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'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat' [272r] (548/594)
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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D.O# Ko. !5 z.
Office of the D olitical Agent
and H. E. Ms Consul^ Muscat*
Camp, Ziarat^ Baluchistan.
Dated j.5th reptemheF 10 SB (
Dear Longrigg.
Your letter Uo*P,C.27/111 of 26th August has just reached
me here having been forwarded on from Muscat.
I have written in officially 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.
regarding your Company being authorised to draw mon y from the
Muscat Treasury and trust no difficulties will arise in this
arrangement being sanctioned.
I now understand from the fultan that he would preier you
not to appoint Muhammad Kassib as your Agent in "uscat. The
chief reason reason he gives is that he has recent y found out
that the proprietor one Muhammad Khan ( son of IfcsSib ho Is
dead' , who has been absent in India for the last IB months or
so, has no intention of returning to Mus at for the present
an I therefore It would not be satisfactory he considers for
... t-hp Head Clerk who has b^en left
your work to be carried out by the Head
=~ a atter of fact a number of otner
in charge. There are. as a t.atte
■ ~ - if vou de ire tell you about later, -hy
reasons, which _ s^n - ¥ , . ,
,, 1v doeS not wish Muhammad Nassib appointed
the eultan really deep ^ ^ reaS0D give „ by him
your Agents, but I ™ ite afcrce appol „t a certain
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*' ae M , d Of th. nr. nrsonoll,
excellent suggestion, -- ^ pleasa „t man to deal
and hate always found him an,. advantage
T fea certain do you well.
with and he w ulQ - Sandlla as your
n sib'y t° fche
Agency
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to you po-sibly ls tMt , M for.er 1 »
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Agents in pl^e - ^ a suscati .
British subject while tr ffle3n time have made a contract
Should you by chance ^ ^ Agents there will be no
with Muhammad Nassib to a
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
- Title
- 'File 14/1 III Oil concession in Muscat'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:16v, 20r:24v, 56r:102v, 110r:110v, 117r:119v, 130r:132v, 135r:154v, 157r:162v, 166r:202v, 204v:213v, 217r:241v, 251r:253v, 258r:259v, 261r:274v, 276r:277v, 280r:281v, 283r:283v, 286r:286v, 292r:294v, back-i
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