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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎113r] (240/651)

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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which runs Troifl near Nizwah B.t th© foot of the Jslbel
Akhdar to Mahot on the Gulf of Masireh, Questioned as
to how far inland this show was he "became vague and
said it had "been reported to him "by camelmen travell«
-ing down that track as "being on their right hand "but
he did not think it was very far from the sea, I may
say here that my attempt to obtain samples has not
come to anything probably owing to the disturbed state
of Sur the Wali was unable to get a messenger to visit
the region,
7. As I have reported^the present condition
of Sur is far from satisfactory and as presumably His
Highness will have to reassert his authority there
shortly such m action as he takes will of necessity
be governed largely by whether he is compelled to take
into consideration possible oil developments, as if
Jaalan is definitely hostile all oil negotiations
with the Shaikhs of Jaalan and Shaikh Mansur who is
hand in glove with them will fall to the ground. Hence
the necessity for extracting from the Company their
intentions as regards oil in these parts as if no
action is contemplated x His Highness need not then coni_
^sider the possible disadvantages of antagonising
Jaalan, In any case negotiations with the local Shaikh*
are bound to be very protracted and much time must
elapse between the grant of licenses and actual ex-
-ploration and prospecting, ^
8 e This brings me to ray last point,The con~
edition of the Muscat State finances demands that all
possible sources of revenue be explored at an early
date and if the Anglo-Persian Oil Company are not pre
pared definitely to make an effort to develop such
mineral resources as Muscat is believed to possess
then we can hardly in justice to Muscat pursue our
policy of what amounts practically to reservation of
this field for them and His Highness will be within

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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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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎113r] (240/651), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/620, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023603062.0x000029> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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