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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [270r] (554/651)
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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ALL COMMUN.CATtONS TO BE ADDRESSEt? TO THE COMPANV AND NOT TO .ND.V.DUALS,
Oil
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jliiyouii Reply Please
N o- I4 6 6 14th APRIL. 1925,
Dear Colonel Prideaux,
Mr* Amery and Sir John Shuckburgh visited us on 10th
instant and left the same evening. It was veiy disappointing
to me to learn from them that you had sailed for Bushire
the previous day for I was counting upon a full discussion
of the situation of our negotiations at Muscat before you re
turned to Bushire, with the very special opporttanity to re
present the same to Mr* Amery and Sir John Shuckburgh at the
same time, I was able, however, to discuss matters with them,
to explain the Company's points of view on certain matters and
how these were at variance with those of the Colonial Office.
I stated that there were apparently two questions only
upon which we and the Colonial Office are in disagreement
namely:-
(l) Limitation of the area to be covered by the Concession
at Muscat. Our reason^ for asking that there should
be no limitation but that the Concession should extend
to "the whole of the territories under his (the Sul-
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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
- Author
- Jacks, T L
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