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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎156r] (326/651)

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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82/1.
Telegram R,
From Resident, Bushire.
To Secretary of State for the Colonies.
No. 1/39.
Bated 23rd January 1925.
My telegram No. 59 of Decem"ber 30th.
I am posting copy of Daly f s report and
correspondence with Eastern and General Syndicate ahout "boring
for water.
Bahrain State has "been considering question of
artesian wells since 1921, when they consul$Jte ^aiid an engineer
called Hope.
Last year they budgetted three lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
for introduction of water supply.
Daly consulted Trevor ahout propriety of
utilizing Heim f s knowledge last spring.
This contract was the outcome.
The boring is to be to a depth of 600 feet, or
less if water is found quicker.
One geologist named Madgwick and two drillers
with plant have arrived here. Their salaries will have
to be paid by the Shaikh if they are prevented from working.
It is believed that they cannot drill more than
^ • 1.
300 feet before 1st April and there is no liklihood of finding
A
oil even at 600 feet.
these
In circumstances do you concur in work
commencing now ?
Work is expected to last six months. It will
be very difficult in hottest months.
PRIDEAUX.

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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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