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IOR/R/15/2/421
- Record Id:
- 040-000228695
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000234
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023600648.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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:
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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 Hasa and the visit of Major Frank Holmes to Riyadh to meet Ibn Saud.
The volume includes correspondence on the Saudi blockade against Kuwait, two copies of the Hasa oil agreement between the Standard Oil Company of California and the Saudi Arab Kingdom (folios 52-68 and 87-102) and correspondence on the application of the Standard Oil Company of California for permission to fly from Basra to Bahrain, which encountered resistance of the Political Resident in Bushire, against the presence of American companies in Bahrain (folios 121-123 and following).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 212-223).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228661
040-000228695 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/388-460 : File 10 Oil and Minerals
IOR/R/15/2/421 : File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0011]/038-000228661[0034]/040-000228695
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000234
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1935
- Date Range:
- 15 Mar 1932-9 Jan 1935
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner (between 44-82 the numbering can be found at the top centre of the recto). The numbering begins on the first page of text which follows 4 blank pages and terminates on the 5th folio from the back; at the rear of the volume there are 4 blank pages. Foliation errors: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d and 1e; 29, 29a and 29b; 137A and 137B; 159A and 159B; 169A and 169B; 171A and 171B; 179A and 179B.
- Former External References:
- Confidential files: 10/5 I
- Arrangement:
- The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folio 212-223). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)