'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT' [36r] (71/438)
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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Telegram. O.T.P. ( secret )
From. Secretary of State for India, London
To.
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 Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bahrain
Rep.
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.
Government of India, External Affiars Dept; New Delhi.
No.19378
Dated the 1st received the 2nd November, 194&*
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Your telegram No.1216 of October 29th.
Geologist for Dhofar.
CO
£
3*
Please see note of meeting at
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.
on
October 15th, copy forwarded on October 19th.
2. Company confirm that they are definitely interested
in Dhofar province and that to penetrate further to north and
west ( (d) up to 7 sands northwards and westwards right into
MAHRA country ) beyond what they did in 1938 when results were
negative has been for some time one of their 7 objectives •
Sultan was however discouraging to their representative in
April.
3. They also feel doubts about physical security in
these remoter areas and apart from •* all claar M from Sultan
would require fairly definite opinion from Resident that parties
would be safe. If these assurances were forth coming they
would make great efforts to send in party based on Dhofar( though
it would hardly be possible to do so this winter ) and in that
case it might be possible foe» them to attach Mineral Expert
to party to make special report on mineral resources for Sultan.
4* It was intended that their representative should
discuss prospects of exploration with Sultan at Salalah about
Christmas and question of special mineral survey regarding
which they have ofcourse received no direct request from
Sultan might be discussed at same time.
Retaxandum
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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)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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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 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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- 'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT'
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- 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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