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'File 38/1 Vol I, P. C. L. Exploration' [‎10r] (19/468)

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The record is made up of 1 file (231 folios). It was created in 3 Nov 1945-10 Dec 1947. 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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26th September, 1945o
His Excellency Sultan bin Saqr al passim.
Ruler of Sharjah, -
Sharjah ,
Your Excellency,
Your Excellency will remember that in the years 1937 (1356)
and 1936 (1357) the Company was in correspondence with Your
Excellency on the subject of a visit by our company geologists to the
Jab&l Faiyah area. Your Excellency was unable to arrange the visit
at this time. Later in your No. 161 dated the 18th Ramadhan *57
Your Excellency drew the Compaiy's attention to para V C V of schedule
No, 1 to the company's Oil Concession Agreement of 1937 (by which
Your Excellency's formal permission in writing is necessary before
a coup any party can visit the Al Faiyah area). In 1939 war broke
out and the question of this visit was not followed up,
2, The war has now ended and plans are being made for geological
work on the i’ruci&l Coast, Work is expected to commence about
January 1946 (Safar 1365) and will continue up to the end of the
oool season. We shall be glad if Your Excellency will make the
necessary arrangements for our geologists to visit the Jabal
Faiyah area in January 1946 (bafar 1365 ) and provide the necessary
friends and guards to ensure that the party can do their geologio&l
work in safety and without hindrance. The party will remain in the
Al Faiyah area as long as necessary for them to complete their
work*, We shall be pleased if Your Excellency will inform us in
writing as soon as the visit is arranged with full particulars in
order that our geologists will have time to make their programme.
Your Excellency's letter should also include the formal permission
for the company's party to visit the Al Faiyah area as laid down
in para 'O' of schedule No. 1 to the Sharjah Oil Concession
Agreement of 1937 between the company and Your Excellency. „
3. We are making this request with the knowledge of the Hon'ble
the/

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The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent at Sharjah, the Political Officer of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , also at Sharjah, the 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. at Bahrain, representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, 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. , the rulers of Sharjah, Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], and Abu Dhabi, as well as the leaders of a number of more minor tribes.

The correspondence covers the arrangements for, and the progress of, survey work carried out by the company during the winters of 1945/46, 1946/47, and 1947/48, in the vicinities of Jabal Faiyah and Buraimi [Al-Buraymī], including a reconnaissance trip through Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al Gor. Contained in the file are regular updates on the progress of the surveys sent by company representatives to either the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent or the Political Officer at Sharjah.

Matters of a political nature were referred by the company to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent or the Political Officer, and the following issues are covered within the file:

  • numerous incidents of resistance from local Bedouin inhabitants, usually triggered by transgression of tribal boundaries;
  • pay arrangements for guards and labourers, including a strike by workers in October 1946;
  • the employment of non-British subjects (namely Americans);
  • tribal and territorial allegiances that impacted on the work of the surveyors.

Folio 102 is a sketch map of the area explored around Ajman [‘Ajmān] and Umm al Qaiwain [Umm al Qaywayn].

Folios 211-232 are internal office notes, including extracts from the oil concession agreement with Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr of Sharjah [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ].

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1 file (231 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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