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File 2794/1921 Pt 5-5A 'OIL QATAR AND MUSCAT' [‎336v] (679/682)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (338 folios). It was created in 1923-1933. 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 volume is comprised of two parts (IOR/L/PS/10/994/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/994/2) and contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes relating to the development of oil concessions in Qatar and Oman.

IOR/L/PS/10/994/1 consists of memoranda, letters, and correspondence concerning the development of an oil concession for Qatar. Correspondence discusses the form of wording to be used in responding to a request from the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited to contact the Shaikh of Qatar [Shaikh Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani] concerning oil exploitation in his territory. Also discussed are the terms of the British agreement with the Shaikh of Qatar to defend against attack from land and relations between the Shaikh of Qatar and Ibn Saud. IOR/L/PS/10/994/2 consists of memoranda, letters, and correspondence concerning the development of an oil concession for Muscat. Topics discussed include negotiations with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for an oil concession in Muscat. Also included (ff 268-279) is a copy of the agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal], and the D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited on an oil concession for Muscat.

The principal correspondents are: the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, London; the 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. , (John Gilbert Laithwaite); the Admiralty; an official of the Petroleum Department, Mines Department (F C Starling); and the Secretary of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (H T Adams).

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (338 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 2794 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Oil) consists of seventeen volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/989-1005. The volumes are divided into eighteen parts as follows: parts 1 and 2 comprise one volume; part 3 comprises the second volume; part 3A comprises the third volume; part 3B comprises the fourth volume; part 4 comprises the fifth volume; parts 5 and 5A comprise the sixth volume; part 6 comprises the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth volumes; parts 7, 8 and 9 comprise the eleventh volume; part 10 comprises the twelfth volume; part 12 comprises the thirteenth volume; part 14 comprises the fourteenth volume, part 15 comprises the fifteenth volume; part 16 comprises the sixteenth volume; part 17 comprises the seventeenth volume. There are no parts 11 and 13.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 338; 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. A previous foliation sequence between ff 2-260, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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File 2794/1921 Pt 5-5A 'OIL QATAR AND MUSCAT' [‎336v] (679/682), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/994, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100077133678.0x000050> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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