Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.'
IOR/L/PS/12/3835
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The record is made up of 1 volume (451 folios). It was created in 4 Aug 1934-7 Jul 1936. 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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The file concerns negotiations over the granting of oil concessions to companies with a significant British interest by a number of states on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. : Dubai, Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, and Ajman. The negotiations were initially with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (APOC) (later known as the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC)) and the D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited, but D'Arcy's rights were subsequently taken over by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) (a subsidiary company of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), but in which the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company were a partner).
The papers cover: oil explorations in the region; the role of Frank Holmes in the negotiations; claims on the area by the Iraq Petroleum Company; the desire of the British Government to encourage exploitation of Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. oil by a group with a majority British element, as the Iraq Petroleum Company was strongly non-British controlled; official British satisfaction that a company with substantial British interests (PCL) had been able to counter the threat of American penetration in the area (folios 257-258); draft concession agreements; correspondence between PCL and local rulers about the transfer of D'Arcy's rights to PCL (folios 85-86); correspondence between 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. and local rulers making them responsible for the safety of surveying parties in their territories (folios 69-78); correspondence between 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. and local rulers informing them that approval had been granted to PCL by the British Government to enter into negotiations over concessions in their territories (folios 36-47); and the insistence of the Shaikh of Dubai [Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm] that Haji Williamson [William Richard Williamson] should accompany any survey party sent into his territory (folios 10 and 14).
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.
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- 1 volume (451 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 447; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and two ending flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3835
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 30/110/1
- Date(s)
- 4 Aug 1934-7 Jul 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Concessions, Oil, AjmanConcessions, Oil, DubaiConcessions, Oil, Abu DhabiConcessions, Oil, SharjahConcessions, Oil, Ra's al-Khaymah
- Places
- Trucial Coast
- People & organisations
- D'Arcy Exploration Company LimitedPetroleum Concessions LimitedAnglo-Iranian Oil Company LimitedPolitical Resident, Persian Gulf
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- Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.'
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- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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- Āl Maktūm, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher
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- Āl Qasimī, Shaikh Sultān II bin Saqr
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- Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.'
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- Williamson, William Richard (xx Williamson, Haji Abdullah Fadhil)
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