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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎19r] (52/651)

The record is made up of 1 file (322 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1923-9 Sep 1925. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Telegram R.
Trevro r Bushire.
10 liaw c/o Political, Muscat.
Ho. 208.
Dated 4th February 1924*
Personal.
Please give my compliments to Sultan and congrat-
-ulate him on safe arrival.
You and 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. will doubtless speak to
him about A.P.O.C. concession. You might remind him that when
I saw him last February he was quite keen to give it them ri^ht
off.
(2) As you know, I am doubtful whether Hinde can
stand climate of Muscat. If you are tsansferred would he like
to come here as Secretary ?
Trevor.
Telegram H.
From Hinde, Muscat.
To Trevor, Bushire.
Ho. 4.
Dated and received 9th February 1924.
Please refer to your telegram No. 208 of 4th
February to Law.
Am rather hazy as to what you desire me to do

about the oil concession with the Sultan. Your 652-S forward-
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-ed Kuwait's draft agreement with the A.P.O.C. but forbade any
action by me. Am I now to take it that A.P.O.C. offer same
terms to Sultan, and that you wish me to statt negotations
immediately for grant of exploration and prospecting licenses
to Company on those terms ?
Hinde.

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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at 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. in London, 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. at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Sharjah, local rulers, and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives on the negotiations for oil concessions in Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd [Najd, Jubail, Saudi Arabia], Qatar, Muscat, Oman and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited, represented by Major Frank Holmes.

The volume includes the agreement on the oil exploration license in Muscat and Oman, in Arabic and English, signed on 18 May 1925, between Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and D'Arcy Exploration Company limited (folios 281-296).

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1 file (322 folios)
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The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order.

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The main foliation is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, and ends with the last folio of writing, on number 314.

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