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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Name Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited, 1909-1954 Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3796
Title:
Coll 30/79 'Persian claim to 10 mile limit for Persian territorial waters.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the extent of territorial waters claimed by the Government of Persia (also referred to as Iran). The British Government held that in the absence of international agreement, three miles was the extent of territorial waters, but the Persian Government claimed distances of up to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Jan 1929-3 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3800

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3800
Title:
Coll 30/83 'QATAR OIL CONCESSION, POLICY AND PROTECTION.'
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns British Government policy towards Qatar in the light of the bid by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) to obtain a concession from the Shaikh of Qatar (Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]) to produce oil in the country. The British Government were keen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1933-12 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (505 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3805

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3805
Title:
Coll 30/87(1) 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns discussions between the British Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) over the drafting of an agreement to obtain an oil concession in Qatar (also spelled Katr and Qatr) for the company. The British Government was keen that the concession should be obtained by a B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1933-15 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (382 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3806A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3806A
Title:
Coll 30/87(2) Part I 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the agreement between the British Government, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) (later the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company), and the Shaikh of Qatar, Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] to award the company an exclusive oil concession in Qatar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1935-8 Nov 1944
Extent:

4 volumes (639 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3808

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3808
Title:
Coll 30/89 'Oil: Koweit Oil Agreement between the Koweit Oil Company and His Majestys Government.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the political agreement between the British Government and the Kuwait Oil Company made in the event of the company obtaining an oil concession from the Shaikh of Kuwait [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]. The company was equally owned by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-29 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 volume (283 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3811

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3811
Title:
Coll 30/91(1) 'Koweit Oil Concession: Agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait and the Kuwait Oil Company.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the signing of the commercial agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ] and the Kuwait Oil Company. The agreement provided the company with exclusive rights to exploit oil, gas, and petroleum products with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1934-23 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (477 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3835

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3835
Title:
Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the granting of oil concessions to companies with a significant British interest by a number of states on the Trucial Coast: Dubai, Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, and Ajman. The negotiations were initially with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1934-7 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (451 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3879
Title:
Coll 30/144 'Oil: Proposed transfer of the "beneficial ownership" of certain shares in the Kuwait Oil Co. held by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposal by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited to transfer the 'beneficial ownership' of the shares the company held in the Kuwait Oil Company Limited to the D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited. The papers show that the India Office and the Foreign Office consented to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1936-7 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3939

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3939
Title:
Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War. It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Ab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1942-15 Jul 1943
Extent:

1 file (113 folios)