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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [130r] (274/651)
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.
^ rom High Commaa8ioner, Baghdad.
To -esident, Bushire.
Unnumbered.
Dated 24th received 26th December 1924.
f erence met s af e re cc ived via iluhammercdh..
Fo 11 ov/inf: from hoIrnes , begins : -
♦ My Company, the Eastern and General indicate,
har> contract from Bahrain Government / bore two artesian
wells within the town limits for water supply of two towns
of Bahrain. his contract was made by the Bahrain Gov-
-ernment through the olitical yVgent at that place. he
Bahrain Government have already paid . 50,000/- to my
Company, being half of the a^reea ^rice of boring, casing
anc equipinp thetc wells. 1 have not, nor have I had
any intention of discussing the Bahrain oil concession or
of drilling for oil on Bahrain.
he artesian wells are to be located on
the opposite side of the island from the oil indications,
and are limited t< depth of 600 feet each.
i
i'y business at Bahrain is purely in connect-
-ion wi th the tv o ar tesian wells .
lant and superintenden l are e> ..eoted at (?)
Bahrain shortly o carry out this contract and the olitical
Agent is fully aware of all the terms ana conditions of the
water contracts. 1 ey^ect to leave for Bahrain by an
early boat and would be pleased to call on you and give any
further information, if you would tell me where. inds.
HIGH CCiaa.'-HIOBKB.
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/620
- Title
- 'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:2v, 3v:8v, 11v:12v, 13v, 16v:22v, 23v:38v, 40v:44v, 45v:47v, 48v:53v, 54v:66v, 67v:68v, 69v:74v, 75v:89v, 90v:92v, 93v, 95v:98v, 100v:104v, 105v:107v, 108v:109v, 110v:117v, 118v:131v, 133v:135v, 137v:146v, 147v:148v, 149v:152v, 153v:172v, 174v:185v, 187v:188v, 190v, 193v:197r, 198r:198v, 203v:209v, 216v:219v, 221v:222v, 223v:224v, 225v, 226v:231v, 232v:242v, 244v:247v, 251v:261v, 263v:269v, 275v:281v, 291r:295r, 296r:314v, v-r:viii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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