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IOR/L/PS/10/992
- Record Id:
- 040-000546367
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000378
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087638677.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/992
- Title:
- File 2794/1921 Pt 3B 'Persian Gulf: oil; Kuwait'
- Scope & Content:
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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:
- A proposed visit by the Shaikh of Kuwait to the Anglo-Persian oilfields (ff 488-492)
- A report (ff 447-487) of the Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, Committee of Imperial Defence on the Kuwait oil concession
- The attitude of the Shaikh towards the Eastern and General Syndicate
- A visit of the Ruler of Kuwait to England as guest of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited including discussions concerning arrangements for a meeting with the King
- Draft agreements for an oil concession between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
Included in the volume is a report (ff 430-433) by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Harold Dickson) of the views of Major Frank Holmes, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, on the possibility of oil being found in Kuwait, Bahrain and the Gulf generally.
The principal correspondents include: the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; officials of the Petroleum Department; the General-Manager, Anglo-Persian Oil Company (Edward Henry Omanney); and the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ).
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546367 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/992 : File 2794/1921 Pt 3B 'Persian Gulf: oil; Kuwait' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0995]/040-000546367
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (492 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000378
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 1932-1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 498; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
- Former External References:
- P 2794/1921 Pt 3B
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2794 (Persian Gulf: Oil) consists of seventeen files and volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The files and volumes are divided into eighteen parts as follows: parts 1 and 2 comprise one volume; part 3 comprises the second volume; part 3A comprises the third volume; part 3B comprises the fourth volume; part 4 comprises the fifth volume; parts 5 and 5A comprise the sixth volume; part 6 comprises the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth files and volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth file; part 12 comprises the thirteenth file; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth file; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)