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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎179r] (372/651)

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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"rxlorur.e to despatch
doming Street,
I 'VXM4.6. |( |i. Jrouw . lK5 .
Sir,
X am directed by Mr»Secretary Amery to
transmit to you^ for tlie informtion of Mr.Brusuel
the enclosed copy of a telegram wiiicii he ha# received
from the British i ^esiaent in the Persian aulf ; »
paragraph 3 of which refers to correspondence between
the JJepartment of Overseas Tr^de find the -vesiaent..
2 # Xr.Aniery has not been able to trace the
receipt of despatch Mail4000 "s* of the 7th of October
in this i>ePor of a oox)y thereof, and he
would be glid if one might be supplied as soon as possible
At the sune time I am to state that it is
important that Mr.Amery should be informed of the
contents of any communications between the department
of Overseas Trade and the Resident in the Persian ^lulf
especially since an acute conflict between rival Oil
interests is at present talcing place in the area under
the control of that officer. 1 am accordingly to
request that in future despatches from your department
may be addressed to the British lie si dent at Bu shire
8 CdDPTROLL rn GBIKHAL under
EmHTMiSMT 0.. OY jIUSEAS THAU®.

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎179r] (372/651), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/620, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023603062.0x0000ad> [accessed 14 May 2024]

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