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'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT' [139r] (277/438)
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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DO/SA.14/5657.
Petroleum Concessions Ltd.,
Bahrain,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
8th March, 1948.
?
Bear Sir Rupert,
I understand that Mr. R.E.R. Bird has
addressed you direct on behalf of this Company
regarding his journeyings in the area west of the
Jabal Akhdar and subsequent movements.
2. I have requested Mr. Bird to send all
future communications to this office so that we may
address all reports to you officially.
3. In view of the delay due to communications,
would you kindly advise whether we may authorise
Mr. Bird to address 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, direct
on the problems he will encounter, with copy to this
office.
? 4. Vie presume that there is no change in the
attitude of His Highness the Cultan of Muscat and Oman
in regard to this Company’s plans for the penetration
of\the Muscat and Oman territory as outlined in your
No.l645-S dated the 15th September 1947.
5. We would be grateful if we could be
advised whether it will be in order for us to inform
H.H. The Sultan that Mr. Bird is en route to Dhank
and Ibri and will in all probability be in communication
with Shaikh Suleiman bin Himyar and might also traverse
Oman by car and eventually arrive at Muscat, should
this be possible.
Yours sincerely,
(SGD.) B. H. LERMITTE .
The Hon'ble Lt.-Col. Sir Rupert Hay, KCIE., CSI.,
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.
,
BAHRAIN.
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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.
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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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- IOR/R/15/6/428
- Title
- 'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT'
- Pages
- 111r:111v, 139r:139v, 142r:143v, 146r:146v
- Author
- Lermitte, Basil Henry le Riolet
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