File 14/3 OIL FIELDS IN THE GULF OUTSIDE MUSCAT TERRITORY
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The file comprises correspondence relating to negotiations for concessions to undertake oil exploration in the Gulf. The file includes (ff 5-9) a letter from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle). This letter has...
File 14/3 Oilfields in the Gulf outside Muscat territory
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oilfields in the Gulf excluding Muscat territory. The discussion in the file relates to: Negotiations over concessions for oil exploration in the Trucial Coast The impact of the negotiations on the behav...
Correspondence concerning a sample of ore taken from Quriyat [Qurayyāt]. The file includes a chemical analysis report (folio10). The correspondents are include: the Political Agent, Muscat (Reginald Graham Hinde); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Arthur Prescott Trevor); and the Lab...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to prospecting for coal and other minerals in Dhofar. Issues discussed include terms of a concession, technical mining issues and assessments of commercial viability of mining the coal seams and ore. The f...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the search for and potential development of mineral deposits in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. Correspondence in the file includes the discussion of the following issues: The availability of reports...
File 14/6 EXPLOITATION IN MUSCAT TERRITORY BY GEOLOGISTS
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The file contains correspondence on two matters in 1937 and 1940 respectively: Correspondence (includes copy of original letter in Arabic, folio 3) in 1937 concerns a complaint from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman about the arrival in Buraimi of a relative (Sultan bin Zaid) of the Shaikh of Abu D...
This file is comprised of correspondence concerning British and American proposals relating to the continental shelf of the Gulf and offshore oil. The file includes correspondence (ff 11-17) from the British Embassy, Washington to the Foreign Office, London, discussing the issues of sovereignty...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to offshore oil and the definition of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: A Saudi proclamation regarding seabed and subsoil rights and dec...
This file contains correspondence discussing the Ruler of Kalba's suggestion that he should issue a proclamation regarding his rights concerning offshore oil and the position of Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited in this regard. The correspondents are the Political Resident in the P...
FILE NO: 14/14 name; BANK FOR MUSCAT (IMPERIAL BANK OF IRAN & THE PERSIAN GULF)
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda and notes concerning the establishment of banks in the Gulf including Dubai, Kuwait, and Muscat. Issues discussed in the correspondence include: Concerns relating to the establishment of the 'India and Persian Gulf Bank Limit...
