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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [152r] (318/651)
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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7
Translation f letter No fj4/0/0 dated ^8th October,
frou? Political A^cnt Bahrain to Shaik Hamad Bin Saca C.S.I.
A,C.
I aave ti© jtonour to inform Y.E. tkat in accordance
m.
witk youi' request I cosi^initfat*d witk the Eastern Q-eneral
Sjfiiuiu*tte ze^ardln^ »inking wells for your towns of Menamea &
iduharaq <§• they replied that th^y were prepared to undertake
tke work.A& further e^lained to Y.r. I again com unicated
^itU them and agked for further details & they have intimated
that their terms wojild he ^ follows-
They pre pore to fink two we Mr, one in r eni.^ch & one in I'uharra cy
approximately at the place!? you know of *- will fink them to a
depth of rir hundred febt unler r ruff icier: t water should he
reached before that depth^ & they will complete the wells in
accordance with the requirements of engineering to mfeVre them
entirely re^dy for u?e. They will charge for thi?! work a g;um
of one
lac
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
which they • >f c , -13 re-uire tc be pa 13 in tt*P
instalments - fifty thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
on acceptance of the agree
-sent & the balance on completion of the work. It Is understood
that the entire pent id ure of providla^ tae - \;aratu : «. & carry—
^in^s out the work lr to be b^rne by them for this price,
A« arranged with you^Your friend ^l^o enquired of them what
price per f ot of depth they would charge,in case Y.S. should
desire mora wells after the two first.They reply that a J the
nature of the ground t© be bored cannot be known till they
mmake the first experiments ,it is difficult for them te fix
a price but that It would be between 50 & 60
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
per foot
including completion of the well. They say tnat if you accept
they can send the machine A engineers at once % I shall be claA
if Y.S will inform your friend whether you wish to maxe such
an agrelnent with the company or not. If you decide to do so
a /<
& are anxious to work started f ;his winter X
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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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