'File 5/17 Dr Mann'

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This file contains copies of correspondence between the Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain; Arthur Prescott Trevor, British 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. at Bushire; James Carmichael More, British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait; Denys de Saumarez Bray, Secretary of the Foreign Department of the Government of India; ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd); and Sir Percy Cox, High Commissioner for Iraq at Baghdad.

These correspondence concern the personality and activities of Dr Alex Mann, a temporary medical officer in the Iraq Government. Within these correspondence are details concerning how he established himself as Ibn Sa‘ūd's London Agent and worked with Major Frank Holmes to secure an oil concession with Ibn Sa‘ūd, and later in Persia as a representative of the Phoenix Oil and Transport Company to acquire oil rights around Dāmghān and Sāmān.

Extent and format

1 file (33 folios)

Arrangement

This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There is one incomplete foliation sequence and one complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 33, ending on the inside of the back cover.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/109

Former external reference(s)

Confidential File: 5/17

History of this record

Date(s)

24 May 1922-9 Sep 1924 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Concessions, Oil, Al-Hasa Province

People & organisations

Bahrain Political AgencyPolitical Agent, BahrainAlex Mann

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