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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Petroleum Division, 1929-1970

31. IOR/L/PS/12/4488

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4488
Title:
Coll 44/9(S) ‘War. Defence, Protective and other measures. Persian Gulf: Maintenance of spare parts at Bahrein by oil companies operating in the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers relating to preparations for war. It discusses a proposal made by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) to keep in Bahrain (also written here as Bahrein) a large stock of spare parts in connection with the working of oilf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1939-29 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

32. 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)

33. 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)

34. IOR/R/15/1/647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/647
Title:
'D.158. 86/1 - xi KUWAIT OIL'
Scope & Content:
The file primarily focuses on the progress being made by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) in drilling for oil in Kuwait, including establishing drills at new sites and the discovery of oil at the Burgan site in February 1938. Later correspondence relates to various topics, as follows: the work and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1937-30 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (209 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/1/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/648
Title:
86/1 XII (D 175) Kuwait Oil
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the volume relates primarily to the cessation of the operations of the Kuwait Oil Company during World War Two, and their plans for post-war development once peace is declared. These plans included the development of tanker anchorages, pipe-lines for both oil and water, the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1941-22 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 volume (227 folios)

36. 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)

37. 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)

38. IOR/R/15/1/655

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/655
Title:
‘File 86/2 VII (C 48) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting being undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO). The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 VI (C 46) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/654). The principal correspondents in the volume a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1933-29 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (306 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/1/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/657
Title:
‘File 86/2 IX (C 50) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and the development of BAPCO’s infrastructure. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 VIII (C 49) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/656). T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1934-27 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/1/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/658
Title:
‘File 86/2 X (C 52) Bahrain Oil’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to oil prospecting undertaken in Bahrain by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (hereafter BAPCO), and the development of BAPCO’s infrastructure. The volume is a direct continuation of ‘File 86/2 IX (C 50) Bahrain Oil’ (IOR/R/15/1/657). The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1934-30 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)