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'File 14/1- Vol 6 OIL CONCESSIONS MUSCAT' [189r] (377/438)
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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The Sultan talked to me at considerable length on this
case on the 6 th July. He said that although he had never given
his approval to Major Bird's visits to Oman, the latter had told
the tribes that he was visiting them with his consent. He said
he had discussed the matter with Major Bird during the latter's
visit to Muscat, and reached an amicable settlement, but since
then Major Bird had broken the understanding reached by entering
into an agreement with 'Obaid bin Juma of the Beni Ka'ab and had
also told the Shaikh quite incorrectly that his dealings with him
had the Sultan's prior consent. The Sultan said he could make
arrangements to take the geologists where they wanted to go in the
area concerned, and ended up by objecting to members of the Abu
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Dhabi family being used by Major Bird as intermediaries in
negotiations with the tribes.
2 .
The next day, on board the "Wildgoose", the Sultan
produced a letter which he had just received which showed that
Major Bird had written direct ot Shaikh Isa (or his successor) of ±
the Sharqiah. He admitted that this letter was written before his
-talk with Major Bird, but said he considered it improper for Major
Bird to make approaches of this nature to his tribes.
3.
I told the Sultan that I would discuss the whole matter
with Mr. Lermitte and suggest to the latter that it might be a
good thing if he were to go and see the Sultan before Major Bird
resumes his negotiations with the Omani tribes.
ltd. W.R.H.
7/7/48
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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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- 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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