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1. IOR/L/PS/12/3835

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3835
Title:
Coll 30/110(1) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations over the granting of oil concessions to companies with a significant British interest by a number of states on the Trucial Coast: Dubai, Sharjah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Abu Dhabi, and Ajman. The negotiations were initially with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (APOC)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1934-7 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 volume (451 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3836

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3836
Title:
Coll 30/110(2) 'Oil: Oil concessions on the Trucial Coast. Negotiations with Sheikhs. Ras-al-Khaimah Agreement. Abu Dhabi.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns negotiations between Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and the rulers of several states on the Trucial Coast over oil concession agreements. Petroleum Concessions Limited was the company approved by the British Government to seek oil concessions in the area; it later operated...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1936-15 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (453 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3910

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3910
Title:
Coll 30/173 'Oil: Abu Dhabi Oil Concession.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the signing of the oil concession agreement between Petroleum Concessions Limited (through its subsidiary, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited) and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and the ratification of the agreement by the British Government. The papers cover: the initial ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1938-2 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B469
Title:
Agreement between [the] Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Ltd.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan bin Za'id [Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession of 11 January 1939. The agreement details the general terms and c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jan 1939
Extent:

1 file (11 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B474

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B474
Title:
Agreement relating to the Abu Dhabi Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, which relates to the Abu Dhabi oil concession agreement which was arranged between Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited and the Shaik of Abu Dhabi. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1940
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/680

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/680
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL VOL. B.58. 86/7-X P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Alban), the India Office (John Percival Gibson, Roland Tennyson Peel), the Foreign Office (Lacy ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1938-8 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (200 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/861
Title:
File 38/1 Vol I, P. C. L. Exploration
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1945-10 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (231 folios)