'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
IOR/R/15/1/620
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The record is made up of 1 file (322 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1923-9 Sep 1925. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at 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. in London, 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. at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Sharjah, local rulers, and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives on the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia], Qatar, Muscat, Oman and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes.
The volume includes the agreement on the oil exploration license in Muscat and Oman, in Arabic and English, signed on 18 May 1925, between Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and D'Arcy Exploration Company limited (folios 281-296).
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- 1 file (322 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends with the last folio of writing, on number 314.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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- Archival file
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Former external reference(s)
- Confidential series: F 64 A Series: 82/1 III
- Date(s)
- 28 Nov 1923-9 Sep 1925 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Concessions, Oil, BahrainConcessions, Oil, OmanConcessions, Oil, Trucial CoastConcessions, Oil, MuscatConcessions, Oil, NajdConcessions, Oil, Kuwait
- Places
- BahrainKuwaitSitrahSitraNew DelhiSharjah
- People & organisations
- Political Agent, KuwaitD'Arcy Exploration Company LimitedNative Agent, Trucial Coast, SharjahSultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyEastern and General Syndicate Limited, oil companyColonial OfficeSecretary of State for India, United KingdomFrank Holmes
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- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 282r:290v
- Author
- Unknown
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
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- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 3r, 39r:40r, 45r, 54r, 90r, 189r:190r, 223r, 262r:263r
- Author
- Nichols, Howard
- Copyright
- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 9r:11r, 13r, 48r, 75r
- Author
- Wilson, Sir Arnold Talbot
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- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 14r:16r
- Author
- Muhammed, M
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- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
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- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 23r
- Author
- al Naqib, Abdur Rahman
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 197v
- Author
- Al Qasimi, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 153r
- Author
- Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá,
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- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 153r
- Author
- Eastern and General Syndicate Limited
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 93r, 105r, 108r, 118r, 132r:133r, 136r:137r, 173r:174r, 186r:187r, 191r:193r, 199r:203r, 210r:216r, 220r:221r, 225r, 226r, 232r, 243r:244r, 248r:251r, 270r:275r
- Author
- Jacks, T L
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- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 94r:95r
- Author
- Jacks, T L
- Copyright
- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 99r:100r
- Author
- The Times of Mesopotamia
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 147r, 149r
- Author
- Eastern and General Syndicate Limited
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- 67r, 69r, 110r
- Author
- Greenwood, W
- Copyright
- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:2v, 3v:8v, 11v:12v, 13v, 16v:22v, 23v:38v, 40v:44v, 45v:47v, 48v:53v, 54v:66v, 67v:68v, 69v:74v, 75v:89v, 90v:92v, 93v, 95v:98v, 100v:104v, 105v:107v, 108v:109v, 110v:117v, 118v:131v, 133v:135v, 137v:146v, 147v:148v, 149v:152v, 153v:172v, 174v:185v, 187v:188v, 190v, 193v:197r, 198r:198v, 203v:209v, 216v:219v, 221v:222v, 223v:224v, 225v, 226v:231v, 232v:242v, 244v:247v, 251v:261v, 263v:269v, 275v:281v, 291r:295r, 296r:314v, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence