'File 14/5 Mineral deposits in Dhufar'

Content

The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the search for and potential development of mineral deposits in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.

Correspondence in the file includes the discussion of the following issues:

• The availability of reports from 1901 on the coal seams of Sur (ff 2-4)
• Specimens of minerals for identification sent in the 1940s by 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 to the Director, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta
• Assessments of the potential economic value of their deposits and arrangements for further surveys
• Activities and interest of American geologists
• Minerals discussed include coal, silver, quartz, lead sulphide, calcium carbonate
• Correspondence relating to the survey of Dhofar and subsequent report 'The geology and mineral resources of Dhufar' province, Muscat and Oman', by the geologist, Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, late Director, Geological Survey of India.

The file features the following principal correspondents: the Director, Geological Survey of India; 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 (Captain Richard Ernest Bird); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); 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 (Major Tom Hickinbotham); and officials of the Government of India.

Extent and format

1 file (202 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/6/439

Former external reference(s)

File 14/5

History of this record

Date(s)

5 Sep 1940-17 Dec 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Coal miningMiningGeology

Places

Dhofar

People & organisations

Director-General of the Geological Survey of IndiaPolitical Resident, Persian GulfSultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyPetroleum Development Oman

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