File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade.
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 10/5 I Saudi Arabia: Hasa Oil Concession; visit of Major Holmes to Saudi Arabia; Kuwait blockade.
- Date:
- 1932/1935
- Description:
- Abstract: 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 resistence 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).Physical description: 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Petroleum industry
- Geographic region:
- Al-Hasa
Kuwait - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000234_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000234_en
IOR/R/15/2/421
IOR/R/15/2/421