dawish [Fayṣal bin Sulṭān al-Dawīsh], and his surrender to the British in Kuwait.
  • Relations between Kuwait and Nejd.
  • Relations between Iraq and Nejd, including a proposed meeting between Ibn Saud and King Faisal [Fayṣal] of Iraq, and reports of a treaty of alliance between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • Objections from the Hejaz Government to Royal Air Force aircraft flying over Nejd territory.
  • The purchase of arms by the Hejaz Government from Poland.
  • Ibn Saud's annexation of Asir.
  • The death of King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī].
  • Harry St John Bridger Philby's conversion to Islam, his mapping of Rub-al-Khali, and his reported spreading of Saudi propaganda in the Aden Protectorate.
  • The currency exchange crisis in the Hejaz-Nejd and the financial situation in the kingdom generally.
  • Reports on a survey of the water and mineral content of the Hejaz coastal area.
  • Relations between Soviet Russia and Saudi Arabia.
  • The emigration of Jews from Yemen to Palestine, via Aden.
  • British fears that Italy might harbour ambitions to annex Yemen.
  • Saudi oil concessions.
  • Italian-Saudi relations.

Prominent correspondents include the following: the British Agent (later His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires) at Jeddah; His Majesty's Minister at Jeddah; the High Commissioner for Egypt; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the High Commissioner for Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; 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. , Kuwait; 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. (later Chief Commissioner, and later still, Governor), Aden; 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. ; His Majesty's Ambassador to Iraq; His Majesty's Ambassador to Italy; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Minister (and Acting Minister) for Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia); Ibn Saud; King Feisal of Iraq; the Prime Minister of Iraq; various officials of the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Air Ministry, and the Admiralty.

The French material in the volume consists of several items of correspondence and a copy of a treaty between France and Yemen, which was signed in April 1936.

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (527 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The items of correspondence are divided (roughly) into various sections. Each extract or item of correspondence within these sections has its own number, which is enclosed in brackets. These numbers proceed in ascending (and approximate chronological) order from left to right; however, the sections themselves proceed in reverse, from the rear to the front of the volume, in distinct groups (e.g. for 1929 numbers 1-23, which are located at folios 517-526, are followed by numbers 24-49 at folios 509-516, which are then followed by numbers 50-89 at folios 494-508, and so on).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 529; 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.

Pagination: each section of correspondence within the volume (as described in the arrangement field) has its own pagination sequence.

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