Search

Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Subject Geological surveys Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/R/15/1/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/397
Title:
File 35/64 III Minerals in Oman. Madrasai geologists' researches
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence relating to minerals in Oman. The main correspondents are Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Agent, Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Political Resident Persian Gulf. Correspondence discusses coal in the Samhan Hills, in Dhofar, report of coal in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1901-31 Jul 1912
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/398
Title:
File 35/64 Mineral deposits in Dhofar
Scope & Content:
The file contains two items. The first is 'A note on the Dhufar Province, Southern Arabia' by Gordon Noel Jackson dated 23rd June, 1943, Kuwait. This typed note is 8 pages and has sections on topography; climate; people; economy and finance; agriculture; administration; airport; security; of sci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 volume (54 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/621

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/621
Title:
File 82/1 IV (F 79) Anglo Persian Oil Company Arab Side (Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd)
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Department, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State at the India Office in London, the Political Resident at Bushire, the Political Agents at Kuwait and Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives. Main subjects a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1925-27 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/625

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/625
Title:
(F 69) File 82/26 A.P.O.C. - Muscat Oil Concession
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, telegrams and notes of meetings between the Political Agent at Muscat and the Political Resident at Bahrain and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives regarding geologic surveys of Dhofar, Massirah and Batinah, Muskat, in Oman, and Gwadar, in Pakista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1925-20 May 1928
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/626

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/626
Title:
F-82 82/27 I: QATAR OIL
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the Shaikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives, including Haji 'Abdullah Williamson, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State for Colonies in Londo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1925-23 Feb 1934
Extent:
1 volume (361 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/158
Title:
File 1/A/38 II Negotiations with Bin Saud re: Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar & Trucial Oman.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns the definition of the eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar and Trucial Oman, and negotiations over the boundary between British officials and Ibn Saud (also referred to as Bin Saud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Saudi Arabia]. The pri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1935-13 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (232 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/881

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/881
Title:
File 39/11 (12/13) Magnetic observations in Bahrain by Kuwait Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding terrestrial magnetic observations as part of a seismic survey carried out in various stations of the Persian Gulf by Kuwait ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1936-26 Apr 1937
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1584
Title:
‘File 16/73 Development of Artesian Water in Muscat’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the file dated 1941 is the result of an enquiry from the Political Agent in Muscat (Captain Tom Hickinbotham) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban), about the prospects for an artesian water supply at Muscat, or elsewhere on the Batinah ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1941-13 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/5/167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/167
Title:
File 2/14 Iraq Government's request for their geologist to be permitted to carry out study of rock formation in Kuwait territory
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to a request by the Iraqi Government to have its geologists conduct tests on rock formations in Kuwaiti territory. The file is entirely comprised of correspondence between British officials regarding the matter, including proposals for mineral and geological exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1937-30 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/23-24
Title:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies
Scope & Content:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies consists of two files: volume XVIII/2 (IOR/R/15/6/23) and file XVIII/4 (IOR/R/15/6/24). The files contain correspondence dating from 1900 until 1928, which relates mainly to attaining coal and oil prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. While the Sulta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1900-1928
Extent:
2 files (411 folios)