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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [139r] (292/651)
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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Tli® Political Agtjtcy
1/9/9, Baiiraia,
5/1/25,
filic INC rv3>?
Reg. N o... A .^.'.
Date.
CONFIOEMTIAL RECORDS.
To The Eoiltl® the Political Rtsidt^t i* tli« P«rsiaM
Gulf •
BUSHIRE.
EMQRAxIDUk , Bahrain Supply . ^ / f $ jl$
l I® reply to your letter Ifo 684-S ,1 liave the honour to for-
ard herewith copies of correspoMdtfj&ce v;hich cojastitute the agreememt
mtered iato by the Eastern & Ge^ral Syndicate with the Shaik re
ater "boriag for a water supply for the towas of Huharreq & Maaameh,
The circuMstaj&ces which led to this agr^emeMt are as
ollov/s Oil my arrival hare im 1921 ths matters of
(I) Water supply. & (j) Electric Power ,for tht tow* of Iiamameh,
ere "bei*g discussed at aeurly^ every meeting of the Mumicipal
ouacil ( which had "beem aewly formed 1m 1920). I k the summer of
921,omt of the shaiks(l "believe Shaik Hamad himself) brought a*
ngimeer earned Hope from Bombay to advise them om the matter of a
rater supply. This was doi&e quite iadepeadejetly of the Ageacy or of
Be Municipal Co ^cil. llr Hope stayed here some weeks-I met him &
adeavoured to elicit from him his views. He was iadefiaite &
►ppareatly disiacliaed to offer aay decided opiaioa as regards
[uharreq i & as regards Maaameh could oitly suggest pumping ia water
'rem Adhari spriag-situated five miles from the towa,the water of
rhich is brackish. He added that he did aot feel competent to advise
ihis , as it would requir .. elevated taaks which necessitated the
Joasultatioa of specialists, I do ^ot kaow whether he submitted any
^eport to Shaik Easa who aever discussed it with me, but I was ik-
armed that he had offered to sell the Shaik expeitsive Machinery 8c
lad charged a high fee for his services.
The Maaameh Muaicipality co^ti&uea to press for a
scheme,but haviag iasufficieat fuads they proposed to form a com-
l«ay. It was felt that ao company would be sucessful without expert
jaaaagemeat & it was therefore proposed that some firm who would
aadertake to carry out the work should be asked to form a company &
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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'
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- 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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