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'File No. 14/5 MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DHOFAR' [6r] (11/115)
The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 18 Jun 1911-30 Mar 1933. 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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Anglo-Persian Oil Co
(^)
Winohoater Houso,
Old Broad Street,
ijondon, 25th Llay 1911 •
Dear Colonel Cox,
When we met in Mohammeran you suggested the desirability
of our group acquiring a Coal Concession over the Province
or Sultanate of Miuusxt Oman, and indicated that you would
probably have no difficulty in securing the O 0 ncession for
us on satisfactory terms.
Since ray return to London i have discussed the matter
with my colleagues arid as there is a prospect of our being
able to utilise Coal in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
for other purposes
than in connection with the Mining Concession we have de
cided to ask you to kindly put forward an application on
our behalf.
In the case of the Mining Concession it was arranged
that the application should be put forward in the name of
Mr, Mathew Tarbett Fleming on behlaf of the Syndicate which
was formed to deal with this Concession, and as the Oman
Coal Concession would be dealt with by the same Syndicate
the application for it could be made in the same name: and
should any documents require to be signed in the Gulf in
connection with the application a Power of Attorney from Mr.
Fleming, either to one of the Consul, or to Strick Scott &
00*8 Manager, could be sent out. But it would be preferable
if there is no objection to this, that the application should
be made in the name of Strick Scott oc Co., on behalf of the
Syndicate.
For your guidance i enclose draft of a form of Con
cession, based upon the one that was prepared for the Per
sian Mining Concession, which might, I think, serve for the
Oman Concession. In this 1 have suggested for the Royalty,
either 16^ on profits, which is the rate payable to the Per
sian
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to prospecting for coal and other minerals in Dhofar. Issues discussed include terms of a concession, technical mining issues and assessments of commercial viability of mining the coal seams and ore.
The file contains correspondence with representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company on desired terms for a concession and a draft agreement (ff 6-8) relating to coal. Also discussed in the file are the unsuitable conditions for prospecting, such as the hostile reaction of tribesmen in the Qara mountains.
Included in the file is a handwritten letter (folio 35) in Arabic (with English translation on folio 36) from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr] to 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. , Muscat, concerning a possible concession for mining coal. Correspondence (folio 30) from a representative of the Government of Muscat and Oman also discusses the significance of the discoveries by Harry St John Bridger Philby and Bertram Sidney Thomas in Dhofar and their possible connection to the 'gold mines of Ophir'.
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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. , Muscat (Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the British Consul, Basrah (Francis Edward Crow); 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Secretary of State for the Colonies; and the Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat (Reginald George Evelin William Alban).
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- 1 file (55 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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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- Title
- 'File No. 14/5 MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DHOFAR'
- Pages
- 6r:7v
- Author
- Greenaway, Charles
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