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Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [45r] (92/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 6 May 1936-22 Sep 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
.
Confidential.
Memos. B. 444, B. 445
and connected correspondence.
QATR OIL CONCESSION
and connected Documents.
1. Oil Concession of 17th May 1035, granted by His Excellency the Shaikh of Qatar
to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd.
2. Three—(a), (6) and (c)—letters from Mr. Mylles to the Shaikh of Qatar, dated
17th May 1935.
3. Political Agreement of 5th June 1935 between His Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd.
4. (a) Letter from
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to the Shaikh of Qatar,
dated 5th June 1935.
(b) Shaikh’s reply, dated 6th June 1935.
(c) Letter from
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
to Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd., dated
21st June 1935.
(d) Letter from Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd., to
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
, dated
24th June 1935.
(e) Letter from
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
to Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd., dated
27th June 1935.
(/) Letter from
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
to the Shaikh of Qatar, dated 10th July 1935.
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The file concerns the appointment by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in 1936 of Ernest Vincent Packer as Manager of the Company's central office in Bahrain, and includes correspondence from the Company, a copy of Packer's application form (dated 1931), and correspondence from British officials in the region approving Packer's appointment.
The file also concerns Packer's appointment as Local Representative of PCL's subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and related staff appointments by PCL.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3871
- Title
- Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:2v, 3ar:3av, 4r:15v, 17r:18v, 20r:20v, 21v:22v, 24r:30v, 32r:41v, 44r:45v, 47ar, 49v, 52r, 53r:54v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence