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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.' [43r] (86/156)
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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(£ 8194/79/
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Th« frontier line between the two kiagdomu begins
st s joint half wsjr between g«di end ,\l kusiw on the
cosst of the Red ee, end (rune) nj to the iKountsine
of the ?i.h*sm in m eeeterly direction. it then turn*
northward* until it end* on the north-west boundary between
the Beni 4i«m* v * and (the tribe*) Adjacent to them on the
north **nd ^eet. It then bend* eset until it end* at a
joint between the Hr its of i'A*:i* , » and Wa*sr* which belong
to the alia tribe t and the ll^lt* of the fnm. It then
bend* "until it resehe* the of ^erwan end M^ebe l%iiAds.
It then bend* eAetward* until it ends, on the east, on the
edge of the boundary between those >f the h^dfcn-bin- eld,
. alia, etc., who are outside ‘few, end Y&m. / very thing on
the right hand aide of the above-mentioned line, which run*
fro» the point mentioned on the see shore up to the end of
the border* on ell vide* of the mounteln* mentioned, shall
belong to the Yem<*n, and everything on th«* left of the above
mentioned line shell belong to the beudi rsb Kingdom. m
the Yemen aide are kedi, Hsrsdh, part of the Hertb tribe,
i ir, the hfthtf ko mtAins, heds, ohay * a, part of the
Abndilf ell the country and the rountsins of taslh, Mimbsh,
with a r«a-Al-,vmehay, all the country and the mount*!a*
of & nl J*ni* 9 A, ... ah a r - s«h- «>h am, YebAd and it* neighbourhood,
the kareiAAgha are« of the ynh©r-a*h-^h*m f the whole of
ehar, beqe 1 *, a*ar, the whole of Alls, and also ar with
/Agabat
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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:
- Details of a concession for the exploitation of oil and other minerals, reported to have been granted by the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] in 1932 to a man named Muhammad Sa'id Saqqaf (also transliterated as Mahommed Sakaf).
- Details provided by 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 Aden (Bernard Rawdon Reilly) regarding E R Bailey (formerly associated with the Eastern and General Syndicate) and his commercial interests in Yemen.
- Subsequent steps taken by the British Government to prevent Bailey from entering either Yemen or the Aden Protectorate.
- Details of a draft oil concession, which Petroleum Concessions Limited proposes to submit to the Imam of Yemen.
- Details of a proposed geological examination of Hodeida, in Yemen, reportedly approved by the Imam of Yemen, which is to be conducted by the French company, Compagnie Française des Pétroles.
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.'
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- 43r:44v
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