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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎304r] (621/651)

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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down and A*T # told mo that their Geologists thought very
little of the 'ekran coasti Cwadur included* They were
Go
keen to ixo ' asalrah •)hofar and fouthor Coast of c -:an,
Dhofar I d ideally placed thely year for their vj;it and
if they can got R.N. to help them it will ho splendid if
they can got coine in "asairah too. 1 h ve written a B.C.
letter to . eivlne ( with careful aualific tions, the
situation and the action necessary, as it appears to the
Council. This D.O. letter I an sending for your perusal
\| before posting as presumably the Compa ny will directly
\ ^ approach the Navy people and if assistance is fort coming
"both Sir \,'\ and Captain Lier will come to you. ill you
h rood enough to have this letter posted on the up nail
f
steamer. I e close a £p::,re copy for you in case you
should require to h ve the informtion on record v/hen the
question comes u to you officially# But if 4»P#0»C t
meanii tusinccs this autum we ou ht to he making arrange-
nents with Shaikhs now, and we should not I think take
the responsibility for this tsntll we knov; that every
precautionii has "been taken "by the Company f r, r their
Geologists own protection. You will
Y u will have received my inacial Report and Eicon
that after providing for spending K: • ttboQQ/~ on a chip
we shall prohahly complete the yiar F; • 30000/- only hotter
off than we started it # lhis mean© with an actual comnencing
halanco of Es # 55000/* our "balance at the end of the year
provided there is no unforeseen exceptional expenditure
should he Br* 86000/*♦ But I hear privately there may ho
cuch exceptional expenditure* V on return from Bhofar
interi^vlsltini ahar and his Northern dominions. If so I
rnuet "be ready (1UH # moves with 00 camels at a tine) to
produce I suppose 10*000/- to 1^15,000/* for it. Besides
thin II.P. my he eicpoctcd to ask for the f. .10,000/-
recently received for the Oil ooncesoion. If so the
"balance we shall have left on hand will he so narrow as to
mak guestionahle the purchase this year of a now hoat,
I shall of course continue ny "boat hunt with unahated kec n4w^v\
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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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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman' [‎304r] (621/651), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/620, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023603064.0x000016> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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