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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎248r] (510/651)

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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LONDON, GLASGOW,
AND MOHAMMERAH. iVl O H A M M E R A H ,
Telegraphic Address: ^
"ANGLOPERS." PERSIAN GlJLF.
Codes Used:
BBBTLEyS; MCNEILL'S. ( 0(1 ' I" ii ) -XS-f
In Your Reply Please
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A^o. 1.7.31 Dated
Lly dear Colonel Prideaux,
I have duly received your telegram Ho. l66 dated the
26th of March reading as follows:-
" Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. objected because Draft presented by
TT LIackie differs from Koweit Draft approved by CJolonial
"Office. I have no instructions from Colonial Office
"to alter draft but Sultan has not objected to new
"draft. I have received a telegram from the Political
"Agent which seems quite satisfactory. I have repeated
"it to London and posted a copy to Mr. Amery".
Mackie also informed me by telegram that the Sultan had
not objected to the new draft, but as advised you in my letter
of the 28th instant I received a subsequent telegram from Mackie
informing me that the original Colonial Office draft had already
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been presented to the Sultan by Crosthwaite T s predecessor.
C j L ....
Unless, therefore, Crosthwaite is in a position to give
his entire support to the draft now submitted by Hackle , I feel
that the position must continue to be entirely unsatisfactory.
I note that you have represented the position to the
Colonial Office in London and that you have posted a copy of

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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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