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'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership' [31r] (68/322)
The record is made up of 1 volume (159 folios). It was created in 22 May 1913-8 Aug 1928. 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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From
G, C. Whigham,
General Manager in India,
The Burmah Oil Coy Ltd.
The British
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.
.
B U S H I R E.
5, Council House Street
Calcutta, 18th March 1914.
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in-
I have the honour to submit herewith a map showing an area
in the Sultan of Muscat's territory at Gwadur over which a license to
pro spec t^Petroleum oil is required "by my Company.
A detailed note of "boundaries is attached to the map.
As you are possibly aware, my Company an ^ allied
Company - The Anglo-Persian Oil Coy - are under contract to supply
large quantities of Fuel Oil to the British Admiralty, and my Company
has recently "been permitted to make a thorough geological examination
of Baluchistan with a view to ascertaining whether there is any
possibility of oil being found there in workable quantities and
whether that country is likely to contain a further possible source
of- Fuel Oil supply.
In making this examination we have undertaken to give the
British Admiralty the first claim on all Fuel Oil produced.
It is with a view to ensuring the working of any petroli
ferous area that might be discovered in the Sultan of Muscat's
territory at Gwadur by a strictly British Company with adequate
capital and experience and of securing for the British Admiralty
a further possible source of Fuel oil supply that this application
is now made and I trust therefore that it will receive your
-favourable-
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The file relates to proposals to prospect for oil at Gwadar (mainly referred to in the papers as 'Gwadur'), and discussions over the ownership and proposed cession of the area, which was in the territory of the Sultan of Muscat.
The file includes the following papers:
- correspondence concerning demarcation of the boundary between Gwadar and Kalat, 1913-1915
- papers relating to the Sultan of Muscat's sovereignty over Gwadar and the claims of the Khan of Kalat to Gwadar, 1913-1928, including correspondence between Lieutenant Colonel R A E Benn, 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, Major Stuart George Knox, 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. , Bushire, and D de S Bray, Quetta, dated April-June 1914, discussing the possible cession of Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat and noting possible objections on the part of the French; trade statistics for Gwadar and Muscat for a period of three years, June 1914; letter from R E L Wingate, 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 Lieutenant Colonel A P Trevor, Deputy 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. , Bushire setting out reasons for a possible cession of Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat, 27 April 1920; papers discussing the history and relative strength of the claims to Gwadar by the Sultan of Muscat on the one hand, and the Khan of Kalat and the Gitchkis on the other, 1926-1928
- proposals by the Burmah Oil Company Limited to prospect for oil in Gwadar, 1914, including a map of territories (scale one inch = four miles) over which a prospecting licence was required by the company (folio 33), with description (folio 34)
- statistics of trade for the years 1910-1913 relating to Chahbar, 1914
- rules for the grant of mineral leases, 1914
- details of trade statistics relating to Gwadar, 1914
- report on oil on the Makran coast by Lieutenant Colonel Keyes, 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. , Kalat, 28 January 1928.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (159 folios)
- Arrangement
Contains an index of six topics at the front of the volume.
Arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right-hand corner of each folio. An original foliation sequence (not circled) links the folio numbers in the index at the front of the volume.
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- IOR/R/15/1/378
- Title
- 'File 22/16 I (A 41) GWADUR, Oil, Proposed Cession and Ownership'
- Pages
- 31r:32v, 65r:65v, 77r:77v, 84r:84v, 85r:85v
- Author
- Whigham, Gilbert
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