Coll 17/21 ‘Iraq. Oil in – ’

Content

The file contains papers relating to the oil concessions and operations of the Iraq Petroleum Company and the British Oil Development Company in Iraq.

It includes:

• Papers concerning payments due to the Government of Iraq from these companies.
• Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence Standing Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 1933, concerning the British Oil Development Company’s proposed pipeline from its concession near Mosul to the Mediterranean.
• Papers regarding the official opening of the Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline connecting the oil-field at Kirkuk with the Mediterranean port of Haifa, on 14 January 1935.

The papers include 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. minute papers, correspondence, and three newspaper cuttings from The Times . The correspondence is largely between Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, HM Ambassador to Iraq (HM Representative, Baghdad), and Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Other correspondents include: the 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. ; the High Commissioner of Iraq; the Colonial Office; Sir John Cadman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Iraq Petroleum Company; and the [British Government] Petroleum Department (Mines Department).

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 (89 folios)

It is grouped into

‘Map of Iraq Showing the Oil Concessions of the Anglo Persian Oil Company (A.P.O.C.), the Iraq Petroleum Company (I.P.C.) and British Oil Development Company (B.O.D.) and Proposed Pipe Lines of the I.P.C.’

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/2882, f 31

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate reverse 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 89; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English in Latin 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/L/PS/12/2882

Former external reference(s)

Coll 17/21

History of this record

Date(s)

12 Jan 1932-18 Sep 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

OilPipelinesConcessions, Oil, Iraq

Places

MosulHaifaKirkuk

People & organisations

British Oil Development CompanyHM Ambassador to IraqColonial OfficeSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsIraq Petroleum CompanyCommittee of Imperial Defence, Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle EastThe Times, British newspaperHigh Commissioner, IraqPetroleum Division

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