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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Holmes, Frank, geologist, 1874-1947 Digitised Content Platform Qatar Digital Library

1. IOR/L/PS/10/991

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/991
Title:
File 2794/1921 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Koweit.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes relating to the development of oil concessions in Kuwait. The discussion in the volume relates to: The 'nationality clause' whereby any concession granted had to be to a British concern Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jul 1931-30 Nov 1932
Extent:
1 volume (457 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/233
Title:
PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
Scope & Content:
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. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2100
Title:
Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.'
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence relating to oil and mining concessions in Yemen. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following: Details of a concession for the exploitation of oil and other minerals, reported to have been...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1932-23 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2115
Title:
Coll 6/48 'Oil: Concessions in Saudi Arabia. (Hasa)'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to oil concessions in Saudi Arabia, particularly the Hasa [Al Hasa] concession between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Standard Oil Company of California (SoCal). It includes discussion of the following: Oil negotiations in Saudi Arabia during March and April 1933, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1923-11 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (574 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2139
Title:
Coll 6/67(6) 'Boundaries of South-Eastern Arabia and Qatar: Trucial Coast Oil Concessions'
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically its border with Qatar. The correspondence and memoranda near the beginning of the volume discuss from a British perspective the origins and recent history of the boundary dispute, which is d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1940-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/18/B426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B426
Title:
‘Oil concession signed by the Shaikh of Bahrein in favour of the Eastern and General Syndicate on the 2nd December 1925 (as revised up to 12th January 1934).’
Scope & Content:
Printed copy of the Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) oil concession, signed by Shaikh Hamad bin Shaikh Issa Al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited in 1925, with revisions in 1934. The agreement is marked ‘India Office’ in print on the front cover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1933
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/618
Title:
File 82/1 [I] (F 52) A.P.O.C. and Oil Concessions Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department and the Under Secretary of State at the India Office in London, Sir Winston Churchill (Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time), the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Vice-Cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1921-30 Apr 1923
Extent:
1 file (151 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/619
Title:
File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, local rulers, Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) and Easter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1923-9 Jan 1924
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/620
Title:
File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Sharjah, local rulers, and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) repre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1923-9 Sep 1925
Extent:
1 file (322 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/621
Title:
File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subjects a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1925-27 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)