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'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT' [131r] (261/438)
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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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.
, Bahrain,
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.
From
To
N0.389-S
Dated BAHRAIN, the 12th February, 1948
8d
Reference correspondence ending with
your telegram No.C.523 dated the 25th November, 1947.
Bird who is carrying out this expedition
on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited expects to leave Bahrain
for Sharjah on the 14th February. He is the only European in the
party and will have two motor vehicles at his disposal. He plans
to proceed via Buraimi to Dhank and Ibri and thence to Ishi.
If he gets as far as this he will try to reach Muscat by the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sumail in order to see the Sultan. He expects this to be sometime
in June if all goes according to plan. The object of his journey
is to pave the way for a larger expedition next cold weather.
*
Sd/- W.R. Hay.
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.
.
ATTESTED
For Secretary 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.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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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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- 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
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