These 12 volumes provide the documentary record of the negotiations between the Arab Gulf Rulers, the oil companies and the British Government as a collection of facsimile original documents from the Persian Gulf Residency and the Political and Secret files, British Government of India. They include the texts of the first land-based oil concession agreements for the Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Trucial States and Oman. They contain detailed and fascinating evidence of the secret processes of negotiation, the rivalries, the commercial and diplomatic considerations, the leading personalities, and the economic and political transformation of the Gulf States.

These 12 volumes provide the documentary record of the negotiations between the Arab Gulf Rulers, the oil companies and the British Government as a collection of facsimile original documents from the Persian Gulf Residency and the Political and Secret files, British Government of India. They include the texts of the first land-based oil concession agreements for the Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Trucial States and Oman. They contain detailed and fascinating evidence of the secret processes of negotiation, the rivalries, the commercial and diplomatic considerations, the leading personalities, and the economic and political transformation of the Gulf States.