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'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat' [51r] (106/594)
The record is made up of 1 volume (295 folios). It was created in 19 Oct 1937-14 Sep 1938. 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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signature of this Agreement grant to any other parties concessions
or permits as aforesaid the Sultan undertakes that such concessions
shall contain provisions requiring the holders thereof to abstain
from damaging, impeding or interfering with the property, opera-
tions and. interests of* th.e Company.
Deposits of* minerals such as gold, silver, copper, lead,
potash, sulphur and salt or the like which may be discovered by
the Company shall be reported to the Sultan and shall not be
worked by the Company except under special concession or permit
from the Sultan.
Further the Company shall instruct Geologists to mark care
fully and report to the Company any area and its location which
appears to them to give promise of yielding minerals or fresh
water from a bore-hole and the Company undertakes to keep the
Sultan informed of all such minerals and water reports and the
sites of the area or areas,
A RTICTF 25 . The Sultan hereby agrees that the Company may
transfer the obligations and benefits of this Agreement to a
British Company to be called n Petroleum Development (Oman and
Dhofar) Limited" or to any other Company registered within the
British Empire.
ARTICLE 24. Failure on the part of the Company to fulfil
any of the conditions of this Agreement shall not give the Sultan
any claim against the Company or be deemed a breach of this
Agreement in so far as such failure arises from force majeure,
and if through force majeure the fulfilment by the Company of
any of the conditions of this Agreement be delayed the period
of such delay shall be added to the periods fixed by this Agree-
ment.
Force majeure as used in this Agreement includes the Act of
God, war, insurrection, riot, civil commotion, tide, storm, tidal
wave, flood, lightning, explosion, fire, earthquakes and y
About this item
- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory.
The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues:
- Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Ltd (ff 17-19)
- Sultan's negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd
- Fuel supplies for air reconnaissance
- Muscat Oil Concession
- Political Agreement
- Exploration of Buraimi and Jebel Hafit
- Employment of American geologists for exploration in Muscat hinterland.
The volume also includes (ff 236-241) a 'Note on Petroleum Developments in the Arabian Peninsula (Prepared in the Petroleum Department, June 1938)'.
The principal correspondents include: 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 Ponsonby Watts); 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. ; Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Ltd, (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (295 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 295; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-292, and ff 89-291; these numbers are also written in pencil, the first one are circled and the second are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/6/425
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- 'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat'
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- 25r:39v, 40r:55v
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