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File 2794/1921 Pt 1-2 'OIL: PERSIAN GULF AND ARAB LITTORAL' [‎front-i] (7/744)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (361 folios). It was created in 1921-1925. 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 composed of two parts, IOR/L/PS/10/989/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/989/2.

IOR/L/PS/10/989/1 is formed of telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to oil concessions on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

IOR/L/PS/10/989/2 is concerned with the travels of two individuals in pursuit of oil concessions in the Arabian Peninsula.

Correspondents include: 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. ; officials of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; and rulers of the Arab Gulf.

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.

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1 volume (361 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 363; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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File 2794/1921 Pt 1-2 'OIL: PERSIAN GULF AND ARAB LITTORAL' [‎front-i] (7/744), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/989, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100090515774.0x000008> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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