'File 14/2 [Vol. 2]I GWADUR OIL'
IOR/R/15/6/433
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The record is made up of 1 file (45 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1939-23 Oct 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 file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Gwadur which formed part of the territories of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and dependencies.
The discussion in the file concerns:
- Negotiations over oil concessions in Gwadur
- Correspondence between officials of 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. and the Burmah Oil Company
- Issues and concerns over the boundary between Gwadur and Kalat State.
Included in the file is a copy (folio 10) of a table 'Gwadur Oil Concession – rival offers' detailing the difference in value of the competing oil companies, Indian Oil Concessions and the Burmah Oil Company.
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 Ponsonby Watts); 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; representatives of the Burma Oil Company Limited; an official of the Petroleum Department (Frederick Charles Starling); the Secretary of State for India, London; the Governor-General in Baluchistan; Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi.
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- 1 file (45 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 47; 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. 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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- IOR/R/15/6/433
- Former external reference(s)
- File 14/2/2
- Date(s)
- 16 Jan 1939-23 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Title
- 'File 14/2 [Vol. 2]I GWADUR OIL'
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- 31r:31v, 35r:35v, 41r:43v, 45r:45v
- Author
- Gray, William? A
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- Title
- 'File 14/2 [Vol. 2]I GWADUR OIL'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:30v, 32r:34v, 36r:40v, 44r:44v, 46r:46v, back-i, back
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