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The record is made up of 1 file (217 folios). It was created in 13 Apr 1936-21 Dec 1948. 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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2./
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( 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. , Persian oulf,
Cauip, Bahrain,
the 19th July 1946.
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Please refer to 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. Express Letter
.No. 4513/46 dated the 8th July 1946.
• 2. x asked Lermitte to come and see me yesterday
in order to ascertain his Company’s first objective in
Muscat territory. He replied that what his Company
wanted to do was to start from Has al Khaimah and operate
south to Baraimi and on from there to Bhank and ibri.
.tfrom ibri they wanted to get through to the coast via
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Howasinah. They also wished to cover all the
country on both sides of the main range north of the
wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Howasinah. He further explained that his Company
-JT had not put forward any programme of exploration m the
Baraimi area for the next cold weather because it was
linked up with exploration in muscat territory and the
Bultan had refused them access to the country they most
wanted to visit. it will oe noted that the whole of
the area mentioned by nermitte is included in the area
which the Bui tan was willing to allow the Company to
explore in 1938 vide the Bultan’s letter to nongrigg
of August 1938, copy sent to muscat under 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.
Printed .Letter .No. P.Z.6077/1938 dated the 30th August 1938.
3. x<ermitte further remarked that during the visit
to Baraimi last cold weather he ascertained that the
tribes in the ibri area ref used to acknowledge the
authority of the oultan over them and were ready to deal
with the Company direct.
4. The contents of this letter may help you to
a certain extent in formulating your views on the India
Office Express Better under reference.
i am sending a copy of this letter to oalloway.
R.I. Hallows Esquire,
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,
at Karachi.
RHL.
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman:

Topics discussed include:

Use of airfields by Petroleum Concessions Limited
Explorations in Oman by the Iraq Petroleum Company
A map of concession areas in the Middle East
Demarcation of the Muscat/Aden boundary
Explorations for oil in Hadhramaut, Mahra, and Dhofar.

Included in the file is a copy (folio 83) of the letter in 1929 from Sultan Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd 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 (Gerald Patrick Murphy concerning the boundaries of Dhofar province.

Also included (ff 94-95) are the 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadramhaut, the Mahra and Dhofar'.

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 (Ralph Ingham Hollows); 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. (William Rupert Hay); 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. , Bahrain; Iraq Petroleum Company (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); the Manager, Petroleum Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, (Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte); and Representative for Petroleum Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited (Richard Bird).

Extent and format

1 file (217 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 219; 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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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/6/428
Title: 'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:11r, 12r:26v, 28r:44v, 47r:47v, 49r:50v, 52r:59v, 61r:62v, 64r:71v, 75r:82v, 84r:86v, 88r:99v, 103r:110v, 112r:114v, 115v, 117r:120v, 123r:137v, 140r:141v, 144r:145v, 147r:151v, 153r:155v, 161r:163v, 165r:168v, 170r:179v, 181r:183v, 186r:190v, 192r:192v, 194r:194v, 196r:196v, 202r:206v, 208r:218v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence