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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Petroleum resources

1. IOR/L/PS/10/339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/339
Title:
File 451/1913 Pt 1-2 'Koweit and Bahrein: Oil Deposits. Water Supply.'
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises two parts that contain correspondence pertaining to two distinct topics. Part one discusses the possibility of discovering oil deposits in Koweit [Kuwait] and Bahrein [Bahrain], with some reference also made to the potential for deposits to be found in Syria and the Farsa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1918
Extent:
1 volume (186 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/568
Title:
File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/2001

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2001
Title:
File 10/10 II Oils and Minerals
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials, oil company executives and local rulers regarding the exploration for oil (and the granting of oil concessions) in the Trucial Coast region. The correspondence primarily relates to the activities of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1935-19 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/2012

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2012
Title:
File 38/7 P. C. L. Umm Al Quwain Concession
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Concessions Limited for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Umm al-Quwain. The file contains a copy of an agreement that was signed in 1938 between Petroleum Concessions Limited and Shaikh Ahmad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1945-5 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (84 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/2014

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2014
Title:
File 38/14 Petroleum Concessions Limited - Kalba
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the granting of a concession to Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited, for the right to explore for oil in the Shaikhdom of Kalba. The file contains copies of agreements made in this regard betw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1938-30 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (127 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/2015

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/2015
Title:
File 38/17 Delimitation of Trucial state boundaries and Petroleum Concession Limited's Concession Areas on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the delimitation of the boundaries of the Trucial states with an emphasis on the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. On this topic, the file contains a detailed letter by Patrick Desmond Stobart, Political Officer on the Trucial Coast that includes a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1947-23 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (111 folios)