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'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT' [33r] (65/438)
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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5« If th« P 9 G»Lm carry out a datailed aurvay of I/tof&r
thay a ra do nd under their atfreonent (Tide Article 42) to infom
the Sul ten of the presence of any rainer-la other than oil
which they happen to d iecorer* I think however that the
Sul tan requires something more than this vis* a definite search
for other minerals,
6* X shouiti like therefore to be in a position to inform
tne iultan that the r*C*L« will, if conditions pert.it, carry
out a detailed survey of ^hofar not later than the cold seatner
of 1947-4 8 and that they will in the ccuren cf it preparr for
the mi tan a detailed report of the geological structure of the
krovince inelud ing mention of any valuacle ainerai* si u:hovered*
and would request tuat if there is no objection the aea^ Office
of the Company in -onJou may be approached ac in^ly.
7. 1 would call at lent ion. to the point thet the Sultan
made no suggestion that the V • Cr* i'* should carry out u general
geological survey for him* end that it ie possible t he
might prefer to employ a geologist who hiro no eon section with
P*C*L* I thriik however we should su^^eat to him if only for
the purposes oi economy tiiat if t*ie do carry out a survey
in the near future they should let him have a general geological
report on thu lines proposed, provided they are eiilihg tc do
this. * '
3d*
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 On If*
Attgetea*
3d* i£* THOMAS.
for 3eoret*ry to
iolitioal Resident* larsian Quif*
- r -- Bahrain, the 30th September 1946,
Copy forwarded with compliments to -
The Poljtier 1 Agent, IIUSCAT .
h T PG.
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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).
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- 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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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