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'File No. 14/5 MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DHOFAR' [‎24r] (47/115)

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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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No. 2210 , dated Bushire, the 17 th (received 28 th) July 1913 . . ^
p rom Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., 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. ,
j 0 jh e Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
Simla.
With reference to Foreign Department telegram No I 535 ' E A., dated 10th
July, and Sir Walter Townley’s telegram No. 171, dated 25th April 1913 (copy
enclosed) I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Government of
' India, a copv of the marginally cited
No. 78 - 2209 , dated 17 th July 1913 - despatch, with enclosures, w'hich I have
addressed to His Majesty’s Minister regarding the intimation to Foreign Consuls
of the present position in the Gulf in the matter of aids to navigation maintained
by Great Britain.
Telegram P. No. 171 , dated and received 25 th April 1913 .
From—His Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—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. .
At the end of January it was suggested to the Foreign Office by the India
Office that Foreign Consuls should be notified at once about the new gas buoys
at Bandar Abbas and Bushire and the dioptric lanterns at Bushire.
It was then suggested by me that, until some arrangement had been made
with the Persian Government over the general question, we should defer the
announcement. '
I do not see any objection now to the course which was proposed, and the
Foreign Office direct me to issue instructions to you that the notification is to be
made.
Precis.
No. 78 — 2209 , dated Bushire, the 17 th July 1913
From Lieutenant Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E , C.S.I., 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. ,
j 0 His Excellency Sir Walter B. Townley, K.C.M.G., His Britannic
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the
Court of Persia, Tehran.
I have the honour to refer to Your Excellency’s telegram No. 171, dated
2<th April 1913, authorising an intimation to Foreign Consuls in connection with
the improvement of British aids to Navigation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .^
Your Excellency will remember that the question of addressing them such
an intimation was submitted by me tor
iro?to^.Gen«'rB.rtte?\o orders on 13th December _19! 2.* Previous
Minister. to the receipt by me ot any reply, my
German colleague, as reported in my telegram No. 113—4 18 . dated dth rda , rc J 1 ’
had asked privately to be supplied with the details of recent items and duly
received them ; that being the case, and shipping Companies having been duly
informed on the installation of each item, it seemed better to delay the official
communication to my colleagues until all the items in process of instalment a e
time were complete. This stage was arrived at with the exhibition of the Tanb
Light on the isth July and I have now issued the circular letter and enclosure,
of which I attach a copy, for Your Excellency's information.
I avail myself of the opportunity to inform you that the Russian Consu
late-General has altogether ceased to hoist its masthead lights, so that t at
correspondence may be considered to have closed.

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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)
Arrangement

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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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