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Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.' [‎32r] (64/156)

The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 26 Jul 1932-23 Apr 1937. It was written in English. 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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City-Gate House,
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Finsbury Square,
London, L*G.2
23rd March, 1936
The Under Secretary of State
for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
hit ehall, 3•W•1•
Sir,
This Company is proposing to approach the Imam
of Yemen for an. oil concession. I am given to understand
that the commercial relations of the Imamute of Yemen come
under the purview of the Colonial Office.
I enclose, for your information, two copies of
a draft concession, on the basis of which it is proposed to
negotiate with the Imam. The draft is in substance
identical with the drafts of similar concessions which my
Company is proposing to negotiate with the Shaikhs of the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the Sultan of Muscat, and also with King
Ibn Salud in respect of that portion of the territory of
Saudi Arabia which lies on the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea,
from the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan border in the North to the Yemen border
in the Smith. The terms of tlie draft concessions to be
negotiated with the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Chiefs and the Sultan of
I/iuscat are at present being considered by the various
Departments of His Majesty’s Government concerned.
The negotiator whom my Company proposes to employ
for the purpose is Major Frank Holmes, who is at the moment
at Bahrain negotiating a concession with the Shaikh of
Bahrain with the knowledge and approval of 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. .
On completing those negotiations Major Holmes will probably
nroceed to Muscat to negotiate a concession with the Cultan
of

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This file largely consists of copies of Colonial Office and Foreign Office correspondence relating to oil and mining concessions in Yemen. Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:

The file's principal correspondents are the following: Bernard Rawdon Reilly as 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 Aden, and later, Governor of Aden; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; Petroleum Concessions Limited; the Imam of Yemen; officials of the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office and the Admiralty.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (76 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 77; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 6/34 'Yemen: Oil and Mining Concessions in. Messrs Mitchell and Boucher. Activities of Mr E.R. Bailey. Petroleum Concessions Ltd: Survey of Kamaran.' [‎32r] (64/156), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2100, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100035847847.0x000043> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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