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.' [58r] (116/156)
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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AUiSir,
19th October,1932.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the
correspondence ending with your despatch No. 81,dated 14th
September 1932, on the subject of a mineral ana oil
concession in the Yeinen.and to state that the Political
Clerk at Kodeidah has sent me the following information
regarding Muhanmad Saqqadf.
He states that Muhammad Sa*id Saqqaf
visited the Yemen about two years ago for the purpose of
recovering the cost of certain goods from one Sharif Ahmed
Al-Rafa* i. luring this visit he nosed as a wealthy
merchant. He left the Yemen three months ago and is
believed to intend to return, but the Political Clerk
considers it improbable that the Yemeni authorities will
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spermit him to land. He is not an ex-Minister of the ¥emen,
nor has he hitherto been connected with any mining
concession in the Tihama. His present address is reported
to be Ho. 8 , Daniel atreet,Alexandria. According to the
Political Cleric ’the general local opinion about Baqqaf
ia that hp is a swindler’.
unable to
3 # While I am to/confirm this estimate of
Saqqaf* s character from separate sources I have nc reason
to suppose it is untrue, as information supplied by the
Political
His Majesty’s Secretary rf State
for the Colonies,London.
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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.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 14r:22v, 25r:31v, 34r:42v, 45r:60v, 63r:70v, 72r:77v, back
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