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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, oil company, 1920-1939

11. IOR/R/15/1/622

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/622
Title:
F-81 82/1-V A.P.O.C. Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Embassy of the United States of America at London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1932-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/1/623

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/623
Title:
D 93 KUWAIT OIL A.P.O.C. (82/1 VI) and E. & G.S. (86/1 IV)
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India and the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait and and Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (E.&G.S.) representa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1933-30 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/1/638

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/638
Title:
File 86/1 I (D 73) Eastern and General Syndicate - Proposed Oil Concession in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The volume covers the proposal by the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited for oil concessions in Kuwait (also spelled Koweit) which were to be negotiated on the Syndicate's behalf by Major Frank Holmes. Included within the volume are copies of the draft agreements and correspondence between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1925-1 Jun 1931
Extent:
1 volume (244 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/1/639

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/639
Title:
File 86/1 II (D 78) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume continues on from IOR/R/15/1/638 in discussing a proposed Oil Concession for Kuwait which is negotiated by Major Frank Holmes on behalf of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited. The correspondence focuses on a proposed clause in the draft concession agreement, known as the 'Nati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1931-30 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 volume (239 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/1/640

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/640
Title:
File 86/1 III (D 81) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the draft oil concession agreements presented to the Shaikh of Kuwait (Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) by the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (A.P.O.C.). The correspondence focuses particularly on the individual c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1932-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (190 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/1/649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/649
Title:
‘File 86/2 I (C 30) Bahrain Oil Concession (Eastern & General Syndicate)’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to negotiations for the extension of Eastern & General Syndicate Limited’s (hereafter E&GS) concession for oil exploration in Bahrain. Correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent in Bahrain (chiefly Major Cyril Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1925-8 Sep 1929
Extent:
1 volume (328 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/1/650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/650
Title:
‘File 86/2 II (C 31) Eastern and General Syndicate, Oil, Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to negotiations over the transfer of the Bahrain oil concession, conducted between the British Government, Eastern & General Syndicate Limited (hereafter E&GS), and the Eastern Gulf Oil Company of the United States (EGOC). The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1929-15 Jul 1930
Extent:
1 volume (251 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/1/651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/651
Title:
‘File 86/2 III (C 42) Bahrain Oil, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to the completion of the transfer of the Bahrain oil concession to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and BAPCO’s ongoing oil exploration activities in Bahrain. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 II (C 31)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1930-31 Jan 1933
Extent:
1 volume (271 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/1/664

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/664
Title:
‘Annex to File 86/2 Bahrain Concession Duplicate’
Scope & Content:
The file contains an original copy of the Bahrain oil concession agreement, dated 12 May 1923, agreed between Major Frank Holmes of The Eastern & General Syndicate Limited, and Shaikh Esa bin Ali Al-Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfa]. The concession is typewritten in English, with an Arabic ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 May 1923
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/666
Title:
C.74 CONFIDENTIAL 86/4 EASTERN AND GENERAL SYNDICATE. QATAR.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the office of the Secretary of State for India, and the Admiralty regarding the Eastern and General Syndicate's past interest in obtaining a concession for Qatar and the recent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1932-29 Sep 1933
Extent:
1 volume (23 folios)