Author
HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (correspondent) | Petroleum Concessions Limited (correspondent)
Publication Date
1936/1937
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Concessions | Frontiers | Oil | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
38
Physical Dimensions
1 file (38 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002b2_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002b2_en | IOR/L/PS/12/2152
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000000555.0x0002b2_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1936/1937
Notes
This file relates to oil concessions in south-eastern Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence discusses British concerns regarding the possibility of oil being discovered in the Ruba' al Khali [Rubʻ al Khālī], and the bearing that such a discovery might have on the question of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Also discussed are the prospect of Petroleum Concessions Limited securing an oil concession for territory in the Ruba' al Khali, and the extent of the territory covered in the concession secured by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1933.The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); Major Stephen Hemsley Longrigg of Petroleum Concessions Limited; officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office and the Admiralty.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. | 1 file (38 folios) | The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. | Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers