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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [192r] (398/651)
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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( 2 ) Dated 14.-..2..-.1925.,
men would come /back ana continue their work as soon as the cold
weatner began. Maokie endeavoured to extract a promise from
Sheikh Haiaad that even though he could not actually grant us the
concession at tins moment he would nevertheless refuse to ratify
his father s promise to give it to Holmes. Sheikh Hamad, how-
ever, ^wcuia not definitely commit himself, hut Uackie gathered
that ^ m as^ far as he was personally ahle to do so he would
consider the Company's proposals in preference to those of Holmes.
There appears to he very little hope that we shall te
able to get eitner the Bahrain or the Eoweit Concession through
before the 31 s ^ 0j - ^arch, and I think you will a^ree that this
position is due to no lack of endeavour on our part. The hostil-
ity which has been in evidence against the Company only manifested
icsel-w a-ter the arrival of Major Holmes on the scene and the
lact that he^ has already indicated his willingness in'his draft
concession with Bahrain to grant terms which are more favourable
to the Sheikh than those provided for in the Colonial Office
drafts has in itself rendered it impossible for us to open
negotiations with the Sheikh. Under the circumstances - over
which, I think you will a~ree, we have had no control - the
priority granted to the Oompany by the Colonial Office which
expires on the ^Ist of March has been entirely nullified and,
in as ..ar as I can see, our only hope of obtaining the concession
on^terms which would render it commercially attractive is the
failure of. Major Holmes to carry out his obligations in respect
of the Eassa Concession.
I note that you will tell Daly to continue to press
Sheikh Hamad, and you will, I anticipate, have since received
Daly T s report on Mackie T s recent visit. In the meantime I fail
to see what steps we can take to overcome the deadlock either
in respect of Bahrain or Eoweit, but if it would be of any
assistance I should be pleased to send Mackie down to Eushire to
discuss the position with you.
I note that Crosthwaite, who is now Resident at Mascat,
is a brother of the political officer who was attached to the
Persian Railway Syndicate and who, I understand, has since
retired from the Political Service.
Mackie T s leave is over-due and he will be proceeding
liome in April, which constitutes a further reason for my keen
anxiety to bring matters to a head at the earliest possible
moment.
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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
- 93r, 105r, 108r, 118r, 132r:133r, 136r:137r, 173r:174r, 186r:187r, 191r:193r, 199r:203r, 210r:216r, 220r:221r, 225r, 226r, 232r, 243r:244r, 248r:251r, 270r:275r
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- Jacks, T L
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