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'File 14/1 II Oil concession in Muscat' [18r] (46/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (221 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1937-16 Oct 1937. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Translation of a letter dated the 1st Rabi*
Awwal 1356* corresponding to the 11th June 1937, from His
Highness the Sultan of Muscat & Oman, Muscat 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.
& H.B.M*s Consul, Muscat*
After compliments*
formerly we gave you the trouble of Our request
to you to find out for us a Company whom We could grant a
concession for the exploitation and developement of Oil in
Our territories* During your last visit to us when We
were at Dhofar, you informed us that there was a Company
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who desired to take such a Concession* After our return
from the said town to Muscat and at Our first meeting with
you in the month of March last, you intimated to us that
a man named Major Holmes would arrive in Muscat to repre
sent that Company with a view to negotiating and coming to
an agreement with us. On this We expressed Our thanks to
you. Here again We thank you for all the trouble you have
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taken in this connection. But while three months approxi
mately have passed since you informed us that he was gwmrug
arriving at the end of May last, yesterday you informed us
that he was not arriving and that another man would arrive
in his place, who represented the same Company and was due
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to arrive on Tuesday next. We were intending to leave
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for India,ax as you know, on the 18th of June, but in
consideration of the profits that are expected to be gained
by Our Government, we have postponed Our departure for one
week in order to meet thej^ man who is coming on deputation
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from the Company. Further* you will remember that We
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have pointed out to the Hobble 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.
when he was here and in your presence, that it was not our
intention to grant this Company a Coneession for the whole
of Our territories, but for a portion to be specified by
us , and that for the rest of Our territories we would
grant Concessions to other Companies who desire to take
them. Any Company who would offer easire terms and greater
amount*would be the one desired by us. After We have
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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 main issues:
- Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited
- Discussions with Standard Oil of California regarding the awarding of a separate concession for Dhofar
- The proposed exploration by Petroleum Concessions Limited of the area adjacent to Oman's mountain range
- The negotiations concerned with an agreement for an oil concession in 'Muscat territory'
- Demarcation of boundaries between Muscat and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms.
Included in the volume is a copy of the draft agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Ltd (ff 59-65).
The file also includes a report (ff 106-114) by 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 (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , giving his views on how the 'advent of oil must alter our policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' and the necessity of penetrating into the interior and communicating with the tribal rulers there. He also discusses the ramifications of this including the demarcation of boundaries. Another document (folio 127) of interest is the 'NOTE ON CONDITIONS IN THE HINTERLAND SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST OF THE TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ' prepared by Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited. The note concerns the company's assessment of tribal boundaries and implications for development of oil concessions.
Also included (folio 17) is a handwritten letter in Arabic by Sultan Sa'id bin Taimur 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 concerning arrangements for a survey of Dhofar province.
The principal correspondents in the volume 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 (Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts); the Secretary of State for India; the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India (M J Clauson); the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; 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 Concessions Ltd (Stephen Hemsley Longrigg).
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- 1 volume (221 folios)
- Arrangement
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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 217; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-217; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- Title
- 'File 14/1 II Oil concession in Muscat'
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- 18r:19v
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr
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