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037-000228401 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Holmes, Frank, geologist, 1874-1947

1. IOR/R/15/2/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/391
Title:
File 10/1 IV Bahrain Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and notes of meetings between the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Secretary of State for India, the Financial Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1933-4 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 volume (238 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/392
Title:
File 10/1 (Vol V) Oils and Minerals. Bahrain Oil Concession.
Scope & Content:
The volume mainly contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Secretary of State for India, the Adviser to the Government in Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1933-26 Nov 1933
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/875
Title:
File 39/4 (10/4) Activities of Eastern and General Syndicate in Qatar
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Colonial Office regarding the interest of Frank Holmes, on behalf of Eastern and General Syndicate, in applying for an oil concession in Qatar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1932-23 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/874
Title:
File 39/3 (10/2) Application by Eastern and General Syndicate for a second concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains the application made by Frank Holmes for the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited to renew the 1925 oil concession in Bahrain. Copy of the Concession Draft Agreement in English and Arabic, with Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, is enclosed in an envelope (ff ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1931-12 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/421
Title:
File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London, the Political Resident in Bushire and the Political Agent in Bahrain on the Hasa oil concession in Saudi Arabia, the negotiations of the Standard Oil Company of California for the oil concession in H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1932-9 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)