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'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT' [‎145r] (289/438)

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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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M *fclde iviemoir ”
With reference to the Sultan*s enquiry as to
which Rupee the Oil payments would be made in, I said
I had discussed this with 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. , and
was unable to make any precise statement. It seemed
most likely that payments would continue to be made in
the Indian Rupee.
2. Regarding this question of the Pakistan and
Indian Rupee, the Sultan said that he was going to watch
events, but unless there was a financial agreement between
Pakistan and India he had it in mind to publish a notification
that for official purposes only the Indian Rupee would be
accepted in Muscat - i.e. for payments into Muscat Treasury
or payment of Muscat Customs duties etc. Ye said that if
no bank opened in Muscat he hoped that the Reserve Bank of
India and not the Reserve Bank of Pakistan would do something
about turning over the currency in circulation in Muscat.
ltd. "A.C.S.’*.
28th March 1948

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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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