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IOR/L/PS/12/233
- Record Id:
- 040-000555231
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00023c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100039501144.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/233
- Title:
- PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes'
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence relating to the past conduct and future employment of Major Frank Holmes and William Richard ‘Haji’ Williamson in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary of State for India, and concerns objections to the potential employment of Holmes as a negotiator on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited in Bahrein [Bahrain] and Koweit [Kuwait], and his past record as a negotiator on the Trucial Coast and as Chief Local Representative for the Bahrain Petroleum Company.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555231 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/233 : PZ 4841/1937 'Persian Gulf: Haji Williamson & Major Holmes' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0234]/040-000555231
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (68 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00023c
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 25 May 1937-4 Jul 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 68; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- PZ 4841/1937
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Emir of Dubai, Āl Maktūm dynasty, 1833-
Emir of Kuwait, 1718-
Holmes, Frank, geologist, 1874-1947
Kuwait Oil Company, 1934-
Petroleum Concessions Limited, 1935-
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971
Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom, 1858-1935
Williamson, William Richard, explorer and oil company representative, 1872-1958 - Subjects:
- Concessions, Oil, Bahrain
Concessions, Oil, Kuwait
Concessions, Oil, Trucial Coast
Employment
Oil - Places:
- Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia
Dibai, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Koweit, Middle East, Asia
Trucial Coast, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
