'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
IOR/R/15/6/426
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The record is made up of 1 volume (227 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1938-12 Jun 1939. 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 volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory.
The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues:
- Aviation petrol and oil for exploration parties
- Employment of American geologists
- Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhfoar), including 'pre-emption clauses' in event of national emergency or war whereby the UK could take control of oil produced in Oman (ff 32-34)
- Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions, Petroleum Concessions (Oman and Dhofar), and Petroluem Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. )
- Letters from the Wali of various towns and districts
- Muscat Oil Agreement negotiations.
Included in the volume is a report by Captain John Baron Howes, Assistant 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, 'Report on special duty in connection with the exploration party of Petroleum Concessions Limited in the Dhahira' including two hand drawn sketch maps as appendices: 'Appendix 1: Sketch map of Baraimi Oasis approximately to scale' (ff 188-198).
The principal correspondents in the volume include 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 (Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts); the Secretary of State for India; the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India (M J Clauson); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; 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. ; Petroleum Concessions Ltd (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); 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 (Hugh Weightman).
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- 1 volume (227 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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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 218; 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 2-218; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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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/15/6/426
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- File XIV A/1 IV
- Date(s)
- 16 Sep 1938-12 Jun 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/6/426
- Title
- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 3r:3v, 5r:5v, 27r:28v, 43r:43v, 48r:48v, 50r:52v, 67r:69v
- Author
- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 4r:4v, 151r:151v, 153r:154v, 160r:161v
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- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 13r:14v
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- Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 49r:49v, 59r:60v, 84r:85v, 90r:95v, 97r:97v
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- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 53r:54v
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- Mansur bin Ghalib
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 55r:55v
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- Mudhafar bin Sulaiman
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 57r:57v
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- al-Hosni, Sultan bin Saif bin Muhammad
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- IOR/R/15/6/426
- Title
- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
- Pages
- 112r:112v
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- Petroleum Concessions Limited
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- 131r:131v
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- Petroleum Development Oman xx Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Ltd
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- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
- Pages
- 132r:132v
- Author
- Thompson, Lester S.
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- Title
- 'File XIV A/1 IV Oil Concession in Muscat'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:2v, 6r:12v, 15r:26v, 29r:31v, 36r:42v, 44r:47v, 58r:58v, 61r:66v, 70r:83v, 86r:89v, 96r:96v, 98r:111v, 113r:130v, 133r:150v, 152r:152v, 155r:159v, 162r:227v, iii-r:iv-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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