AGREEMENT relating to the refining of crude oil. HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM and PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LIMITED DATED 5TH February, 1937.
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The file consists of a copy of an agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited relating to the refining of crude oil.
Document outlining the administration and history of Koweit [Kuwait] from 1908-1928. Covering: 'Administration' – rulers succession history; Koweit's status as an independent Arab state; internal administration conducted by the Shaikh and Council of Advisors; control by the Government of India;...
This is a printed note prepared by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department of the India Office, dated 6 February 1918, concerning trade in Mesopotamia vis-à-vis consolidating Britain's commercial interests in light of Robert Erskine Holland and John Henry Wilson's 1917 report, The Prospects ...
This document relates to the Dhofar oil concession agreed between the Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement was signed by the Sultan; Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Political Agent and H...
This printed memorandum is a copy of a commercial air agreement signed by Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum [Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], the ruler of Dubai, and Hugh Weightman, Political Agent at Bahrain, on 6 June 1938. The agreement contains fourteen numbered clauses, some with lettered sub-clauses. The...
Correspondence and Memoranda Respecting Consular Jurisdiction in Persia, 1873-74
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This confidential file is a collection of documents printed for the use of the Foreign Office in January 1875. The collection contains letters and enclosed memoranda sent and received by Sir Lewis Pelly and other employees and representatives of the Government of India between 27 March 1873 and...
Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918
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This file consists of a copy of the 'Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918'. It is written in French and expresses the wishes of Britain and France to liberate those they feel have been 'too long oppressed by the Turks' by helping them to install functional government...
Memorandum on the separate claims of Turkey and Persia to sovereignty over the island of Bahrein.
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Memorandum prepared by Edward Hertslet, Foreign Office Librarian, on 23 March 1874 (printed by the Foreign Office 25 March 1874). The document gives a historical overview (from 1506 to 1874) of claims on the islands of Bahrain (referred to as Bahrein throughout), with particular focus on those o...
'MEMOIR on the Climate and Diseases of Southern Turkish Arabia by Surgeon-Major J. Hyslop, M.D.'
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The Memoir, written by Surgeon-Major James McAdam Hyslop, commences by describing the location, physical geography and conditions of Mohamreh [Khorramshahr] and Busreh [Basra] before going on to describe the climate; fevers that might be suffered there; and known outbreaks of cholera. Also inclu...
Memorandum on the Use of the French Flag by Subjects of the Sultan of Maskat
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This file is a memorandum concerning the use of the French flag by dhows belonging to subjects of the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat]. The memorandum is divided up as follows: Abstract of correspondence 1891-92; 1894-96; 1897-99; 1900; 1901; Summary; Extent to which French jurisdiction has been clai...