'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT'

Content

The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman:

Topics discussed include:

• Use of airfields by Petroleum Concessions Limited
• Explorations in Oman by the Iraq Petroleum Company
• A map of concession areas in the Middle East
• Demarcation of the Muscat/Aden boundary
• Explorations for oil in Hadhramaut, Mahra, and Dhofar.

Included in the file is a copy (folio 83) of the letter in 1929 from Sultan Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd to the 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. , Muscat (Gerald Patrick Murphy concerning the boundaries of Dhofar province.

Also included (ff 94-95) are the 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadramhaut, the Mahra and Dhofar'.

The file features the following principal correspondents: the 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. , Muscat (Ralph Ingham Hollows); the 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. (William Rupert Hay); the 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. , Bahrain; Iraq Petroleum Company (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); the Manager, Petroleum Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, (Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte); and Representative for Petroleum Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited (Richard Bird).

Extent and format

1 file (217 folios)

It is grouped into

'CONCESSION AREAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST'

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/6/428, f 51

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 219; these numbers are written in pencil 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.

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/R/15/6/428

Former external reference(s)

File 14/1/6

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Apr 1936-21 Dec 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Petroleum industryOilConcessions

Places

DhofarOman

People & organisations

Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyPetroleum Concessions LimitedDistrict Magistrate, BahrainPolitical Resident, Persian GulfIraq Petroleum CompanyPetroleum Development Oman

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