File 2794/1921 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: oil' [iii-r] (1/650)
The record is made up of 1 item (324 folios). It was created in 1921-1925. 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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The part comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the development of oil concessions on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The discussion in the part relates to:
- The Kuwait oil concession (ff 108-111)
- A 'Memorandum on the British Commitments (during the war) to the Gulf Chiefs' (ff 56-61)
- A draft letter from 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. to the Sultan of Nejd (ff 73-76)
- An undertaking given by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in 1902 regarding the Sur coalfields (folio 224)
- An agreement between Shaikh Ahmad al Jaboor al Sabah, Chief of Kuwait, and the D'Arcy exploration company (ff 113-120).
The principal correspondents in the part are: 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. ; officials of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office; and the Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
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- File 2794/1921 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: oil'
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- iii-r:iii-v, 1r:8v, 11r:61r, 63r:81v, 83r:101v, 106r:112v, 121r:145v, 147r:151v, 155v, 157r:178v, 180r:211v, 215r:223v, 225v:226v, 230r:230v, 233r:233v, 234v:257v, 268r:277v, 280r:313v, 316r:319v, 322r:322v, 324v
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