‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
IOR/R/15/2/1584
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The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 5 Apr 1941-13 Oct 1946. It was written in English. 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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Correspondence in the file dated 1941 is the result of an enquiry from 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. in Muscat (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) 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. in Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban), about the prospects for an artesian water supply at Muscat, or elsewhere on the Batinah Coast (folio 3). A second set of correspondence, dated 1946, concerns arrangements for a Petroleum Concessions Limited geologist to visit Muscat to assess the area. Aside from the Political Agents at Bahrain and Muscat, the other principal correspondent in the file is Ernest Vincent Packer, representing Petroleum Concessions Limited, and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited.
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- 1 file (28 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 28-29) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/1584
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- English Office: File 16/73
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- 5 Apr 1941-13 Oct 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/2/1584
- Title
- ‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
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- 5r:5v, 7r:7v, 10r:10v, 14r:14v, 16r:16v, 19r:19v, 26r:26v
- Author
- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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- IOR/R/15/2/1584
- Title
- ‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
- Pages
- 21r:22v
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- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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- IOR/R/15/2/1584
- Title
- ‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:6v, 8r:9v, 11r:13v, 15r:15v, 17r:18v, 20r:20v, 23r:25v, 27r:29v, back-i, back
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