File 2794/1921 Pt 15 'Oil. Koweit Neutral Zone. On concessions in.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 2794/1921 Pt 15 'Oil. Koweit Neutral Zone. On concessions in.'
- Date:
- 1933/1935
- Description:
- Abstract: The volume concerns correspondence and records of meetings to discuss questions relating to oil in the Persian Gulf, including Kuwait and the Kuwait Neutral Zone, and also Bahrain and Qatar. This includes discussion of the history and status of the Neutral Zone between Nejd and Koweit [Kuwait] and its relationship to the Iraq Petroleum Company Group Agreement of 1928. Also discussed in the correspondence are the interests of the Arabian Development Syndicate and Standard Oil of California.Documents included in the volume are:(ff 227-244) a printed draft of an agreement between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Ruler of Kuwait(ff 399-406) 'Note of interview with Mr Janson and Major Holmes on Friday, 2nd February 1934'(ff 299-301) 'Note of conversation with Mr. Lefroy of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company on 20th April 1934, regarding the Koweit Neutral Zone'(ff 263-266) Letter in Arabic with translations from Ibn Saud to Abdul-Ghani Adlibia map (folio 245) showing Kuwait and the neutral zone.Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle); the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Agent, Kuwait (H.R.P. Dickson); and Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman Al Faisal (Ibn Saud).The file 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 the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 490; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Petroleum industry
Oil extraction
Concessions - Geographic region:
- Kuwait
Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000383_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000383_en
IOR/L/PS/10/1003
IOR/L/PS/10/1003