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Coll 28/81 ‘Persia. Concessions in; Activities of Mr C. C. Hart. Amiranian Oil Company’s Concession.’ [12r] (23/148)
The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in 17 Aug 1934-22 Feb 1941. It was written in English and French. 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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I hart th« honour to refer to
your despatch ho 231 c copy of which m& cent
to me under ho 30 of ICth June 1936*
£• iieehed has served as a aert of
hate of operations for the last year# and now that
the whole concession la helnr; ahan&Hted it may he
of interest to place on record a brief summary
of the information which has from time to time
teen obtained of the progress of the surveys that
have been carried out in ^ast Iran#
The geologists started working
in the cusmer on the northern part of their
concession and as the sinter set in moved gradually
south. Evidences of oil ware found in the
autumn in Gurgen and in cpito of the great distance
from the Persian Oulf it was generally understood
that drilling would# in the first instance# bf
started in that area#
4* in February 193U some local
excitement was caused by reports of a rich find
between Beh and tfsfidawa not far to the west of
the main BlrJand~*fehid&n road# These reports
were however premature and Ur Heeves the Company's
most trusted geologist who was at once cent to
the spot ridiculed the idea of there haring been
any oil there for the last ICOU years#
TWo of the geologists spent
most of the winter in the south at Knlpurkan some
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Mi« BriUrmic tojoatr'a Ctoarg* a'*rralr»u.
-euirioj«
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Correspondence and papers reporting on the activities of individuals and companies from the United States of America, seeking to gain oil concessions in Persia [Iran]. The majority of the file focuses on the activities of two US citizens, Charles Calmer Hart (a former US Minister to Iran) and the petroleum geologist Frederick Gardner Clapp, as well as the activities of the Amiranian Oil Company. The file includes copies of agreements and Persian (Iranian) Government bills (in French) relating to the granting of concessions, along with a map illustrating the extent of the concession (f 41). Correspondence from 1938 onwards reports on the withdrawal of the Amiranian Oil Company from Persia, and the renouncement of their concession (ff 2-19).
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 (72 folios)
- Arrangement
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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; these numbers are written in pencil 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.
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- Title
- Coll 28/81 ‘Persia. Concessions in; Activities of Mr C. C. Hart. Amiranian Oil Company’s Concession.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:25v, 27r:31v, 43r:73v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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