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205. File 2794/1921 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: oil'
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- Abstract: The part comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the development of oil concessions on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf.The discussion in the part relates to:The Kuwait oil concession (ff 108-111)A 'Memorandum on the British Commitments (during the war) to the Gulf Chiefs' (ff 56-61)A draft letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Sultan of Nejd (ff 73-76)An undertaking given by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in 1902 regarding the Sur coalfields (folio 224)An agreement between Shaikh Ahmad al Jaboor al Sabah, Chief of Kuwait, and the D'Arcy exploration company (ff 113-120).The principal correspondents in the part are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; officials of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office; and the Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.Physical description: 1 item (324 folios)
206. File 6499/1920 Pt 1-2 'Kuwait affairs'
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- Abstract: This volume contains two parts: IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/925/2.IOR/L/PS/10/925/1 concerns the Kuwait-Nejd boundary dispute.Correspondence discusses the arbitration of the British Government in the matter of the border of Kuwaiti territory under the Shaikh of Kuwait [Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ] with that of the Ruler of Nejd [Najd], Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, popularly known as Ibn Sa‘ūd]. Correspondents include: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the High Commissioner, Mesopotamia; the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Deputy Political Resident, Bushire; Bin Saud; Shaikh Salim, Shaikh of Kuwait; and Abdullah al Mut'ab Al-Rashid, Shaikh of Jabal Shammar.IOR/L/PS/10/925/2 concerns expenditure on the protection of Kuwait from attack by the Akhwan [Ikwhan], including costs incurred by the dispatch of the vessels and the share of expenditure to be borne by the India Office and the Colonial Office.Correspondents include: the High Commissioner, Iraq; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; officials of the Accountant General's Department; and the Financial Secretary, India Office.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part 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 179; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-177, these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
207. File 697/1920 'Koweit Order-in-Council'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Kuwait Order in Council for each year from 1920-1928. The Order in Council refers to the legal instruments whereby His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the territories of the Shaikh of Kuwait whether by 'Treaty, capitulation, usage, sufferance and other lawful means.'Also included in the volume are copies of the Order in Council in Muscat and Bahrein [Bahrain]:'Statutory rules and orders, 1915. No. 132 Foreign Jurisdiction, the Maskat Order in Council, 1915' (ff 259-271)'The Bahrein Order in Council, 1913' (ff 272-284).The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.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 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.
208. File 7251/1920 Pt 2 'Arabia: Nejd-Iraq and Nejd-Kuwait Boundaries; Iraq-Nejd Treaty; Nejd-Kuwait Agreement'
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- Abstract: This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, Iraq, Kuwait, and the British authorities. The majority of the correspondence is interdepartmental in nature and is between the Colonial Office and the India Office. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from the High Commissioner in Iraq, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), the Political Agent in Kuwait, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Subah [Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ], ruler of Kuwait.The main subject of this part is the lead up to and events following the conferences involving the Arab rulers of Nejd, Iraq, and Kuwait, or their representatives, in Mohammerah and Uqair, under the presidency of the British. Treaty relations were established that dealt mostly with the delineation of boundaries between the three territories. Other subjects covered by the papers include the activities of the Akhwan [Ikhwan], relations between some of the desert tribes, and the reported death of Ibn Rashid.Physical description: 1 item (179 folios)
209. File 2794/1921 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Koweit'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the development of oil concessions on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf.The discussion in the volume relates to:The activities of Major Frank HolmesDraft agreements for an oil concession with the Shaikh of KuwaitAmerican pressure to ease the British exclusive clause for oil concessions.The principal correspondents include: the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London; the Director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, H G Nichols.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 301; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
210. File 2794/1921 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Koweit.'
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- Abstract: 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:The 'nationality clause' whereby any concession granted had to be to a British concernCorrespondence between British officials in London and the Gulf as to how to respond to the request of an American company to be allowed to bid for an oil concession in KuwaitComparison of draft agreements for an oil concession between Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Ruler of Kuwait, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, or alternatively, an American company, e.g. the Eastern and General Syndicate LimitedCorrespondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, and United States Embassy in London concerning the concessionConcerns of the Admiralty Office over strategic reserves of oil for the Royal Navy.Included in the volume is a report (ff 430-433) by the Political Agent, Kuwait (Harold Richard Patrick 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; the General Manager, Anglo-Persian Oil Company (Neville A Gass); the Advocate, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (Frank Holmes); the Secretary, the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (H T Adams); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ); and the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, the United States Embassy, London (Ray Atherton).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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 457; 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 between ff 31-457, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
211. PZ 3166/31 'Koweit-Iraq: Reciprocal arrangements for service of summonses emanating from courts of Koweit & Iraq'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the ongoing arrangement within Kuwait for serving summonses and other legal documentation emanating from courts in Iraq, and discussion of a reciprocal arrangement within Iraq for documentation emanating from Kuwait. The correspondents are: High Commission, Iraq; Colonial Office; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 514, and terminates at f 531, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.