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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/12/3872

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3872
Title:
Coll 30/138 'Oil: Debai Political Agreement and Refinery Agreement.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the preparation and signing of two agreements relating to the Debai [Dubai] oil concession: Political agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Limited, and its subsidiary company, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, setting out the terms in the event...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1936-25 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3873

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3873
Title:
Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the drafting of the Dubai Oil Concession commercial agreement between the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Said bin Maktum Al-Hasher [Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm]) and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-2 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/674

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/674
Title:
'Confidential 86/7-IV B.40. Petroleum Concessions Limited - Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a record of negotiations between Major Frank Holmes and Ashraf Halim [Ashraf Halīm] on behalf of Petroleum Concessions Limited, and the Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Shaikh of Dibai [Dubai], over a concession agreement for Dibai, which resulted in a c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1936-9 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 volume (257 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/675

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/675
Title:
'Confidential 86/7-v B.41 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD., TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), the India Office (Maurice Clauson), the Foreign Office (John Cecil Sterndale Bennett), the Colonial Office (Owen Gwyn Revell Williams), representatives of Petroleum ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
23 Oct 1936-29 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (302 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/676
Title:
'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-VI B.43. PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, primarily between Major Frank Holmes as negotiator for Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL), John Skliros, Director of Petroleum Concessions Limited in London, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Bahrain regarding progress in n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1937-29 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (221 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/862

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/862
Title:
File 38/1 II 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:
17 Dec 1947-18 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/867

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/867
Title:
File 38/5 P. C. L. Dubai Concession
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to Petroleum Concessions Limited's operations in the territories of Dubai. The correspondence is between the Political Resident at Bushire (later Bahrain) [Persian Gulf Political Residency], the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Officer at Sharja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1941-20 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)